Cutbacks Mount in Real Estate Industry
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Washington's real estate industry, already pinched by a slowdown in residential construction, is bracing for further retrenchment after last week's meltdown in the mortgage market.
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The nation's housing industry is in a free fall from the subprime mortgage crisis. The budget of the Department of Housing and Urban Development could be facing big cuts. And the agency is still struggling to respond to a slew of natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina.
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As real estate values fall, local governments from Virginia to California are cutting services and shelving projects.
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Corporate housing can be a boon for developers during a buildingâs transition from rental to condominium or for condominium investors facing a sluggish market.
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It seemed almost a sure bet. In the past seven years, stock prices of publicly traded commercial real estate companies had soared more than 160 percent, far outpacing the broader market. Then, early this year, the shares stumbled, falling about 14 percent since early February. "This drop is a big...
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The Washington region's financial sector reflects the industry nationwide, with stock prices dropping, companies incurring losses from sour mortgages and private-equity investors pulling back on takeovers because of tighter lending.
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Distinctions between local economies are being overridden by a mortgage market that has made it more difficult for many would-be homebuyers to obtain financing.
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A pullback in commercial property  lending has raised questions about whether a recent surge in  real estate investment trust buyouts signaled a peak for  private equity funds.
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Even the rosiest forecasts for next year&#39;s real estate market caution that higher interest rates nationally could shrink the pool of potential home buyers.
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The real estate industry yesterday added its voice to the growing number of commercial interests opposed to a congressional proposal that would increase the tax rate on income earned by the managing partners of investment firms.
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Rapid cooling of area real estate market compels superintendents, teachers to do more with less.
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Existing home sales will fall further and prices will drop more sharply in 2007 than earlier expected, a leading real estate trade association predicted on Tuesday.
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Business & money: Surge in smaller properties adds to reduction in average prices
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Business & money: Change of emphasis to property development provokes outrage.
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The slump in housing stocks to new four-year lows is hurting some well-known investors who recently added home builders and housing-related stocks such as KB Home  and Pulte Homes Inc  to their positions.
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Business & money: Â· Buyers renegotiate deal in face of tighter creditÂ· Housing sales fall for five successive months.
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The tide has &quot;definitely&quot; turned against the seller in the housing market, a leading property expert said today as he published figures showing that prices have fallen for two consecutive months.