American Apparel sees real estate opportunity

American Apparel sees real estate opportunity American Apparel Inc Chief Executive Dov Charney said on Wednesday he saw opportunity in retail real estate for the fast-growing company, given the struggles of many rivals amid the economic downturn. “There’s a lot of real estate out there now because a lot of retailers are struggling,” Charney said, …

Real estate hurdles expected in 2008

Real estate hurdles expected in 2008 The meltdown of the U.S. real estate market has many homebuyers wondering if and how it will affect the housing market in Canada, but market analysts feel the problems the U.S. is experiencing should have little impact on real estate in this country. In fact Statistics Canada recently reported …

Central Valley has two of nation’s weakest real estate markets [California]

Central Valley has two of nation’s weakest real estate markets for 2008 [California] Two of the nation’s five weakest residential real estate markets this year are in the Central Valley, according to Veros Real Estate Solutions, a Santa Ana-based company that sells enterprise risk management and collateral valuation services. Home prices in the Modesto market …

Taking a chance in Belarus’s real estate market

Taking a chance in Belarus’s real estate market Belarus is the last Stalinist-era, centrally planned economy in Europe but a small and hearty group of Western investors are starting to probe the former Soviet Republic, seeing it as the last all-but-untouched real estate market in Europe. Yet, even as outside investor interest is swelling, there …

What’s Next for New York?

What’s Next for New York? Looking back, 2007 was supposed to be the year that the Manhattan residential real estate market slowed down and began to look a bit more like the slumping national market. But that didn’t happen. While there were periods when condominiums and co-ops sat unsold because buyers and sellers couldn’t agree …

Slowdown expected in ’08 [Indianapolis Area]

Slowdown expected in ’08 [Indianapolis Area] Commercial real estate in the Indianapolis area is a riskier bet in 2008 than it has been for many years. A national lending crisis has nearly ended the flow of out-of-state investment capital to the sector. With the money spigot turned off, at least for now, developers locally will …