A Goldman Sachs Group Inc is Raising Money for New Home-loan and U.S. Housing Recovery Fund.

They are raising money for a new fund that will buy home-loan bonds to benefit from an improving real estate market in the U.S. Housing Recovery Fund is expected to finish its first round of capital raising and open April 1 to a marketing document obtained by Bloomberg News will focus on senior-ranked securities without government backing to many of which now carry junk credit grades.

And the stabilization in U.S. housing fundamentals is creating an attractive investment opportunity in the New York-based bank said in the document dated this month for the many of the ingredients are in place for continued improvement in housing to near-record affordability of a better supply-and-demand balance and policy makers renewed focus on bolstering real estate.

The goldman sachs asset management is joining hedge-fund managers Kyle Bass and Metacapital Management in seeking cash for new mortgage funds to following firms including Cerberus Capital Management, CQS U.K. and Canyon Partners that started similar investment pools after prices slumped last year in Values in the $1.1 trillion market for so-called non-agency mortgage securities are soaring this year after Europe's sovereign-debt crisis eased and the Federal Reserve was able to sell $19.2 billion of the notes to underscoring demand.

The United States Properties to Buyers in China

A attraction of United States properties to Chinese buyers has been strongly documented over recent years due to record low interest rates and the drop in real estate prices for the drawing investors to the opportunity of purchasing their very own piece of American real estate in the property inventory levels continue to rise in the United States, foreign buyers are embracing the convenience of auctions conducted completely over the Internet as one of the best ways to invest in U.S real estate.

They are Freedom Realty Exchange (FRE.com) is a leading online real estate auction website, has partnered with REMM International to a leading U.S based real estate management firm to deliver a secure and convenient auction platform to Chinese buyers interested in purchasing real estate in the US and the global reach is a significant advantage to property owners wanting to sell but find themselves caught in the depressed United States market conditions for they expanding the buyer pool to foreign investors through an online auction sellers increase their ability to attract more buyer attention and interest.

A new Urban Land Institute survey Real Estate Economists and Analysts from across the United States Projects

The new Urban Land Institute survey of 38 leading real estate economists and analysts from across the United States projects broad improvements for the nation’s economy, real estate capital markets, real estate fundamentals and the housing industry through 2014 in the findings, released today, mark the start of a semi-annual survey of economists, the ULI Real Estate Consensus Forecast to conducted by the ULI Center for Capital Markets and Real Estate for the survey results show reason for optimism much to the real estate industry are Over the next three years.

# A Commercial property transaction volume is expected to increase by nearly 50 percent.

# The issuance of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) is expected to more than double.

# For the Institutional real estate assets and real estate investment trusts (REITs) are expected to provide returns ranging from 8.5% to 11% annually.

# The vacancy rates are expected to drop in a range of between 1.2 and 3.7 percentage points for office, retail, and industrial properties and remain stable at low levels for apartments to the hotel occupancy rates will likely rise.

# A rents are expected to increase for all property types, with 2012 increases ranging from 0.8 percent for retail up to 5.0 percent for apartments.

# The housing starts will nearly double by 2014, and home prices will begin to rise in 2013, with prices increasing by 3.5% in 2014.

The Depressed State of the U.S. Real Estate Market Continues

A New Bloomberg BNA Webinar Examines Tax Structuring Considerations for Foreign Investors in U.S. Real Estate market continues to attract foreign investors who see long-term opportunities in both commercial and residential property despite the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act's withholding tax imposed on the transfer of U.S. real estate by a non-resident alien.

And they determining the appropriate ownership vehicle for U.S. property to U.S. LLC; foreign corporation, U.S. corporation or individual ownership, counsel for foreign investors must balance a variety of tax consequences, U.S. income, capital gains and estate taxes, says Allen Appel, Esq., Of Counsel in the New York office of Bryan Cave LLP and copresenter with Jack Mandel also Of Counsel to Bryan Cave of a new Bloomberg BNA webinar, Tax Structuring Considerations for Foreign Investors in U.S. Real Estate and to this webinar will review tax strategies for foreign investors in U.S. real estate to structure the purchasing entity as well as tax planning opportunities for structuring the deal in 60-90 minutes, the presenters will cover.

