Real Estate

China Real-Estate Market Shows Improvement Wall Street Journal The average price of housing in 100 major Chinese cities rose in June from the previous month, after nine straight months of decline, in a sign that the housing market is turning a corner. See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Real-Estate Prices Rise in China Fox Business China's battered real-estate market appears to be turning around, strengthening an important pillar of growth and reducing the chances that China's slowing economy will stall in the second half of the year. See all stories on this topic »

Investors Downshift on Real-Estate Stocks Wall Street Journal Real-estate stocks that were hot at the start of the year lost some steam during the spring, an indication of growing volatility in property stocks. See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Real Estate Roundtable Elects FY2013 Board with Taubman as Chairman MarketWatch (press release) WASHINGTON, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Real Estate Roundtable, a leading voice for commercial real estate in the nation's capital, has elected Taubman Centers, Inc. Chairman, President and CEO Robert S. Taubman to succeed Dune ... See all stories on this topic »

GE Capital Sells Property Lending Unit for $2.51 Billion New York Times (blog) Business Property is a commercial real estate lender for properties owned or leased by small and midsize businesses. The acquisition includes about $2.44 billion of performing commercial loans, the origination and servicing platforms, and servicing ... See all stories on this topic »

Zephyr Real Estate Provides Meritus College Fund Scholarship MarketWatch (press release) About Zephyr Real Estate Founded in 1978, Zephyr Real Estate is San Francisco's largest independent real estate firm with $1 billion in gross sales in 2011 and a current roster of more than 200 full-time agents. In 2010, Zephyr launched its new website ... See all stories on this topic »

China's Stocks Rise for Third Day on Policy, Property Optimism Businessweek China Vanke Co. surged 2 percent, leading a gauge of property developers to the biggest gain in three weeks, as Citigroup Inc. recommended real estate stocks and the 21st Century Business Herald said the government may not introduce new measures to ... See all stories on this topic »

GE Sells Property Lending Unit to EverBank for $2.51 Billion San Francisco Chronicle The deal for Business Property Lending Inc. includes $2.44 billion in performing commercial real estate debt and servicing rights on $3.1 billion of loans securitized by GE Capital, the companies said in a statement today. Immelt has been working to ... See all stories on this topic »

GE Capital Sells Business Real Estate Group to EverBank for $2.5B Fox Business EverBank Financial is buying General Electric's business property lending group for $2.51 billion in cash. See all stories on this topic »

EverBank Financial Corp to acquire Business Property Lending, Inc. from GE ... MarketWatch (press release) Alec Burger, President, GE Capital Real Estate, North America division said, "The sale of Business Property to EverBank is a strong strategic win and is consistent with our stated strategy to reduce the overall size of our real estate portfolio. We are ...