Live Trading News » North America http://www.livetradingnews.com Live Trading News and Research Sat, 25 May 2013 16:14:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 William Koch building “Frontier Town” near Aspen, Colorado http://www.livetradingnews.com/william-koch-building-frontier-town-near-aspen-colorado-83376.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/william-koch-building-frontier-town-near-aspen-colorado-83376.htm#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:25:39 +0000 Paul A Ebeling Jr http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=83376 Billionaire William Koch building “Frontier Town” near Aspen, Colorado Energy billionaire William Koch is developing a private Wild West town, with a saloon, jail and train station, high in the Rocky Mountains near Aspen. Mr. Koch, 72 anni, made his fortune partly by developing underground coal deposits in Somerset, Colorado, is building the frontier community; [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/william-koch-building-frontier-town-near-aspen-colorado-83376.htm/feed 0 US Real Estate: Mortgage Rates Up Slightly http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-mortgage-rates-up-slightly-82727.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-mortgage-rates-up-slightly-82727.htm#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:40:19 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=82727 Mortgage rates continued to climb this week, with the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rising for the third consecutive week, to 3.86 percent according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.42 discount and origination points. The average 15-year fixed mortgage rate inched higher to [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-mortgage-rates-up-slightly-82727.htm/feed 0 RiverBend Ranch for Sale 214-acre Riverfront Ranch In Park City, Utah http://www.livetradingnews.com/riverbend-ranch-for-sale-214-acre-riverfront-ranch-in-park-city-utah-82615.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/riverbend-ranch-for-sale-214-acre-riverfront-ranch-in-park-city-utah-82615.htm#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:02:14 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=82615 RiverBend Ranch, a 214-acre ranch located along a half mile of the Weber River with a 16,800-square-foot designer-furnished estate, fenced pastures, trails and hillside ranges, just 25 minutes from the heart of Park City, home to the Sundance Film Festival, will sell during a live auction Without Reserve on September 14th, Concierge Auctions has announced. [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/riverbend-ranch-for-sale-214-acre-riverfront-ranch-in-park-city-utah-82615.htm/feed 0 USA Real Estate: How to Buy Right http://www.livetradingnews.com/usa-real-estate-how-to-buy-right-80742.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/usa-real-estate-how-to-buy-right-80742.htm#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:29:06 +0000 LiveTradingNews.com wire staff http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=80742 Don’t Forget The 3 Main Home Buying Aspects! By Megan Gates Elliman Brooklyn Real Estate It is important to make sure that you are doing as much research as possible when you are trying to buy a home. To be an educated buyer means that you will be able to get the best home possible [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/usa-real-estate-how-to-buy-right-80742.htm/feed 0 Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (NYSE:HOV) on New York Real Estate http://www.livetradingnews.com/hovnanian-enterprises-inc-nysehov-on-new-york-real-estate-78775.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/hovnanian-enterprises-inc-nysehov-on-new-york-real-estate-78775.htm#comments Sat, 30 Jun 2012 18:22:33 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=78775 Ara Hovnanian sells Manhattan townhouse, $17.9-M Ara Hovnanian, CEO of homebuilder Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. (NYSE:HOV), sold a townhouse in Manhattan’s West Village for $17.9m, a 15% discount from the listing price. The buyer of the 8,100-sq-ft (750-sq-meter) home on West 12th Street was listed as 16 West 12 Holdings LLC, according to New York City [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/hovnanian-enterprises-inc-nysehov-on-new-york-real-estate-78775.htm/feed 0 US Real Estate Will Rally in 2013 http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-will-rally-in-2013-72357.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-will-rally-in-2013-72357.htm#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 13:48:08 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=72357 Economist Shayne Heffernan says it is time to take advantage of the cheap money on offer in the USA and buy real estate. Development and construction of commercial real estate – office, industrial and retail buildings – rebounded in 2011, the first year to post gains since the recession began in 2007, according to a [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-will-rally-in-2013-72357.htm/feed 0 CS, DBK, BCS, GS To Buy Fed Real Estate http://www.livetradingnews.com/cs-dbk-bcs-gs-to-buy-fed-real-estate-70193.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/cs-dbk-bcs-gs-to-buy-fed-real-estate-70193.htm#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:41:28 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=70193 Major EU banks preparing bids for real estate debt assumed by NY Fed CS, DBK, BCS, GS, AIG, JEF Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DBK), Barclays Plc (NYSE:BCS), Credit Suisse AG (NYSE:CS)are preparing bids for US$7.49-B of real estate debt assumed by the US Federal Reserve Bank of New York in Y 2008. It will likely take [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/cs-dbk-bcs-gs-to-buy-fed-real-estate-70193.htm/feed 0 US Real Estate: Mortgage Rates Rise http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-mortgage-rates-rise-69476.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-mortgage-rates-rise-69476.htm#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:11:46 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=69476 According to the LendingTree Monthly Mortgage Review, average mortgage rates inched up in March, while more borrowers than ever took advantage of low Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan rates. Even with the slightly higher rates experienced by the market in March, the average FHA 30-year fixed rate was just 3.85 percent, almost 50 basis points [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-mortgage-rates-rise-69476.htm/feed 0 Ashton Kutcher buys Hollywood Mansion Before Bieber http://www.livetradingnews.com/ashton-kutcher-buys-hollywood-mansion-before-bieber-69243.