The National Law Journal today published the 2012 NLJ 250 Employment at Largest U.S. Law

A National Law Journal today published the 2012 NLJ 250, its annual list of the nation’s 250 largest law firms, reporting that headcount marginally increased last year among the top law firms in the U.S in the NLJ 250 collectively employed 126,293 lawyers in 2011, up 1.7 percent from 124,161 in 2010 for a still not reaching the all-time NLJ 250 high of 133,723 recorded in 2008 and the last year’s gains reversed the contraction of 2009-2010 in the nation’s largest law firms experienced a net reduction in employed lawyers for two consecutive years.

The spite of the overall increase in employment at NLJ 250 firms, only about half of those firms grew, with 118 firms adding headcount and 109 actually subtracting in the eight firms were flat and the remaining 15 were new to this year’s list of a after three years of flat to negative growth, 2011 was the year that the nation’s 250 largest law firms started getting bigger again, said David L. Brown, editor in chief of the national law journal to found that headcount growth last year was robust among firms focused on labor and the employment and on international work.

European Stocks Declined for the Fifth Day.

The main heading for the biggest weekly drop this year to investors awaited data on American new-house sales and a report showed U.K. confidence dropped. U.S index futures were little changed, while Asian stocks fell in the Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.3 percent to 264.72 at 10:20 a.m. in London to the benchmark gauge is poised for the biggest weekly drop this year.

And the Stoxx 600 has advanced 8.2 percent so far in 2012 as the European Central Bank disbursed more than 1 trillion euros to the region's lenders and U.S economic data topped forecasts in the standard & Poor's 500 Index futures expiring in June were little changed. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index slid 0.6 percent to we have seen some disappointing data this week of the market is a bit on edge said John Plassard, director at Louis Capital Markets SA in Geneva.

For the U.S., a report at 10 a.m. New York time may show that new-house sales rose to a 325,000 annual rate in February from 321,000 the previous month to a Bloomberg News survey of 78 economists. That would be the fastest since December 2010 for the U.K. consumer confidence declined in February as rising joblessness and weak economic growth made Britons more pessimistic about the future, Nationwide Building Society said.

Asian Real Estate Association of America Launched an International Networking Platform

The AREAA means Asian Real Estate Association of America has launched an international networking platform powered by Proxio for this networking and marketing tool, dubbed "AREAA Net," will connect AREAA’s members with 400,000 real estate professionals from over 100 countries around the world for the addition to business networking, the service is an international marketing tool for real estate professionals to the offering authentic translation of listings into 19 languages and 30 currencies.

The AREAA has initiated a number of international programs under Chair Kathy Tsao, spurred by rising interest in U.S. real estate from foreign buyers to a recent study by the National Association of Realtors®, international buyers purchased $82B in U.S. real estate in 2010, up from the $66B reported the previous year in the foreign buyers came from over 70 countries to nearly a quarter coming from Asian markets to the AREAA is well-positioned to be the key connection point for all real estate transactions and education between Asia to America and America to Asia, Tsao stated.

The American Housing Market is Struggling To Recover.

A treasury 10-year notes rose for a 2nd day, while U.S. stocks retreated, amid concern that the American housing market is struggling to recover for the Dollar Index and commodities were little changed and the ten-year Treasury yields decreased five basis points to 2.31 percent at 10:05 a.m. in New York after yesterday falling for the 1st time in 10 days, halting the longest increase since 2006.

And the Standard & Poor's 500 Index slipped 0.2 percent to 1,403.05 after the benchmark gauge yesterday retreated from the highest level in almost four years in the crude oil added 0.7 percent to $106.32 a barrel S&P GSCI Index of commodities drifted between gains and losses and the treasuries climbed after sales of previously owned U.S houses unexpectedly fell 0.9 percent in february are they showing to real-estate market is taking time to stabilize, and U.S mortgage applications slid.

