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Entries from October 2008

Your Second Home | Ski-Season Rentals: Spots by Slopes Still a Draw

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

This winter, vacationers are looking to rent ski homes within driving distance of their primary residences.

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REIT Spinoff Is Proposed for Target

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Activist investor William Ackman proposed spinning off the land Target owns under its stores into a separate real estate investment trust.

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Seeing Gold in Target’s Real Estate

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

An activist investor, hoping for a big increase in market value, has proposed that Target sell the land underneath its stores to a new unit set up for the purpose.

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U.S. weighing new mortgage plan

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

The government is expected to announce soon that it will devote up to $50 billion to directly address the source of the financial crisis: bad mortgages and millions of homeowners at risk of foreclosure.

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Who Lives There: From Another Time and Place

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

As urban oases go, the little wooden house on the corner of Charles and Greenwich Streets is unusually tempting, like a contented child’s drawing of a happy home.

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Streetscapes | Lexington Avenue at Gramercy Park North: On the Trail of Stanford White

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Stanford White’s own residence, a renovated brownstone on Lexington Avenue at Gramercy Park North, is now long gone.

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Mortgage rates spike to 6.46%

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

The 30-year mortgage rate surged this week to levels, following the Fed’s half-point rate cut and the rise in long-term Treasury bonds yields.

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Wynn Builds Resort as Las Vegas Slumps

October 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Wynn Resorts is moving ahead on a $2.3 billion Las Vegas resort at a time when rival casino companies are pulling back on projects.

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Government near home loan bailout

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Read full story for latest details.

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Beverly Hills Development Is in Doubt After Default

October 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Underscoring the deepening woes in commercial real estate, a high-profile British developer has defaulted on a $365 million loan for prime land it bought in Beverly Hills last year as part of a plan to build luxury condominiums.

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