<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Real-Estate-industry News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=23&amp;catid=158</link><description>News Feed for - Real-Estate-industry</description><item><title>Chelsfield Â£101m in red for 2008</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96608321&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T00:18:00</pubDate><description>Chelsfield Partners, the property company of Elliott Bernerd and Sir Stuart Lipton, lost Â£101.3m in 2008 The privately owned companyâ??s latest accounts, filed a month ago, show it made a loss of Â£50.3m </description><source>Property Week</source></item><item><title>A push to curb 'vulture fund' profits</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96607665&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-27T00:09:00</pubDate><description>A British High Court ordered Liberia to pay millions of dollars to two offshore investment firms running so-called "vulture funds." Stephen Beard reviews criticism of these funds and why some want to </description><source>Sound Money</source></item><item><title>FUND VIEW - Tata wary of realty; bets on industrials, IT</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96559906&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T11:02:00</pubDate><description>MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Mutual Fund is overweight industrial capital goods firms in India on hopes a reviving economy will boost order books in the current quarter and the next, lifting corporate earnings, </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>Singapore Hot Stocks-Keppel Land, Hongkong Land, Noble Group</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96429505&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T00:16:00</pubDate><description>, 07:06 PM EST SINGAPORE, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Property stocks may be in focus on Thursday after a consortium involving Keppel Land sold 90 upmarket apartments at Marina Bay at relatively high prices of </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Cheung Kong's Le Prime flat sales the first under stricter regulations</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96602433&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T22:55:00</pubDate><description>Cheung Kong (Holdings) will be the first to offer its residential project in Tseung Kwan O  for sale following the government's recently announced  regulations on property sales disclosures.</description><source>South China Morning Post</source></item><item><title>BizTimes Real Estate Weekly: New Land to make HUD appeal today</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96533361&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T04:16:00</pubDate><description>Executives with Milwaukee-based developer New Land Enterprises LLP and Department of City Development Commissioner Richard Rocky Marcoux will meet today with Department of Housing and Urban Development </description><source>Small Business Times</source></item><item><title>Dubai may face realty firesale</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96589474&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T19:54:00</pubDate><description>LONDON: The Dubai government could be forced to hold a firesale of its international real estate if creditors to two of its flagship companies reject proposals to put near-term debt obligations on ice </description><source>Economictimes</source></item><item><title>Realty may see no FDI lock-in</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96586982&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T19:21:00</pubDate><description>NEW DELHI: The commerce ministry has moved a proposal to remove the condition of the minimum lock-in period for repatriation of FDI in construction industry. According to a note circulated among pertinent </description><source>Times of India</source></item><item><title>Excellence Real Estate eyes US$500m  Hong Kong IPO</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96537567&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T15:33:00</pubDate><description>Mainland property developer Excellence Real Estate Group, which shelved its up to US$1 billion Hong Kong IPO last month, plans to relaunch it next year, cutting the fundraising size, sources close to </description><source>South China Morning Post</source></item><item><title>Sensex turns choppy; banks, FMCG, realty down</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96549505&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T07:41:00</pubDate><description>MUMBAI: Equities were rangebound with a negative bias Thursday on the settlement day of November F&amp;O series. All the sectoral indices were in the red with banks and FMCG stocks amongst the worst hit. </description><source>Economictimes</source></item><item><title>Commercial Sector 'Pop' Mulled As Real Estate Value Trough Nears</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96521203&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T01:41:00</pubDate><description>Starwood Property Trust * Top-Rated Company NEW YORK â?? Commercial properties getting clobbered these days are apt to hit bottom in 2010 and then claw back a third or more of their lost value over three </description><source>Investors Business Daily</source></item><item><title>Opportunity Investment Fund I, LLC Announces Amendment to Terms of Tender Offer </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96506498&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T23:12:00</pubDate><description>4:57pm EST storyKeywords RTR_ArticleTitle 'Opportunity Investment Fund I, LLC Announces Amendment to Terms of Tender Offer RTR_ArticleBlurb 'Opportunity Investment Fund I, LLC Announces Amendment to Terms </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Real Estate Mogul Elie Hirschfeld's East Hampton Property for Sale With $25,000,000 </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96471274&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T14:47:00</pubDate><description>NEW