The List: 15.04.09
The U.S.
Deflation: not just in real estate assets (USA Today)
Another CRE ratings cut by Moody’s (Forbes)
More REIT dilution, this time at DiamondRock Hospitality (WSJ)
The REIT market is ripe for M&A (WSJ)
A housing recovery at the end of 2010 (SF Chronicle)
Foreclosures are ramping up (Calculated Risk)
Obama: America’s top RE broker (Bigger Pockets)
Lawsuits are beginning in the Sunwest Ponzi scheme (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Apartment affordability is non-existent in the U.S. (The News Times)
Even churches are having a tough time during the recession (Australia.to)
The next leg down in residential real estate (ValuePlays)
Zombie properties (Residential Property Analytics)
Zell says CRE values are down 30% (Bloomberg)
The World
Lone Star, which just won a bid for a distressed Japanese REIT, is now looking for distressed assets in the U.K. (WSJ)
Vacation homes in Sweden (NY Times)
The real estate market in Vietnam is still cool (VietNamNet, VietNamNet)
Litigation is increasing in Dubai (BusinessWorld Online)
Emerging markets could trigger currency devaluation (Research Recap)
Prices in Kabul rose 75% in 2008 as wealthy Afghans pulled out of the middle east (Telegraph)
China FDI fell for sixth consecutive months (Bloomberg)
Investors prefer Abu Dhabi over other middle eastern markets (Kipp Report)
The real estate market in Riga = not so good (unless you’re buying distressed assets) (The Baltic Course)
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