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Mortgage Bankers Sell Building at a Loss

8 February, 2010 (20:06) | PAID, WallStreet Journal | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

The Mortgage Bankers Association sold its 10-story headquarters building in Washington, D.C., for $41.3 million, well below the $79 million it paid in 2007.

Connecticut, Starwood Hit Bump

8 February, 2010 (19:29) | WallStreet Journal, free | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

Connecticut pulled off a coup when Starwood Hotels agreed to relocate its headquarters there. But now there are questions being raised over how the state sealed the deal.

Home Builders See Daylight

8 February, 2010 (08:42) | WallStreet Journal, free | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

Fewer write-downs and cancellations along with improved order rates are putting some lift into the depressed home construction market.

Lenders Seize Sillerman Resort

4 February, 2010 (20:45) | PAID, WallStreet Journal | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

Lenders holding the $180 million mortgage on entertainment mogul Robert Sillerman's luxury resort in Anguilla have taken over the half-built project.

(State) House Rules in Kansas Casino

4 February, 2010 (08:40) | WallStreet Journal, free | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

Gambling in Kansas comes with a twist—the state owns the casino and sets the rules, an unusual arrangement devised by the legislature.

As Banks Balk, Builders Go Elsewhere

4 February, 2010 (08:40) | WallStreet Journal, free | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

Private-equity firms are stepping into the vacuum left by banks' flight from lending to small and midsize home builders.

Investors Lost It All in Memphis

3 February, 2010 (16:41) | WallStreet Journal, free | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

The commercial real-estate mess is clobbering investors. Few of them are reeling as much as the 27 owners of 1023 Cherry Road in Memphis, Tenn.

Flush REITs See Little Cause to Buy

3 February, 2010 (13:16) | WallStreet Journal, free | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

For public real-estate companies, spending money has turned out to be harder than raising it.

Investors Return to Prague

2 February, 2010 (19:48) | WallStreet Journal, free | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

Prague is beginning to show the stirrings of what might be renewed interest among investors in buying commercial real estate in Central and Eastern Europe.

Rufrano’s Exit, and Entrance

2 February, 2010 (19:42) | WallStreet Journal, free | By: WSJ.com: Real Estate

Head real-estate honcho says so long to Centro and hello to Cushman.