Although the economy has been growing lately, fallout from the recent recession continued to negatively impact commercial real estate sectors in the fourth quarter, but there is hope for some improvement next year, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said commercial real estate almost always lags the economy. “Because [...]

JULY 19, 2010, 7:43 A.M. ET UPDATE: China Aims To Allow Insurers To Invest In Real Estate Article Email Printer Friendly Share: facebook ↓ More  (Adds CIRC Chairman Wu Dingfu’s comments on investment scope for insurers, investment structure of insurers, comments from regulatory officials on policy direction.) BEIJING (Dow Jones)–China’s insurance regulator said Monday it [...]

Franchise India, a franchise solution company, has tied-up with real estate brokerage network, RE/MAX India, to launch one-stop property shops across the country to offer real estate brokerage services, officials of the two companies said Monday. ‘There was a need for this type of an initiative where a network for real estate brokerage was established [...]

Real estate has been a roller coaster ride over the past three years of bust and boom for investors who had hoped that bricks and mortar would be less volatile than more liquid asset classes (PDF of top 50). In spite of a large losses from the slump in property values, research from Towers Watson [...]