WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Rising vacancy rates in U.S. office buildings are pointing to a possibility that a commercial real estate bubble could burst, industry observes said.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Corporate downsizing has not only led to layoffs, but to downsizing of office space, cutting into the U.S. commercial real estate business, observers said.
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. insurer American International Group said its would tap into a third federal bailout option, bringing its total line of government credit to $144 billion.
DUBLIN, Ireland, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- A move by the Irish government to guarantee all $550 billion of the country's bank deposits is a consequence of reckless real estate lending, analysts say.
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- A multibillion-dollar oil deal in Canada's eastern province of Newfoundland this week has resulted in a real estate boom, real estate agents said.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- New York investment banker Lehman Brothers is shopping its massive commercial real estate portfolio in an effort to raise capital, sources say.
LONDON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- British real estate agents say falling property prices are causing business to boom in rural and coastal areas as city dwellers sell off second homes.
BUFORD, Ga., May 4 (UPI) -- A proposal for a new water park in Buford, Ga., will be given consideration despite the state's ongoing drought, officials say.
PHOENIX, April 22 (UPI) -- An aide to presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain helped seal a deal between an Arizona real estate developer and the Pentagon, records show.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- British real estate mogul Nicholas van Hoogstraten was arrested by police in Zimbabwe on charges of currency theft.
CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A California home buyer who says she paid too much for her home sued her real estate agent, claiming the agent hid information to collect a larger commission.
ATLANTA, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Charles "Mack" Taylor, an Atlanta real estate mogul described as a quintessential Southern gentleman, has died of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 78.
JERUSALEM, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Israeli prosecutors have decided not to proceed with an investigation into real estate dealings on the part of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
BURLINGAME, Calif., Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Robert Bruss, a syndicated real estate columnist whose writing appeared in U.S. newspapers for more than 20 years, has died in Burlingame, Calif. He was 67.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- The National Association of Realtors is calling on the U.S. Congress to reauthorize the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program.
