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New York: prices reduction is not expected

April 27th, 2009

New York has been based as trading settlement Dutch East India Company in 1624: Manhattan was then bought at Indians, living on the island. Till 1664 the settlement was called as New Amsterdam, then the colony has passed to British, and the city has received the modern name. Since 1790 it has become already the biggest city of the country.
Gone through much for the history, New York is, certainly, the most popular city of the USA. As though confirming the idea of modern Babylon, New York citizens speak in 170 languages. Perhaps, thanks to mixture of different national cultures many modern trends, such as an abstract expressionism in painting, hip-hop, salsa and disco have appeared.
However, Wall Street and Financial District with their stock exchanges and other financial enterprises and prices for real estate is the main thing on which cities well-being depends. Here indexes, defining health both of New York, and prices for real estate are calculated: NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYMEX and NYBOT.
The bank capital of the world where enormous oil capitals and money resources from other sources address, necessarily corresponds to the highest standards: New York - is one of the most expensive cities of the world. While all America sustains notable losses in the real estate market, here rise in prices is observed.
We will cite as an example of small, 37 sq. m flat on Manhattan, in the neighborhood with well-known Central Park: in 2003 it cost EU299 070, in 2008 - EU 482 000 (the prices are resulted taking into account a course difference between currencies in 2003 and in 2009).

Colliers International: warehouse market review

April 15th, 2009

In connection with release of considerable volumes of the new warehouses in 2008, dynamics of warehouse market development has gradually slowed down. This tendency has amplified under the influence of the general economic recession in the country and design financing reduction.
Decrease in economic activity practically in all branches, begun in second half of 2008, has made clients to revise the plans concerning warehouse areas rent.
Falling of volumes of manufacture and retail goods turnover has caused reduction of demand for warehouse. Unlike trading and office real estate market, warehouse market was the least speculative, that has allowed it to face economic crisis successfully.
In 2008, as well as earlier, termination dates of building of many warehouse complexes were postponed for later period. By the end of year developers finished only high stage of readiness objects, not beginning construction of new ones.
Warehouse real estate development loses its attractiveness because of consumption reduction.
By the end of the first half of the year quantity of the got ground areas, suitable for warehouse complexes development, has decreased, however, interest of developers to purchase of front sites along the basic transport highways round Kiev has remained the same.
Since the last quarter of 2008, readiness of warehouses owners to sign short-term contracts of rent was observed.

Melanie Janine Brown sells her house in Hollywood

April 8th, 2009

Ex-participant of pop group Spice Girls Melanie Janine Brown has decided to sell her private residence in Los Angeles area of Hollywood hills for $2,999 million.
The house has four bedrooms and four bathrooms; the total area of the house makes 323 sq. meters. The house has also hydrochloric pool, spa and three artificial waterfalls.
The singer has not explained why she has decided to sell the house, bought in 2007.

Morgan Stanley will buy real estate

April 8th, 2009

Morgan Stanley, one of the largest US banks has practically finished formation of investments fund and it is going to buy some real estate objects for $6 billion.
The volume of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund VII Global, which will be engaged in investments into the real estate worldwide, will make $10 billion.
In the Russian real estate market Morgan Stanley has already made some loud acquisitions: the bank owns share holdings of such companies, as RGI International and RBI.



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