Lithuania is a nation of homeowners, said Giedre Aleknaviciute, analyst at real-estate consultancy Colliers.
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Msref is now headed by real-estate veteran John Klopp, former chief executive of Capital Trust Inc.
The collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in 2008 was partly due to bad real-estate deals.
In general, the owners or their real-estate brokers will aim to keep designers' wildest impulses in check.
For now, the weakened real-estate market has put the brakes on eminent-domain takings by developers.
Publicly traded partnerships and real-estate investment trusts mix and match features from corporations and uncorporations.
China was the world's top-performing real-estate market from 2008 to 2012, according to consultancy Knight Frank.
Real-estate magnate Sam Zell also puts a high value on teaching curiosity and observation.
Modern-day moguls aren't always looking for glitzy homes that boast their wealth, real-estate agents say.
Gary Garrabrant was chief executive of Equity International, which buys real-estate-related companies in emerging markets.
David Hegarty, president of Senior Housing Properties Trust, a real-estate investment trust based in Newton, Mass.
Still, some older co-op boards remain resistant, said real-estate agents creating an opening that others have seized.
Real-estate agents consider a market balanced when there is a six-month supply of homes for sale.
The online real-estate information site continues to plan to sell 3.462 million shares in the offering.
Regional authorities said banks and real-estate companies own at least 350, 000 vacant properties in Andalusia.
While he was still in school, he went to work at a Moscow real-estate company.
Office, retail and apartment vacancies are on the rise, according to real-estate data provider Reis Inc.
And real-estate agents say deals are falling apart even after buyers obtain initial mortgage commitments.
He restored it and sold it for a loss when the real-estate market softened in 1990.
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McDonald's, the world's largest owner of retail locations, also has real-estate development down to a science.
They have mostly bought homes at auctions and through real-estate agents, just like their mom-and-pop competitors.
Nor would America's still-powerful real-estate industry let its federal safety-net go without a fight.
Still, some Asian real-estate executives already are predicting Blackstone will meet its fundraising goal.
Regulators in early November warned the trust companies of risks in the real-estate sector.
These discounts have attracted some of the big fish in the real-estate investment world.
That makes companies such as Capital Trust and Starwood Property more vulnerable should real-estate values fall.
The company's conversion to a real-estate investment trust requires it to distribute previous earnings.
Morgan Stanley's real-estate fund business, known as MSREF, could use a few blockbuster deals.
Most major commercial real-estate markets classify commercial buildings as Class A, B and C buildings.
"Most businesses are running scared, " says Greg Winquist, a real-estate broker and Republican from Ormond Beach.
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