World Beat
A Gusher of Arab Investment
Global real estate investment by Arab investors will nearly double this year, to $22 billion, say analysts with commercial real estate services firm Jones...
Interstate Proceeds With Caution in India
It's easy to understand why Interstate Hotels and Resorts and other Western developers see a subcontinent-sized opportunity in India. Not many countries...
Turning Istanbul-lish
Until recently, Istanbul occupied almost no space in the minds of most Western real estate investors. Turkey's largest city was one of those places that...
Winning the Gold War
Great real estate returns were probably not what Nikita Khrushchev, the 1960s-era Soviet leader, had in mind when he predicted that his country would...
Global Cooling for REITs
Like people coping with a harsh winter, U.S. real estate stock investors may be tempted to think the time is right to move their money to a balmier climate....
Will Sovereign Funds Become the New King of the Hill?
Last year, says Gerard Lyons, the London-based chief economist of Standard Chartered Bank, many of his conversations with bankers and investors ended...
The Buck Drops Here
It's easy to see the decline of the dollar as an event far removed from day-to-day deal making. Maybe the champagne for the closing is a bit more expensive...
Will Poverty Derail Development in India?
India's astounding growth certainly catches the imagination of foreign investors. With annual GDP of 8.5%, property prices climbing by double digits,...
Is Private Equity Heading East?
Once in a great while, a big event can change an ecosystem forever: enter meteorite, exit dinosaurs. For the real estate world, the subprime crisis seems...
German Real Estate Still Looks Attractive Despite Credit Crunch
Just a few months ago, 2007 looked like it could be one of the best years ever for German real estate. Big deals were as popular as mugs in a beer garden...