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/ashton-kutcher-buys-hollywood-mansion-before-bieber-69243.htm#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 08:59:45 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=69243 Ashton Kutcher buys Hollywood Hills home “Two and a Half Men” star Ashton Kutcher has bought a home in the heart of the Hollywood Hills for an undisclosed amount. The house had most recently been listed at $10.8 million. The modern house, completed in 2007, has views of the Hollywood Reservoir and the Hollywood sign. [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/ashton-kutcher-buys-hollywood-mansion-before-bieber-69243.htm/feed 0 USA Real Estate: New York Prices Fall http://www.livetradingnews.com/usa-real-estate-new-york-prices-fall-68532.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/usa-real-estate-new-york-prices-fall-68532.htm#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:10:36 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=68532 Manhattan apartment prices on the decline Manhattan apartment prices dropped in Q-1/ The median price of all condominiums and co-ops that changed hands in the Quarter ended 31 March fell 0.9% from a year earlier to $775,000 according to the data. Deals totaled 2,311, down 3.5% from Q-1 of Y 2011. Studios and 1-bedrooms accounted [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/usa-real-estate-new-york-prices-fall-68532.htm/feed 0 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (PINK:LEHMQ): Setai in Trevi Luxury Real Estate Deal South Beach http://www.livetradingnews.com/lehman-brothers-holdings-inc-pinklehmq-setai-in-trevi-luxury-real-estate-deal-south-beach-68115.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/lehman-brothers-holdings-inc-pinklehmq-setai-in-trevi-luxury-real-estate-deal-south-beach-68115.htm#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 12:32:38 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=68115 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (PINK:LEHMQ): Setai in Trevi Luxury Real Estate Deal South Beach Setai Owners LLC, a hotel company affiliated with Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., today announced that the Setai Resort & Residences is under new management. The owner terminated its agreement with General Hotel Management, Ltd. and GHM (South Beach) LLC (“GHM”) today [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/lehman-brothers-holdings-inc-pinklehmq-setai-in-trevi-luxury-real-estate-deal-south-beach-68115.htm/feed 0 Real Estate News: Where are the Wealthy Buying? http://www.livetradingnews.com/real-estate-news-where-are-the-wealthy-buying-67814.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/real-estate-news-where-are-the-wealthy-buying-67814.htm#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:18:02 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=67814 Popular cities for the Ultra-Rich London is the most important City in the World according to the ultra-wealthy. The Wealth Report, a new study by Knight Frank Research and Citi Private Bank, list the 10 International cities that high-net-worth individuals consider the most important. The report surveyed individuals worth more than $25-Min investable assets to [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/real-estate-news-where-are-the-wealthy-buying-67814.htm/feed 0 US Real Estate Undervalued as Prices Hit 10 Year Low http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-undervalued-as-prices-hit-10-year-low-67255.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-undervalued-as-prices-hit-10-year-low-67255.htm#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:07:57 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=67255 US home prices hit 10-yr low The US housing market started off the new year without any fanfare. Home prices dropped for the 5th month running in January, reaching their lowest point since the end of Y 2002. The average home sold in that month lost 0.8% of its value, compared with a month earlier, [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-undervalued-as-prices-hit-10-year-low-67255.htm/feed 0 USA Real Estate: The Fed on Foreclosures and the Housing Market http://www.livetradingnews.com/usa-real-estate-the-fed-on-foreclosures-and-the-housing-market-66077.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/usa-real-estate-the-fed-on-foreclosures-and-the-housing-market-66077.htm#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:48:28 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=66077 Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Cummings, Congressman Towns, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to update the Committee on the Federal Reserve’s progress in implementing both the foreclosure review process as well as its progress in implementing the requirements of the enforcement actions that the Board issued [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/usa-real-estate-the-fed-on-foreclosures-and-the-housing-market-66077.htm/feed 0 Real Estate Data to Dominate Wall St http://www.livetradingnews.com/real-estate-data-to-dominate-wall-st-65944.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/real-estate-data-to-dominate-wall-st-65944.htm#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:34:10 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=65944 Real Estate data and earnings from economic bellwether FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX) may offer investors some clues  weethisk about the strength of the US recovery. Financial results from Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL) and Nike Inc. (NYSE:NKE) and speeches from US Federal Reserve officials may also will be in the spotlight. US economic data released in the past week were mostly positive, [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/real-estate-data-to-dominate-wall-st-65944.htm/feed 0 NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE: NRF) Dividends and Cash Flow Improve http://www.livetradingnews.com/northstar-realty-finance-corp-nyse-nrf-dividends-and-cash-flow-improve-63264.