Real Estate

  Bloomberg China’s property prices and real estate investment are poised for slower growth even as home sales may rise to a record this year, according to a top government think tank. Real estate is due for a “short-term adjustment period” after heating up since 2015, the Chinese Academy of ...

  Bloomberg As institutional investors scour the globe in search of safe havens from the post-Brexit turmoil, property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. has a piece of advice: Go East. Topping the list of attractive investments is Japan, where some residential real estate projects deliver effective yields as high as ...

  Bloomberg Ventas Inc. agreed to acquire a group of medical and life-science properties from Blackstone Group LP for $1.5 billion, marking a foray into owning real estate affiliated with universities. The real estate investment trust plans to buy substantially all of the life-science and medical properties of Wexford Science ...

  Tribune News Service Millions of Americans lost their homes to foreclosures or short sales during the housing crisis. Fortunately for the economy, time heals most wounds — and credit reports. The number of people joining the rolls of those knocked from homeownership peaked seven years ago, so those blotches ...

  AFP The outlook for Britain’s property market darkened on mounting evidence that the country’s vote to exit the European Union is weighing on asset values. Aberdeen Asset Management became the latest of seven financial groups to order a temporary suspension on redemptions from UK property funds after companies and ...

  AP Long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week to the lowest level since May 2013, driven down by financial tumult in Europe. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac says the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage fell to 3.41 percent from 3.48 percent a week ago. A year ago, the 30-year rate ...

  Bloomberg Allianz SE’s Mohamed El-Erian said that the forced deleveraging of U.K. commercial properties after the Brexit vote may spur opportunities for investors. “If you’re a patient investor, with a stomach for mark-to-market volatility and quasi-permanent capital, that is going to be a very attractive area,” El-Erian said in ...

  AP A business group says the $17.55 million paid for a northwest Las Vegas home by Strip illusion show headliner David Copperfield set an area record. The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors said Thursday the price eclipsed the $17.375 million paid in 2007 for a mansion at the ...

  Bloomberg Regus Plc, the world’s largest provider of serviced offices, is speeding up expansion plans in Frankfurt ahead of an anticipated surge in inquiries from financial firms leaving London. In Amsterdam, demand for its workspaces is already rising. “It will be a big opportunity for us to give banks ...

  Bloomberg It took seven working days from the result of Britain’s shock vote to leave the European Union for Standard Life Investments to freeze withdrawals from its £2.9 billion ($3.8 billion) U.K. real estate fund. For investors wanting to get money out, the wait is likely to be a ...