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- 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Real estate refinancings plummet
Overall mortgage applications declined 3.4 percent last week on a seasonally adjusted basis from the week before, as refinancings fell for the fifth consecutive week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported today. The seasonally adjusted purchase inde... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
California investors land Hawaiian shops
Faris Lee Investments brokered the sale of Kahana Gateway Shopping Center, totaling 60,000 square feet on the island of Maui in Hawaii. The value of the transaction was approximately $26.8 million. Kahana Partners LLC, which consists of a group of Calif... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Page Mill invests in San Francisco office complex
Page Mill Properties L.P., a real estate equity fund based in San Francisco, announced the purchase of a 70 percent ownership interest in 444 De Haro St., a 152,000-square-foot office complex in San Francisco. The value of the transaction was not disclose... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Minnesota joint venture unloads mixed-use portfolio
A joint venture between Investcorp and Minneapolis-based Welsh Cos. has sold four office/industrial properties totaling 446,827 square feet in suburban Minneapolis. The total value of the transactions was not disclosed. RREEF, a full service real estat... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Why Thanksgiving is good for real estate biz
I received puzzled looks all around. "We don't even have a dining room," one replied. "We eat on the patio out by the pool. Everyone comes into a buffet on the kitchen island and then we go out to tables in the yard. We have room for 30." "We take eve... - 11/23/2005 - Real Estate News
Real estate pros give thanks
Thanksgiving was founded with the idea of reflecting on our blessings, and the real estate industry had many such blessings to count this year: interest rates have remained low and home sales stayed high, among other things. With the idea of counting bles... - 11/23/2005 - Mortgage Headlines
Mortgage Rates Holding for Now
A strong rebound in consumer confidence turned U.S. Treasuries around on Wednesday. Just yesterday bonds staged a rally based on the minutes of the Fed's Nov. 1 meeting, which suggested that rate hikes might be coming to an end. But that ended today when... - 11/22/2005 - Commercial Real Estate News
Boston Developer Eyes Filene's Downtown Crossing Location
BOSTON-A local development firm is eyeing the Filene's building in Downtown Crossing for possible redevelopment, GlobeSt.com has learned. Tentatively, bids on the 650,000-sf building are set to close Dec. 1. - 11/22/2005 - Commercial Real Estate News
Communications Firm Inks 15,000-SF Lease at 99 Bedford St.
BOSTON-The Pohly Co. will expand its offices by 6,000 sf when it moves next month into 99 Bedford St. under a five-year lease deal. It will be the third move for the firm in the last several years. - 11/22/2005 - Real Estate News
Overnight real estate rates come down
Long-term mortgage interest rates continued to fall Monday, and the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond yield dipped to 4.46 percent. The 30-year fixed-rate average sank to 5.8 percent, and the 15-year fixed-rate slipped to 5.38 percent. The 1-year adjust...