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/northstar-realty-finance-corp-nyse-nrf-dividends-and-cash-flow-improve-63264.htm#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:15:01 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=63264 NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE: NRF) today announced its results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. Fourth Quarter 2011 Highlights Increased fourth quarter 2011 dividend to $0.135 per common share. AFFO per diluted share of $0.44. $145 million of unrestricted cash. Closed two separate $100 million credit facilities for loan originations [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/northstar-realty-finance-corp-nyse-nrf-dividends-and-cash-flow-improve-63264.htm/feed 0 RE/MAX National Housing Report for the USA http://www.livetradingnews.com/remax-national-housing-report-for-the-usa-63146.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/remax-national-housing-report-for-the-usa-63146.htm#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:29:01 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=63146 For the 7th straight month, home sales in January inched higher, rising 3.4% above the level seen last January. This data is based on a weighted average of 53 metropolitan areas surveyed for the RE/MAX National Housing Report. After an unexpected jump in sales at the end of 2011, January sales returned to a seasonal [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/remax-national-housing-report-for-the-usa-63146.htm/feed 0 US Real Estate Outlook http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-outlook-57341.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-outlook-57341.htm#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:06:45 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=57341 US home builders are less pessimistic about the struggling housing market, but not enough to signal a recovery any time soon. The National Association of Home Builders said Tuesday that its index of builder sentiment this month rose from 14 to 18. Any reading below 50 indicates negative sentiment about the housing market. It has [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-outlook-57341.htm/feed 0 US Housing Market Slump http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-housing-market-slump-57072.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-housing-market-slump-57072.htm#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:03:29 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=57072 US government wants to fix the ailing property market The housing bubble bursting several years ago left a “terrible legacy” of mortgage failures for homeowners and financial agencies, and the US government would continue fixing the sagging property market, a senior Treasury official said Thursday. “We think there is an opportunity to address the backlog [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-housing-market-slump-57072.htm/feed 0 Foreclosures Point to Recovery http://www.livetradingnews.com/foreclosers-point-to-recovery-56992.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/foreclosers-point-to-recovery-56992.htm#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:30:01 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=56992 The number of U.S. homes that received a first-time default notice during the July to September quarter increased 14 percent compared to the second quarter of the year, RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday. A pickup in foreclosure activity also means a potentially faster turnaround for the U.S. housing market. Experts say a revival isn’t likely to [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/foreclosers-point-to-recovery-56992.htm/feed 0 US Housing Market Stable in July http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-housing-market-stable-in-july-55595.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-housing-market-stable-in-july-55595.htm#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:05:20 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=55595 The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of single-family homes in 20 metropolitan areas was unchanged from a month earlier when adjusted for seasonal factors. Economists expected the seasonally-adjusted series to rise 0.1 percent. Prices declined 4.1 percent from July 201 The data was broadly in line with analysts expectations and does little to allay fears the [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-housing-market-stable-in-july-55595.htm/feed 0 US Real Estate Feels the Pinch http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-feels-the-pinch-55459.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-feels-the-pinch-55459.htm#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:52:10 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=55459 Data last week showed new construction of U.S. homes fell in August, dragging on economic growth. This week a report shows that new single-family home sales in the United States fell in August to a 6-month low in a sign the crippled housing market will not provide much support for the flagging economy anytime soon. [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/us-real-estate-feels-the-pinch-55459.htm/feed 0 2 Speed Recovery in USA http://www.livetradingnews.com/2-speed-recovery-in-usa-55016.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/2-speed-recovery-in-usa-55016.htm#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:09:30 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=55016 In the USA 2 distinct housing markets are developing; 1 for the rich, the other for everyone else. One analyst remarked that she thinks of this housing market is bipolar. In the luxury sector, the recession has passed, and sales and prices are rising, and everywhere else, the market is moving sideways or falling. In [...]

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]]> http://www.livetradingnews.com/2-speed-recovery-in-usa-55016.htm/feed 0 American Realty Capital Properties Inc, NASDAQ:ARCP New REIT IPO http://www.livetradingnews.com/american-realty-capital-properties-inc-nasdaqarcp-new-reit-ipo-53574.htm http://www.livetradingnews.com/american-realty-capital-properties-inc-nasdaqarcp-new-reit-ipo-53574.htm#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:32:12 +0000 Shayne Heffernan http://www.livetradingnews.com/?p=53574 American Realty Capital Properties Inc, NASDAQ:ARCP announced today it had completed its “reasonable best efforts” initial public offering at a price of $12.50 per share (subject to certain discounts described in the prospectus). The Board of Directors of ARCP further declared an annual dividend of $0.875 per share, payable in cash monthly, beginning in October [...]

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