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sustainable forrest investment .

we are developing a sustainable forest investment group , with investment in forrest in europe , africa and brasil , we have a consultant company that does all property management and rentabilizes the investment and we want to rent the forest oxygen production to companies that need to reduce " carbon foot print " to continue business.

we have many companies interested in our project .

investment in forrest for carbon foot print , can go well

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Added by vitor rita on March 10, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments

Case Shiller: Slowly Getting Better

Case Shiller

Improving

The S&P Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index posted a 2.5% decrease from a year earlier, a significant easing from the 19%, 15% and 8.7% declines in the rest of 2009. The indexes showed prices in 10 major metropolitan areas fell 2.4% in December from a year… Continue

Added by Howard Bell on March 8, 2010 at 11:05pm — No Comments

Online networking and trust discussed at the CREOpoint member breakfast hosted by the California Real Estate Journal

An impromptu meeting of CREOpoint members was kindly hosted by Michael Gottlieb, editor of the California Real Estate Journal (CREJ) as CREOpoint founder JC Goldenstein was back in Los Angeles on February 19, 2010. The discussion centered around what people liked and disliked about networking platforms.

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Added by Mary Beth Broussard on March 5, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Preqin Private Equity Real Estate Fundraising Update

The latest private equity real estate fundraising figures, with a special focus on Asia and Rest of World focused vehicles currently on the road.

There are currently 366 private equity real estate funds in market targeting an aggregate $150 billion in equity. The majority of private real estate funds are focused on North America. 198 funds in market are targeting North America, accounting for 54% of vehicles on the road and 55% of total capital being raised.

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Added by Preqin on March 5, 2010 at 10:59am — No Comments

Commercial Real Estate News Toronto - February 2010

LoopNet Releases Next Generation of LoopLink -… Continue

Added by Chris Fyvie on March 5, 2010 at 8:54am — No Comments

Dead Cap Bounce

By MICHAEL GOTTLIEB

California Real Estate Journal Editor

I just couldn't help but shake my head in disbelief.

At a recent forecast event, one of the speakers - a prominent, respected manager of high-profile Los Angeles properties - had just projected that interest rates may rise 150 to 200 basis points in 2010, when the moderator asked him for his outlook on capitalization rate increases in his market this year.

His response was that… Continue

Added by Michael Gottlieb on March 1, 2010 at 2:20am — 1 Comment

Freddie Mac: 2009 Ends With Mortgage Rates Just Over 5 Percent

30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Over 5 Percent

30-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 5.05 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending February 25, 2010, up from last week when it averaged 4.93 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.07 percent.

The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 4.40 p… Continue

Added by Howard Bell on February 27, 2010 at 10:45pm — No Comments

Mortgage Bankers Association Weekly Update

Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of 2/24/2010

Market Composite Index: (loan application volume) decreased 8.5 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier

Refinance Index: decreased 8.9 percent from the previous week. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased 7.3 percent from one w… Continue

Added by Howard Bell on February 27, 2010 at 10:44pm — No Comments

Will Sustainable Development Pay? asks ULI and RREF

My answer to this question is a resounding yes. But not so much in financial terms, but rather in social terms it pays to develop sustainably and more broadly we should adopt the attitude that everything we do should be done in a sustainable manner. Development should be done so in a responsible, sustainable, and thoughtful manner – taking into account the impact on the environment, people, and the community. My thoughts also turned towards eco-refurbishment or more commonly referred to now as r… Continue

Added by Bonnie O. Wong on February 24, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Commercial Property: Money Becoming Available

Lenders may be beginning to open up as they see some signs of an economy that is stabilizing. Data released by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) notes commercial and multifamily mortgage originations rose 12% in the fourth quarter year over year. Loan originations in the fourth quarter also were 15% higher than in the third quarter. see chart

life ins… Continue

Added by Howard Bell on February 23, 2010 at 8:08pm — No Comments

REITs: Where Are The Good Deals

Real-estate investment trusts sold $24 billion in new stock last year, raising to profit from commercial-property distress by picking up high-quality real estate at bargain prices. But they are having trouble finding deals. Tishman Spier, recently handed the keys back to the banks. Peter Cooper village and Stuyvesant Town comprise 56,000 units. Another 2.6 billion dollar deal was handed back to Barclays and they have no intention of putting these properties up at bargain basement pri… Continue

Added by Howard Bell on February 23, 2010 at 8:04pm — No Comments

Ground Zero Still at Square One

So Larry Silverstein says he’s the most frustrated man in the world. So he tells 60 minutes—and so he told me at RealShare New York last year. For those of us who work in the neighborhood, it didn’t take a TV report to underscore his frustration.

