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- 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Page Mill invests in San Francisco office complex
Page Mill Properties L.P., a real estate equity fund based in San Francisco, announced the purchase of a 70 percent ownership interest in 444 De Haro St., a 152,000-square-foot office complex in San Francisco. The value of the transaction was not disclose... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Minnesota joint venture unloads mixed-use portfolio
A joint venture between Investcorp and Minneapolis-based Welsh Cos. has sold four office/industrial properties totaling 446,827 square feet in suburban Minneapolis. The total value of the transactions was not disclosed. RREEF, a full service real estat... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Why Thanksgiving is good for real estate biz
I received puzzled looks all around. "We don't even have a dining room," one replied. "We eat on the patio out by the pool. Everyone comes into a buffet on the kitchen island and then we go out to tables in the yard. We have room for 30." "We take eve... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Real estate pros give thanks
Thanksgiving was founded with the idea of reflecting on our blessings, and the real estate industry had many such blessings to count this year: interest rates have remained low and home sales stayed high, among other things. With the idea of counting bles... - 11/22/2005 - Real Estate News
Overnight real estate rates come down
Long-term mortgage interest rates continued to fall Monday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield dipped to 4.46 percent. The 30-year fixed-rate average sank to 5.8 percent, and the 15-year fixed-rate slipped to 5.38 percent. The 1-year adjust... - 11/22/2005 - Real Estate News
Seller seeks best way to finance replacement home
DEAR BOB: I will be retiring at the end of the year when I will move to another state. In January, I will put my condo on the market for sale. It should bring about $325,000. With the proceeds from the sale, I want to pay cash to buy a patio-garden home f... - 11/22/2005 - Real Estate News
Upgrading, replacing smoke alarms minimizes hazards
Dear Barry, We are currently remodeling our home and would like to upgrade the smoke alarm system to comply with current fire safety standards. This may not be required for an older home, but we'd like to do it anyway. Additionally, we want to install car... - 11/22/2005 - Real Estate News
How to make money on real estate foreclosures
Reviewing "How to Make Money on Foreclosures" by attorney Denise L. Evans is a book reviewer's nightmare because portions are brilliant, but other sections are downright wrong or at least misleading. In other words, the book is "uneven." For example, alth... - 11/22/2005 - Real Estate News
Washington Mutual shutting El Paso site
Washington Mutual, which bought credit card issuer Providian Financial Corp. last month for $6.1 billion, is closing a former Providian call center in El Paso, Texas, cutting as many as 371 jobs, the San Antonio Express-News reported today. The layoffs... - 11/22/2005 - Real Estate News
Real estate developer buys thousands of acres near Las Vegas
Gary Cavender, president of Standard Pacific's Las Vegas division, stated in the announcement, "We are extremely pleased to be involved with this project. We have teamed with four other companies who are each well established in the Las Vegas market. Add...