Developers are reporting strong interest in commercial properties from investors in England, Ireland and Scotland.
Despite a growing focus on Asia, U.S. real estate has climbed to the top of the global property market among foreign investors - and by a wide margin.
New York City and Washington are the top two global cities for foreign investors’ [...]

In the past few months, homebuilding stocks have made some very optimistic moves upward, and a look at the Dow Jones Index of U.S. Home Builders [$DJUSHB] shows that ever since the beginning of 2008, this industry has been on an uptrend.

NEW YORK (AP) – March 28, 2008 – Thanks to the weakened dollar, the U.S. has leapfrogged France, Britain and other European countries as a cheaper place to do business.
A new study released Thursday by the auditing and consulting firm KPMG shows that the U.S. moved up on the list of places around the world [...]

Housing starts fell 0.6% in February and permits for new construction plunged 7.8% to the lowest level in 16 years.

WASHINGTON – March 13, 2008 – Commercial real estate market fundamentals are fairly stable, although investment is waning following a record year in 2007, according to the latest Commercial Real Estate Outlook of the National Association of Realtors® (NAR).
NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun says the commercial real estate market is holding essentially even. “We’re seeing [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – March 12, 2008 – Florida is likely to take in about $3 billion less in tax collections this fiscal year and next than previously expected, foreshadowing a brutal session in budget-chopping during the coming weeks.
High energy costs, a failing housing market, a weak credit market and other dark economic forces are combining [...]

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In this 2005 artist’s rendering, The Promenade at Riverwalk is shown as planned then, bordering the Manatee River

THE COMING VOTE
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The Bradenton City Council will vote Wednesday on sweeping changes to plans for the Promenade at Riverwalk, a condominium project in the 700 block of [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – March 7, 2008 – A second major property tax-cutting proposal advanced Thursday in a commission that proposes state constitutional amendments, but only one is likely to go on the November ballot.
The new plan being considered by the Taxation and Budget Reform Commission would cut taxes about 12 percent a year when [...]

NAIOP Winter ’07 Vital Signs Survey: Demand Poses the Biggest Threat for Office and Industrial but Development Cost Pressures Have Receded

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The economy and property market fundamentals are losing steam. Although office and industrial markets have registered strong rent gains in recent years, the outlook is much more tenuous. Layered on that is [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - March 4, 2008 - Barely a month has passed since Florida voters approved Amendment 1, allowing many property owners to transfer a portion of their Save Our Homes savings to a new homestead. Today, FAR officers and legislative leadership are in Tallahassee to encourage legislators to pick up where voters left off.
 
“We [...]