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Added by John Salustri on February 22, 2010 at 8:55am — No Comments

February 2010 - Commercial Real Estate News Summary - Toronto

Original Post

Jim Becker Takes the Helm for Jones Lang LaSalle in Canada

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Added by Chris Fyvie on February 17, 2010 at 4:40pm — No Comments

Finding your first office space

Working from home will only work for so long. Most of my clients go through the following transition:

1. Find shared space - by reaching out to everyone they know, sometimes a company gets lucky and finds a group willing to share their office space, boardroom and sometimes even an assistant. This is usually a great at great cost savings on a month to month basis.

2. The company outgrows the shared space or has it taken back from them for growth or relocation reasons. Many group… Continue

Added by Chris Fyvie on February 17, 2010 at 4:21pm — 1 Comment

Green Home Trends: 2010

The key to mainstreaming green homes is to make sure that consumers understand the value of green upgrades — how cost-effective energy efficiency can be in the long run. Consumers want homes that are environmentally friendly and home values should reflect the increased savings.

Better Homes and Gardens

Recent poll results of 2,342 people who plan to purchase or do a ma

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Added by Howard Bell on February 16, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Home Price Trends: 2010

The key to mainstreaming green homes is to make sure that consumers understand the value of green upgrades — how cost-effective energy efficiency can be in the long run. Consumers want homes that are
environmentally friendly and home values should reflect the increased
savings.

Better Homes and Gardens

Recent poll results of 2,342 people who plan to purchase or do a major home improvement in 2010 show

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Added by Howard Bell on February 16, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

The Pinnacle of Irrationality

By MICHAEL GOTTLIEB California Real Estate Journal Editor That the Burj Dubai was renamed the Burj Khalifa just as the latest "world's tallest building" was unveiled last month hardly came as a surprise. It doesn't take a team of economists to figure out that it makes good fiscal sense to honor the person - Sheik Khalifa bi Zayed, ruler of Abu Dhabi - who rescued your country from bankruptcy. That the record 2,717-foot-tall Burj Khalifa, with more than 160 stories of commercial and residential s… Continue

Added by Michael Gottlieb on February 9, 2010 at 12:28am — 1 Comment

ULI: Social Media in the Property Industry

I feel as though I have been caught in the winter of social media – there is always a flurry of activity. The one breakout session at the ULI Annual Conference that I attended that was not about sustainability was about social media.

On the panel were Brant Long, Global Head of Branding for Jones Lang Lasalle; Marthijn Pool from a… Continue

Added by Bonnie O. Wong on February 8, 2010 at 9:16am — No Comments

ULI: Everybody's Talking About Sustainability, Part II

My afternoon at the ULI Annual Conference in Paris was spent hearing interesting perspectives on communicating achievements in carbon reduction in the property industry, data analysis around climate change, and stories of success in developing property for both social and financial return.

In the breakout session on marketing and… Continue

Added by Bonnie O. Wong on February 7, 2010 at 5:00am — No Comments

Everything is Relative in 2010

By MICHAEL GOTTLIEB California Real Estate Journal Editor The forecast season is upon us. No doubt you are parsing through the dozens of forecast events and reports - our own month-long series of statewide forecasts commences Feb. 1 - to build your basis of understanding of the topsy-turvey commercial real estate market. The most important thing to remember when sifting through the data and pundtry in shaping your business decisions this year is that everything is relative and that traditional i… Continue

Added by Michael Gottlieb on February 7, 2010 at 12:00am — No Comments

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