Washington Business Journal - Not jail: Developer Douglas Jemal was sentenced to five years of probation for wire fraud after a lengthy trial watched by the local business community. It was a year of transition for commercial real estate. After years of booming growth, the

Street.Com - Blame a combination of weaker-than-expected real estate data and the assassination of Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto. The result was that the Dow ended down 0.6%, the S&P 500 fell 0.4% and the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.7%. Looking forward to next week (and (Read more..)

Digital Chosunilbo - The Presidential Commission on Policy Planning created real estate policies without working with a specific government office that exists to handle such matters. One planning committee affiliated with the Presidential Committee on Balanced National (Read more..)

News.com.au - Bank of New Zealand currency strategist Danica Hampton said the lacklustre real estate data added to expectations that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) would cut interest rates again at its next meeting scheduled for late January. “It was the weak (Read more..)