Economy: Page 167
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Downtown Miami Wins New-to-Market Law Firm
Butler & Hosch becomes the 14th law firm to sign a lease at Southeast Financial Center in the last 12 months.
Dec. 8, 2011 -
Charles Henricks
Developer to Move Ahead on $2 Billion Mixed-Use Projects in Austin
Development on the mixed-use Whisper Valley and Indian Hills, totaling 2,300 acres, can move forward thanks to $40 million in municipal bond financing for infrastructure.
Dec. 8, 2011 -
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ABC Targets Unions for Targeting Contractors' Clients
Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. has launched a campaign to help businesses it says are being unfairly targeted by labor unions, sometimes by embarrassing clients.
Dec. 7, 2011 -
An Overview of the Overview: What to Look for in 2012
Grubb & Ellis researchers have completed a draft of the company’s 2012 forecast report, and it looks like next year is going to be slow going.
Dec. 7, 2011 -
Mortgage Bankers Back Privatizing Lending Risks
Mortgage Bankers Association President David H. Stevens told Congress today that government's carrying the risk in mortgage lending won't hold up
Dec. 7, 2011 -
Mortgage Borrowing Uptick as Refinancing Still Dominates
Bankers saw an upturn in weekly mortgage applications last week. Refinancing with fixed-term loans swamped other applications as rates went lower.
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Clarion Pays $252M for Historic East End Office in D.C.
Amid the "flat but stable" market that is Washington, D.C., Clarion Partners has paid $252 million for The Homer Building, a 421,901-square-foot office building three blocks from the White House.
Dec. 7, 2011 -
Commercial Stirrings in Inland Empire
Developers in Southern California's Inland Empire are moving forward with the region's first speculative warehouse and distribution-center projects since the downturn.
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Boston's Trinity Lands 4 Food-Chain Building Jobs
Boston-based Trinity Building and Construction Management Corp. will be working for Benihana in New York City and in three states on Bobby's Burgers outlets.
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Viewing Housing Prices Differently Yields Cheerier Data
Taking sales of distressed homes out of the data results in a happier picture of price trends, data firm CoreLogic has found.
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Group Advocates Restoring Vacant Housing as All-Round Winner
A nonprofit group based in Raleigh, N.C., argues that it's crazy to tear down vacant homesand build new ones when renovation could provide affordable housing and construction jobs.
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NY Fed Analysts Tag House 'Flippers' With Role in Market Bust
New research by Federal Reserve Bank of New York economists points to an important role for housing investors in bringing about the recession.
Dec. 6, 2011 -
Goldman's Crystal Ball: Housing Price Bottom in Summer '12
Looking for housing's current Holy Grail – the bottom for prices – analysts at Goldman Sachs predict it will be next summer, but local bottoms will come later.
Dec. 6, 2011 -
Breaking: Kennedy Wilson, Partners Acquire $1.8B U.K. Loan Portfolio
Kennedy Wilson and its institutional partners have just completed the second phase of a $1.8 billion portfolio acquisition.
Dec. 6, 2011 -
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Breakdown of November Construction Job Numbers Tells Where Pain Is Greatest
A deeper look at November construction jobs numbers shows 146 of 337 metropolitan areas were losers. Civil engineering projects were hit hardest.
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Fall in Jobless Number Not Equal to Rise in Housing Demand
S&P indices chairman David Blitzer says no one should be getting their hopes up just because unemployment fell from 9 percent to 8.6 percent.
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Obama Annouces Energy Upgrades to Spur Construction Work
The president, Bill Clinton and corporate executives announced a $4 billion commitment to energy-efficiency work that will generate construction jobs.
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Industry Analyst Sees Good in 'Less Bad' Data
Data released this week by research firm Radar Logic led analysts to think the housing industry may be pulling out of its recession-induced dive.
Dec. 2, 2011 -
Survey: Owning Looking Better Than Renting in Some U.S. Metros
A Wall Street Journal survey found that home prices and mortgage rates add up to less than rent in 12 metropolitan areas in the U.S.
Dec. 2, 2011 -
Jobs Increase in U.S. Leaves Construction Behind
Employment rose overall in November, but the construction industry has now given back almost all of its September gain, losing 12,000 jobs last month.
Dec. 2, 2011 -
How Private Equity, Real Estate Evolved Over Crises
Bain Capital's Stephen Pagliuca and Vornado Realty Trust's Michael Fascitelli discuss the evolution of private equity over current and past financial crises.
Dec. 2, 2011 -
Blackstone Head Jonathan Gray Named CPE Executive of the Year
For 15 years, CPE and its predecessor, Commercial Property News, have honored the commercial real estate industry’s most accomplished leaders.
Dec. 1, 2011 -
Fannie, Freddie Catch Flack for Conference Spending
The federal mortgage-buyers spent more than a half-million dollars on an industry conference, and one congressman is bringing some heat about it.
Dec. 1, 2011 -
Some Urge Caution as Jobs Numbers Cheer Many
Payroll vendor ADP thrilled a lot of people by reporting a big jobs jump in November, but some economists are dubious until they see the government's count.
Dec. 1, 2011 -
Marshall Reddick Revises Practice Procedures
After filing for a Chapter 11 in 2009, the real estate network is now focused on educating investors to the risks and rewards of investing in real estate.
Dec. 1, 2011
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