U.S. Real Estate News

09/03/2010 Real Estate Weekly: Home-buyer tax credit not likely to make an encore The real-estate industry was abuzz with chatter earlier this week about the government offering another home-buyer tax credit, after Shaun Donovan, HUD secretary, said on CNN that it was too early to tell if the credit would make a return. .............................................................

09/01/2010 Real Estate Premium to U.S. Bonds Signals Time to Buy U.S. commercial real estate yields are near the highest level relative to Treasury bonds on record, a signal to some investors it’s time to buy property. .............................................................

09/03/2010 Real estate agents get creative to help home sellers Keller Williams helps a home seller avoid dropping the price of his or her house just to sell it. Its brokers use old techniques forgotten about because of the real estate boom. .............................................................

09/03/2010 Mariner Real Estate Management Acquires $760 Million FDIC Real Estate Loan Portfolio LEAWOOD, Kan.----Mariner Real Estate Management, LLC, a real estate investment and management firm, which is part of Mariner Holdings, LLC, , a $7 billion wealth and asset management company, announced today the closing of a structured transaction with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation . .............................................................

09/03/2010 Hypo Real Estate's Collapse on the Slopes Developers of 19-acre Snowmass Village in Colorado are suing the German bank, which imploded after investing billions in projects during the property bubble .............................................................

09/03/2010 RiverSource LaSalle International Real Estate Fund, Inc. Declares Third Quarter Distribution MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RiverSource LaSalle International Real Estate Fund, Inc. (formerly Seligman LaSalle International Real Estate Fund, Inc.) (the “Fund�) (NYSE: SLS) today declared a third quarter distribution of $0.15 per share of Common Stock. Dividends on Common Stock will be paid on September 22, 2010 to Common Stockholders of record on September 13, 2010. The ex-dividend date for ... .............................................................

09/02/2010 3 Ways to Invest in the Real Estate Rally Real estate funds are up about 17 percent so far this year. .............................................................

09/02/2010 Inland Real Estate Corporation Announces Contribution of The Point at Clark to Joint Venture with PGGM OAK BROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inland Real Estate Corporation (NYSE: IRC) today announced the contribution of The Point at Clark retail center, located in Chicago, Illinois, to its joint venture with PGGM, a leading Dutch pension fund administrator and asset manager. The Company purchased the 95,455-square-foot, multi-level center on June 23, 2010 for approximately $28.8 million with the ... .............................................................

09/02/2010 Inland Real Estate Corporation Announces Joint Venture Acquisitions of Farnam Tech Center and Copps Food Center OAK BROOK, Ill.----Inland Real Estate Corporation today announced the acquisitions through its joint venture with Inland Real Estate Exchange Corporation of the Farnam Tech Center in Omaha, Nebraska and a free-standing Copps Food Center store in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. .............................................................

09/02/2010 Inland Real Estate Corporation Announces Joint Venture Acquisitions of Farnam Tech Center and Copps Food Center OAK BROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inland Real Estate Corporation (NYSE: IRC) today announced the acquisitions through its joint venture with Inland Real Estate Exchange Corporation (IREX) of the Farnam Tech Center in Omaha, Nebraska and a free-standing Copps Food Center store in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. The Company purchased for approximately $18.0 million the 118,000-square-foot Farnam Tech ... .............................................................