Up-to-date real estate news from multiple sources covering national stories with special attention to Arizona. The feed is managed/created by Real Estate Learning Center, an Arizona real estate school. http://www.realestatelc.com/news Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:00:01 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/images/rsslogo.gif http://www.realestatelc.com The feed is managed/created by Real Estate Learning Center (http://www.realestatelc.com), an Arizona real estate school. http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5094 The Helmsley Carlton House on Manhattan's Upper East Side is being sold to a partnership between private-equity firm Angelo, Gordon & Co. and New York developer Extell Development for about $170 million. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:00:03 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5093 Mall owner General Growth Properties has bolstered its case for exiting from bankruptcy protection as a stand-alone company. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:00:02 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5092 Forty thousand more hotel rooms on the Continent would have Marriott brand names in the next few years under the company's plan. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:00:02 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5091 A handful of investors dug to the bottom of the discount bin and snapped up General Growth's convertible bonds at three cents on the dollar. They now trade at 103 cents. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:02 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5090 "Even in response to hiatus and mortgage modification programs, foreclosure activity did not slow," said Jay Butler, a real-estate professor at Arizona ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:00:05 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5089 Metric Property Investments hopes to raise £150 million in an IPO on the London Stock Exchange's main market as it seeks to take advantage of the sharp downturn in property values. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:00:02 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5088 The New York real-estate investor will buy one of the nation's largest commercial-mortgage-servicing specialists for $100 million in new equity and assuming $180 million of Centerline's debt. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:00:03 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5087 "A real-estate agent told me my house was bound to sell at auction," Lott said, "and I should be ready to be evicted the day it sold. ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:00:11 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5086 "A real-estate agent told me my house was bound to sell at auction," Lott said, "and I should be ready to be evicted the day it sold. ... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:00:05 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5085 President Obama this week offered some details on his proposed program aimed at getting homeowners to make energy-efficiency improvements to their houses. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:00:03 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5084 'Real Estate' tab offers school data, market trends, more Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:00:07 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5082 The FDIC is investigating loan practices at Georgia's Integrity Bank, which was seized in 2008 after loaning all its capital to the owner of Casa Madrona Hotel & Spa in California. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:02 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5083 A federal judge hearing mall owner's bankruptcy reorganization grants it four more months of exclusive control over its fate, against the objection of some suitors and creditors. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:00:02 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5081 At Dorado Realty, we also represent buyers and sellers of businesses without real estate, providing services as a Business Broker throughout Arizona. ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:00:05 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5080 Survey: Foreclosures drive real estate market in some states Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:00:05 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5077 The former hotel near Times Square has become the latest Dubai World investment to go belly up, and investors are looking to pick up the property at a discount. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:00:03 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5078 Operators are betting that limited new supply, combined with an improving economy, will lead to ideal market conditions nationwide starting in 2011 or 2012. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:00:03 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5079 Fitch Ratings said the $75 million loan backing 80 Broad Street in Manhattan has been transferred to a special servicer because of an "imminent default." Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:00:03 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5076 The total number of retail bank branches in the U.S. is on pace to decline this year for the first time since 2002. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:00:02 +0100 http://www.realestatelc.com/story?ID=5075 Gabbe operates a business out of his home, a real estate investment corporation. The Queen Creek residence, however, is only Gabbe's winter home. ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:05 +0100