Real Estate News
Invesco Real Estate Adds Senior Investment Professional
Oct 18th
Invesco Real Estate today announced that Peter Feinberg has joined its New York City office as a portfolio manager and senior director. Feinberg, a member of the Invesco Real Estate Investment Committee and Investment Strategy Group, will work with several of the firm’s separate account clients and is responsible for ensuring that their portfolios are designed to meet return objectives given an appropriate risk profile.
“Peter brings a wealth of experience and we are thrilled to have him join us,” said Paul Michaels, Managing Director and Director of North American Direct Real Estate. “His arrival further strengthens our team and helps position us to continue to prudently manage our future growth.”
5 Steps to Real Estate Video Marketing Success
Sep 20th
Video marketing is growing like wildfire and if you haven’t already begun using it in your real estate practice you need to start now. Below you’ll find a simple 5 step process you can use to get started or add to your repertoire in using video marketing for your business.
Step 1: Start With the End in Mind
I know that is a little cliché but it’s critical when it comes to using video as part of your real estate marketing plan. There are really only about 4 different outcomes to try and accomplish. They are are as follows: More >
Why No Real Estate Investor Can Live Without an Assistant
Aug 17th
Having an assistant is one of the best investments you’ll make as a real estate entrepreneur. Like all parts of your business (and yes, buying, leasing, and selling houses is a business), they require an investment of your money and also your time. You’ll need to invest a little money in order to hire, train, and compensate them for their services. And, you’ll need to invest some time to help them get the job done right — more in the beginning and much less as time goes on.
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JP Morgan buys $3.5 bln in Citi real estate loans
Aug 10th
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. /quotes/comstock/13*!jpm/quotes/nls/jpm (JPM 39.17, -0.65, -1.63%) said Tuesday that it bought $3.5 billion in performing multifamily and commercial real estate loans from Citigroup Inc.’s /quotes/comstock/13*!c/quotes/nls/c (C 4.01, +0.01, +0.25%) Citibank. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The portfolio contains about 3,800 loans in California, New York and Illinois.
Guide To The Woodlands Texas Real Estate
Jun 9th
What are the differences between condos and single-family homes?
Using appreciation as a measure, condominiums in some areas have been as profitable an investment as single-family homes in the past five years. And in some markets, condos appreciated even more, according to some experts. More >
Real Estate Fraud Investigations Increase
May 21st
In recent years, the booming real estate market has helped increase mortgage fraud and other phony real estate related schemes. The perpetrators of these schemes range from mortgage brokers looking to make a fast buck to drug dealers laundering their ill-gotten gains. Every year, these fraudulent schemes victimize individuals and businesses from many walks of life, including struggling low-income families lured into home loans they can’t afford, legitimate lenders saddled with over-inflated mortgages and honest real estate investors fleeced out of their investment dollars. More >
Advice for Real Estate Agents
May 14th
It’s the call we all dread. The lender notifies you that an appraisal came in for less than a home’s sales price. Closing is not far away, so everyone panics. Is there anything you can do?
Understanding Restrictive Covenants
Restrictions give a development a more standard appearance, and control some of the activities that take place within its boundaries. Buyers must be given the opportunity to study covenants, to make sure they can live with all of the provisions. More >
Top 10 highest paid real estate in the world
Apr 27th
It has a luxurious sounding name and now Avenue Princess Grace in the tiny Mediterranean principality of Monaco has been declared as the world’s most expensive place to own property.
But even this most exclusive address has not been immune to the global downturn in the real estate market. Prices are currently $120,000 a square foot, some $70,000 a square foot less than they were a year ago. More >
Real Estate
Apr 27th
When will the nation’s property values begin to appreciate again? This is the $64,000 question that real estate professionals, investors, and mortgage professionals would like to know. The truth is nobody can accurately predict the return of the real estate market. Like everyone else, I can’t predict the end of this crisis either, but what I can do is tell you what will have to happen to facilitate that change. The answer is quite simple: America must reinvest in herself once again. Without an investment, real estate is as worthless as the Dollar is today. More >