The new york oil rebounded after falling 2.3 percent yesterday and copper gained 0.6 percent to $3.8540 a pound in the data showed U.S. crude supplies shrank by 1.4 million barrels last week, according to the American Petroleum Institute and the Energy Department may say today that inventories climbed by 2.2 million barrels, a Bloomberg News survey showed.

The American Spectrum Realty Management Successful

The American Spectrum Realty, Inc real estate investment, management and leasing company headquartered in Houston, Texas, announced today that American Spectrum Realty Management, LLC (“ASRM”) was successful in refinancing the loan for Fort Worth Northwest Self-Storage and the fort Worth Northwest is a 69,275 square foot, 563 unit facility, located on Ephraim Avenue and operates under ASRM’s 1st American Storage brand.

And When ASRM began managing the property in January of 2010, occupancy was severely low and the loan was fast approaching maturity and the ASRM was able to negotiate a one year extension with the lender in an attempt to refinance the loan in to through 1st American Storage’s cost-efficient branding, aggressive marketing strategies and streamlined operations, Fort Worth Northwest was able to significantly increase occupancy by 29 percent, grow revenue, decrease expenses and therefore, increase NOI.

A efforts increased the appraised value of the property and allowed ASRM to successfully negotiate a new loan with C III Commercial Mortgage to transaction closed on Thursday, March 8, 2012 and reduced the property’s interest rate by nearly 50 basis points and the ASRM provides creative solutions to outperform the market and grow the value of each asset under management of our vast experience and market insight provides a strategic, proactive, long term solution to investment challenges to the ASRM offers a turn-key approach that is committed to maximizing financial performance.

The Great Way To Make Money With American Capital Agency Operates as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT).

The invests in residential mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by government-sponsored entities or by the United States government agency in the company funds its investments primarily through short-term borrowings structured as repurchase agreements to has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

They stock that has been moving up like it has and the fact that it could be greatly affected by rising interest rates of a would be smart of me to be in touch with where analysts believe interest rates are going in 2012 and the mortgage interest rates are still to be affected the European debt scenario to escalates more, rates may drop to 3.50%, one analyst wrote in overall for a 2012 should look familiar and the floating in the low 4% range without much impediment.

The ALTA Applauds FHFA Final Rule Limiting Harmful Private Transfer Fees

About ALTA:

The ALTA means American Land Title Association, founded in 1907, is a national trade association representing more than 4,000 title insurance companies, title agents, independent abstracters, title searchers, and attorneys and the offices throughout the United States, ALTA members conduct title searches, examinations, closings, and issue title insurance that protects real property owners and mortgage lenders against losses from defects in titles.

They are American Land Title Association (ALTA) applauds the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) for issuing a final rule limiting Fannie Mae and the Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks from investing in mortgages encumbered by certain types of private transfer fee covenants.

And the ALTA commends the FHFA for protecting consumers from predatory fees that provide no direct benefit to the property,” said Michelle Korsmo, chief executive officer of ALTA says association representing companies that provide homeownership assurance to we know firsthand that transfer fees with no direct benefit to the property hinder the safe and secure transfer of real estate.

And the state level, 38 states have bans or restrictions in place against the use of this dangerous fee to takes home equity in the lowers home resale values and adds another layer of difficulty to selling a home.

Astrology News Service Says Worst is Behind Us in Housing Market

The Citing a cyclical trend in home values that has been tracked since the American Civil War between the states, astrologer Grace K. Morris, M.A., says the worst almost certainly is behind us to according to the 18.6-year Real Estate Values Cycle first described by the late research astrologer Alice Reichard, home values were projected to bottom in August 2009 and trend upwards toward the next high point in June 2020 and there is been a lot of sideways movement in America’s housing markets as the number of home foreclosures has continued to rise, Morris said, and to things appear to be getting back on track after the subprime mortgage crisis plunged the housing industry into chaos.

They are good news is the Real Estate Values trend line appeared to be back on track in August 2009 in the north node was back in Capricorn and home values had abruptly returned to their cyclical lows in many U.S housing markets in the timing could hardly be more auspicious for those who can consider buying a house at this time Morris said to interest rates are near historic lows, and home values are at a low point as well to the home purchased now should prove to be an excellent long-term investment, she said.

