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Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Announces Pricing of Public Offering of $550,000,000 of 4.60% Senior Notes Due ...
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE - News) announced today that it has priced a public offering of $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.60% ...
Chatham Lodging Trust Announces Fourth Quarter Results
Chatham Lodging Trust , a hotel real estate investment trust focused on investing in premium branded upscale extended-stay hotels and select-service hotels, today announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2011.
FHFA Sends Congress Strategic Plan for Fannie and Freddie
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco recently sent to Congress a strategic plan for the next phase of the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises). The plan builds on the Acting Director’s February 2010 letter to Congress on the conservatorships and sets forth objectives and steps FHFA is [...]
CAP Proposes Plan to Put Americans Back to Work
Recently, as lawmakers continue to debate infrastructure bills, a new report released by the Center for American Progress proposes a plan to enable significant progress in bringing America’s infrastructure up to par. In addition to proposing a new level of federal investment and how to pay for it, the report outlines a set of critical [...]
Freddie Mac Prices New $4.5 Billion Three-year Reference Notes® Security
Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) announced recently that it priced its new 0.50 percent $4.5 billion three-year USD Reference Notes® security due on April 17, 2015. The issue, CUSIP number 3137EADD8, was priced at 99.728 to yield 0.587 percent, or 20 basis points more than three-year U.S. Treasury Notes. The issue will settle on Tuesday, February [...]
Top 5 in Real Estate Network® Spotlights: Working with Sellers in Challenging Times
In the following spotlight, Lesley Geary of RISMedia chatted with Greg Waldmann of RE/MAX Alliance to learn how he educates sellers and works with expired listings. Read on to glean Waldmann’s best time management tip, and his most creative advertising strategy. Greg Waldmann RE/MAX Alliance Region served: South Denver Metro area What challenges and concerns [...]
Deadline to Request Mortgage Review Extended to July 31
People seeking a review of their mortgage foreclosures under the Federal banking agencies’ Independent Foreclosure Review now have until July 31, 2012, to submit their requests. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) announced yesterday that the deadline for submitting requests [...]
Productivity Boosters: Apps That Can Help
(MCT)—With a gazillion applications available now for smartphones and tablets, which are really most useful day-to-day? Here are a few that I find myself returning to. Stitcher Radio, free from Stitcher Inc., delivers on-demand audio programs that do away with downloads and syncing. It’s an app I fire up most days on my long commute [...]
2012 Starts with Increased Sales and Stable Prices
For the 7th straight month, home sales in January inched higher, rising 3.4 percent above the level seen last January. This data is based on a weighted average of 53 metropolitan areas surveyed for the RE/MAX National Housing Report. After an unexpected jump in sales at the end of 2011, January sales returned to a [...]
Century 21 Real Estate Welcomes Results Realty Services in Georgia
Century 21 Real Estate LLC recently announced the expansion of its system in Georgia. Results Realty Services has joined the CENTURY 21® System, and is now doing business as CENTURY 21 Results Realty Services. Results Realty Services is ranked No. 1 in Forsyth County and No. 8 in all of North Atlanta for office production [...]
Existing-home sales post third gain in 4 months
NAR: large-scale REO-to-rental program not needed
Hot swimsuit model offers real estate marketing lesson
Borrowing a page from the Ford Mustang ad campaign
Updated Realtor.com app: search for REOs, price-reduced homes
'HyperSocial' agent search tool slated for Q2 release
No consensus on real estate dual agency, double-ending
Beyond Dual Agency
ZipRealty signs 6th brokerage to referral program
'Powered by Zip' provides conduit for IDX listings on ZipRealty.com
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Announces Public Offering of Senior Notes Due 2022
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE - News) announced today that it is commencing an underwritten public offering, subject to market conditions, of ...
First FTTH Enabled Residential Community in Egypt Empowered by Zhone Technologies and Palm Hills Developments
First FTTH Enabled Residential Community in Egypt Empowered by Zhone Technologies and Palm Hills Developments Industry-leading MXK(TM) solution providing state-of-the-art entertainment services to more ...
IWMS Software aids in real estate planning, optimization.
Manhattan 2012 helps organizations plan and manage real estate portfolios by ensuring correct built resources are being provided to enhance productivity of workforces while optimizing use of space and decreasing cost of occupancy. With optimized workflow, multilingual software features interactive intelligence, Manhattan GIS integration, and performance optimization across strategic portfolio ...
Hiscox USA Introduces Direct, Online Insurance for the Real Estate Sector
NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hiscox USA, the first and only US insurer to enable small businesses to purchase business insurance direct and online in real-time, today announced that their service ...
