Could widespread designations of entire ZIP codes, metropolitan areas even entire states as “declining markets,” hinder a real estate recovery and hurt minority groups and moderate-income buyers disproportionately? Growing ranks of critics

MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to unveil Tuesday a slew of measures to tackle inflationary pressures and the economic slowdown in its annual monetary policy report for 2008-2009. India’s wholesale price index

DOWNTOWN Gabriela Walsh, a Valencia resident who works in Glendale, had her heart set on buying a condo at the Americana at Brand until she learned it would cost her more than $700,000. Americana developer Caruso Affiliated recently announced

Downturn in South Florida real estate market hurts local banks - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Local banks have not escaped the financial wrath caused by South Florida’s housing crunch. More than a quarter of the 36 banks based in Palm Beach and Broward counties had substantial increases in overdue loans from 2006 to 2007, according to a

Maguire Properties refinances its Griffin Towers unit - Forbes
Maguire Properties Inc. , a real-estate investment trust focused on Southern California, said Friday it refinanced Griffin Towers, two 14-story buildings in Orange County, Calif. Maguire repaid an existing $200 million mortgage loan secured by