YORK 'My East Hampton home is a special property that was originally designed and built in 1920 by John Custis Lawrence. It maximizes ocean views from almost every room,' says Elie Hirschfeld, President </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Calpers may dump BlackRock as an adviser: source</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96378644&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-25T14:56:00</pubDate><description>(Reuters) - Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, is considering dumping asset manager BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) as its real estate consultant, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Kite Realty Group Trust Down 2.9% Since SmarTrend's Sell Recommendation</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96531123&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T23:27:00</pubDate><description>SmarTrend, our proprietary pattern recognition system, called a Downtrend for Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) on November 11, 2009 at $3.14. Since then, Kite Realty Group Trust has returned 2.9% as </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Govt plans to do away with lock-in period for FDI in realty</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96325127&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T22:58:00</pubDate><description>The government proposes to do away with the lock-in period for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the real estate sector that has witnessed a slowdown in demand following the global financial crisis. </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Sunteck Realty to raise Rs 500 cr</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96598517&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T21:29:00</pubDate><description>Real estate developer Sunteck Realty proposes to raise up to Rs 500 crore through the qualified institutional placement route. In a communication to the BSE, the company said the floor price of the issue </description><source>Hindu Business Line</source></item><item><title>Real Estate Firms Reclassifying Buildings As Fixed Assets</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96584403&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T20:12:00</pubDate><description>TOKYO (Nikkei)--Real estate companies are starting to classify office buildings and condominiums they own as fixed assets because they would rather receive rental income by continuing to hold these assets </description><source>Nikkei Net Interactive</source></item><item><title>Kaufman &amp; Broad restructures senior debt</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96561586&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T13:39:00</pubDate><description>- French residential property developer Kaufman &amp;amp; Broad (EPA:KOF) said yesterday it had renegotiated the terms of its senior debt agreements. Thus, the company will have greater flexibility to prepare </description><source>ADP News</source></item><item><title>A Custom IDX Solution Enhances the Search Function of Realtor Don Eaton's Website</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96436558&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T10:58:00</pubDate><description>/24-7PressRelease/ -- IDX, Inc. is excited to announce the addition of Don Eaton with Eaton Properties, to the rapidly growing database of real estate agents and brokers choosing to customize their real </description><source>24-7PressRelease.com</source></item><item><title>Land Securities To Offer Shareholders Script Dividend (DJ)</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96553506&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T08:25:00</pubDate><description>Securities To Offer Shareholders Script Dividend Jeudi 26 nov 2009 09:15:31 L'offre EasyBourse Bourse sectoriels s de dirigeants d'experts de gestionnaires d'international d'association sur les actions </description><source>Easy Bourse</source></item><item><title>Price report shows area home prices stronger: 27% of mortgaged realty 'underwater'</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96531732&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:53:00</pubDate><description>(Source: The Blade)By Jon Chavez, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio Nov. 25--Slowly, but steadily, the local housing market is improving. Housing prices in the Toledo area dropped 2.26 percent in the third quarter </description><source>I Stock Analyst</source></item><item><title>Surya Roshni plans big, eyes realty</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96531325&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T03:47:00</pubDate><description>Having fared well in the lighting division, Surya Roshni Limited, one of the leading light and steel solution providers, has plans to venture into the real estate sector.</description><source>Business Standard India</source></item><item><title>Resort Savings Plans N7 Billion Investment in Real Estate</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96515672&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T02:09:00</pubDate><description>Resort Savings and Loans Plc has announced its plans to invest about N7 billion in the real estate segment of the Nigerian economy in the year 2010. The bank also disclosed that it is sourcing funds from </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>British Land, Segro and Hammerson fall, but FTSE 100 gains as miners stay strong</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96520779&amp;Channel_ID=23&amp;Category_ID=158</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T01:37:00</pubDate><description>Overview: the FTSE 100 held on to its early gains until the end of the day after a bullish opening on Wall Street, where the main key indices rose in early trade as investors were digesting a flurry of </description><source>Proactive Investors.co.uk</source></item></channel></rss>