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Property Downturn Spreading Throughout The Middle East · Comment PropertyWire: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar are now facing real estate price falls as the economic downturn spreads out around the Middle East. * Could 2009 Be A Vintage Year For Asia Property Investors? · Comment Reuters India: Long-term property investors are already calling 2009 a special “vintage”, offering cheap assets that they hope will produce juicy returns when Asian economies rebound from the global financial crisis. Chinese House Hunters Tour U.S. In Search Of Sweet Deal · Comment USA Today: More than 40 affluent house hunters from across China will begin a trip to Boston, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles on Feb. 24 in search of cheap homes to buy. Their goal: to find investment property and housing their children could use when they go to the USA to study or work. Their budget: $300,000 to $800,000 apiece. Real Estate Investing Like The Pros · Comment Black Enterprise.com: With the tremendous gains that housing and land values have had over the last several years, many investors want to jump into the game of owning real estate. But news of the market going soft and lack of experience has others nervous. Not R. Donahue Peebles, who recently completed The Bath Club condominiums in Miami Beach, a $225 million project. Housing Bets Gone Bad · Comment Star Tribune: Some bought homes as often as others buy new jeans, occasionally in return for thousands of dollars in kickbacks. These investors ranged from small-town working people looking for a quick payday to sophisticated real estate professionals who bet with other people’s money, occasionally defrauding lenders in the process. US Realty Investors Eye Gulf Amid Subprime, Credit Blues · Comment A growing number of investors say the region offers some of the greatest opportunities for hotel investment, in particular, due to rapid growth in the region and high hotel prices… Landlords Find Deals In Housing Crisis · Comment Landlords seeking bargain investment properties the market is looking up… Can’t sell your home? Consider renting it out… How To Dodge Capital Gains Taxes On Real Estate · Comment As tax breaks go, it’s a hard one to pass up: The so-called 1031 exchange enables people to avoid capital gains taxes when they sell real estate or personal property… As Foreclosures Increase, More Investors Seek Gains · Comment “If you’re an investor, this is the best real estate foreclosure market in 13 years,”... 1031 Exchanges Yield Income, Write-Offs · Comment Market for exchanges grew to $4 billion in 2007, from $200 million in 2001… |
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