A Door opens to US market 2012

They are many investors have been taking the plunge into US real estate, lured by the combination of a strong local dollar and dirt-cheap properties stateside in the former captain of the NRL team Canberra Raiders, Alan Tongue, is one of them to you can read of his experience, right and the are you may even be thinking of joining him to after all, there should still be opportunities for the enterprising investor when your own slice of the American Dream can be bought for as little as $30,000.

The collapse in the US property market has left properties in Sydney or Melbourne priced about 15 times or more what you might pay for a similar house in the US Of course, a low price isn't the same as a good investment and the would dampen your US-dollar returns to another problem is it is almost impossible to accurately gauge the relative values of properties in different countries.

A global cities of the US in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and LA are a different kettle of fish. Land supply is constrained, demand sound and the recovery story believable in the Oil areas such as Houston and Dallas can also be added to the mix if you don't mind additional exposure to the price of black gold.

A Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Launch Today.

A Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate today unveiled its new online and television reality series to the home 1st Home in the series to features real stories from 1st-time homebuyers across the country, as well as advice from Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate affiliated sales associates, launches today online at youtube.com and the bhgrealestate and will air on the nationally syndicated lifestyle television show "The Better Show" in more than 150 U.S markets from March through June 2012.

The Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate is proud and committed to helping people fulfill the American Dream of owning a home said, Sherry Chris, president and CEO of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate LLC in the entertaining and informative series, Home, 1st Home offers viewers the opportunity to share in the joy of purchasing a home in learning about the many steps involved in achieving this milestone.

The Audiences of "Home, First Home" are invited to follow the journey of 1st-time homebuyers as they go through the excitement of finding the right home and community to meet in the lifestyle needs at the heart of the series is a story involving a widowed mother of two young daughters, tiffani rios and tiffani and her late husband, Army Pfc Gustavo Rios, had shared a dream of owning a house for their children to grow up in and call, "home." When Gustavo was tragically killed in the war in Afghanistan.

The Chartwell Seniors Housing Real Estate Investment Trust

The Chartwell Seniors Housing Real Estate Investment Trust announced today the closing of its previously announced public offerings of 24,913,125 subscription receipts at a price of $8.20 per Subscription Receipt for gross proceeds of $204,287,625 and $135,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.7% convertible unsecured subordinated debentures to including the exercise, in full, of the over-allotment options in respect of the Subscription Receipts and the Debentures and the Offerings were completed on a bought deal basis through a syndicate of investment dealers led by RBC Capital Markets.

A net proceeds from the sale of the Subscription Receipts will be held by Computershare Trust Company of Canada pending the completion of the Acquisition in prior to 5:00 p.m on May 30, 2012 or the termination of the Acquisition in chartwell intends to use the entire net proceeds of the offering of the Subscription Receipts to finance, in part, the purchase price for Chartwell's previously announced acquisition of a 8,187 suite Canadian seniors housing portfolio in a co-ownership arrangement with Health Care REIT, Inc. from a group of funds managed by the Maestro group to expected closing date for the Acquisition is May 1, 2012.

The chartwell is a real estate investment trust focused on generating sustainable, stable and growing cash distributions from owning and managing a complete range of seniors housing communities is one of the largest participants in the North American seniors housing business to this press release contains forward-looking information that reflect the current expectations of management about the future results, performance, achievements, prospects or opportunities for Chartwell and the seniors housing industry.

A Coldwell Banker Real Estate

The recent survey of 700 Coldwell Banker Real Estate professionals across North America revealed home buyers are motivated by lifestyle needs to growing families ranking as top motivator on both sides of the Canadian/U.S. border to sellers are becoming increasingly in the value of presenting a home with buyers appeal are becoming more willing to go the extra mile as they compete for buyers attention.

Home Buyers Moving for Babies and Careers in the survey also drilled down into which life events are motivating the most people to buy homes for the Coldwell Banker Real Estate professionals surveyed, growing families is currently the biggest lifestyle driver for home buyers in both Canada and the United States.

