Nov
19
Real Estate | 
11 19th, 2008| 
High fuel prices, the bankruptcy filings of Aloha and ATA, and the nationwide slump in consumer confidence have slammed Hawaii's tourism industry.
Nov
19
The market for debt used to finance commercial real estate tumbled on worries about rising defaults for commercial mortgage-backed securities.
Nov
19
Many European real-estate companies are not only disclosing weaker results but also announcing new business strategies designed to ride out the recession.
Nov
18
Debate is heating up on the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as they struggle with heavy losses and investors continue to shy away from their debt.
Nov
18
Distressed-mall buyer Feldman may have found a way to ease its own distress without declaring bankruptcy. But few, if any, investors will come out whole.
Nov
18
Corus said it is deferring interest payments on $405 million of junior subordinated debentures and is seeking money from the Treasury Department's $700 billion rescue fund.
Nov
18
Hypo Real Estate reported a larger-than-expected loss in the third-quarter and said its outlook for the remainder of the year and beyond looked grim.
Nov
16
The collapse of DBSI, a real-estate firm that catered to mom-and-pop investors, shows how pain in the commercial-property market is spreading.
Nov
16
LaSalle Hotel Properties told its management companies to cut their work forces by 20%, a day after the company rescinded its 2008 guidance.
Nov
14
Tenant-in-common structures on residential buildings are proving a tough sell in a difficult housing market.
Nov
14
A large unfinished project in Singapore involving Las Vegas Sands has the city-state making contingency plans.
Nov
14
Stuart Rothenberg is leaving his job as head of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s real-estate investment division, which has raised some $26 billion for its real-estate funds since 1991.
Nov
13
The resignation of the chief executive of the world's largest warehouse developer is another sign of pessimism toward the economy.
Nov
13
The latest meltdown in shares of mall and industrial REITs underscores the concern over a sharp, global economic slowdown in the wake of more dismal news from the retail sector.
Nov
13
Hypo Real Estate reported a provisional third-quarter loss on write-downs to its public finance subsidiary, and the company said it will shore up funding with a liquidity facility from the German government.
Nov
12
Calpers is taking a hit from the real-estate market, which is roiling its investments in land and housing projects.
Nov
12
Dubai's property boom appears finally to be over, with asking prices for some homes falling as much as 19% in October from the previous month.
Nov
12
The forces hammering property markets around the world have finally cracked Germany's open-ended real-estate funds.
Nov
12
Toll Brothers' orders fell 27% last month as job cuts and the financial crisis caused a wave of cancellations.
Nov
12
One of the biggest arrangers of tenant-in-common, or TIC, investments filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, sending 8,300 individual investors scrambling.
Nov
12
Las Vegas Sands' chairman agreed to a financing deal that will further dilute his holdings in his gambling empire.
Nov
11
Damac Group, owner of big Mideast private developer Damac Properties, said it will shed 200 jobs. Alba, which operates one of the Middle East's biggest smelters, said the company may delay a big capacity expansion.
Nov
11
Las Vegas Sands said it has secured more than $2 billion in capital-funding commitments and also will suspend casino developments.
Nov
11
Mall owner General Growth Properties warned that its failure to refinance its debt could trigger default on billions of dollars in debt.
Nov
10
Nordstrom opened a store in the Pittsburgh area, joining other high-end retailers that hope to fill a niche despite the downturn in consumer spending.
Nov
9
GMAC is insulated from a potential ResCap bankruptcy filing, under a pact meant to protect the mortgage unit.
Nov
7
Donald Trump filed suit against the lenders on his unfinished Chicago skyscraper.
Nov
6
Developers Diversified Realty's offer to finance part of a property sale is the latest example of seller financing, which is now playing a role in more large deals.
Nov
5
The Los Angeles property market is looking more earthbound, as the global financial crisis is beginning to play itself out in the region's real estate.
Nov
5
The downturn in the hotel market is making the acquisition of Hilton Hotels look like a big burden for Blackstone.