Marriage - 59 percent
Divorce - 48 percent
Retirement - 37 percent

About Coldwell Banker are since 1906, the Coldwell Banker organization has been a premier provider of full-service residential and commercial real estate and the coldwell banker is a leader in Canadian real estate with a national network of 235 independently owned offices, operating in every province across Canada except Quebec to also has offices in the Yukon and Northwest Territories for the coldwell banker has a network of approximately 85,000 sales associates and brokers working in approximately 3,100 offices in 51 countries and territories.

The USAA Real Estate Company

A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded USAA Real Estate Company a 2012 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of its continued leadership in our environment through energy efficiency in the USAA Real Estate Company's accomplishments will be recognized at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on March 15, 2012 to marks the 20th anniversary of ENERGY STAR.

The USAA Real Estate Company, an ENERGY STAR partner since 2000, will be honored for its long-term commitment to energy efficiency is the eighth such award the company has received, and the combined with the two ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year awards, USAA has been recognized a total of 10 times to the most by any real estate company.

They are about of the USAA Real Estate Company  with approximately $11 billion assets under management, provides co-investment, acquisition, build-to-suit and development capital for corporate and institutional investors and the USAA portfolio consists of office, industrial, multi-family, retail and hotel properties as well as investments in real estate operating companies.

A Buy US Consulate Buildings

American consulate properties have generated considerable interest in Mumbai's real estate circles are "Negotiations are at an advanced stage to deal is expected to be concluded in less than a month to said an industry source tracking the sale in the US government had set a reserve price of Rs 850 crore for Lincoln House found no takers when it invited bids late last year in more big developers found the price too high because the development potential of the plot is limited due to coastal regulation zone (CRZ) restrictions and the heritage tag the property enjoys said the source.

The market sources said indications were that the Tatas may have quoted an amount "close to the reserve price'' to another property market insider claimed that the salt-to-software group has already made an upfront payment for the Breach Candy property to builder is not wishing to be identified told they Tata officials are telling people they have taken the consulate property for development.

A sale can be effected subject to an approval from the ministry of external affairs, government of India, and from the state government and authorities to may be applicable in the time-frame for grant of such approval is not definite and on receiving such approval in the United States government will notify the successful bidder said, the document in the event the US government is unable to obtain the approval within 90-180 days to may terminate the arrangement of prospective transfer of the property to the successful bidder and refund the money deposited by the successful bidder to the US government may approach the successful bidder for a mutual decision on extension of the time limit for obtaining the said approval from the ministry of external affairs it said.

The REIT Reports Fourth Quarter 2011 Results

American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc "NYRR" or the "Company" announced its operating results for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 and Subsequent Events Highlights in the quarter ended December 31, 2011, acquired 3 properties, 96% occupied, containing approximately 39,000 square feet for an aggregate purchase price of $46.4 million of a weighted average basis properties have a remaining lease term of 15.6 years and were purchased at a capitalization rate of 7.4% based on annualized net operating income on a straight line basis of December 31, 2011, acquired a total of 9 properties, 91% occupied, containing approximately 148,900 square feet for an aggregate purchase price of $124.2 million in a weighted average basis properties have a remaining lease term of 10.7 years at a capitalization rate of 7.0% based on annualized net operating income on a straight line basis.

They are raised from inception to December 31, 2011 gross proceeds of $45.8 million from the issuance of common shares under its continuous initial public offering and $17.0 million from the issuance of preferred shares in a prior private placement pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act in the preferred shares were converted into 2.0 million shares of common stock on a one-to-one basis on December 15, 2011. As of February 29, 2012, raised total gross proceeds of $73.0 million from the issuance of common shares under its continuous initial public offering to including the converted preferred shares.

The National Association of Realtors Report Says US Commercial Real Estate Markets Improving

They are all of the major commercial real estate sectors in the US are seeing improved fundamentals to multifamily housing is becoming a landlord’s market commanding bigger rent increases in the latest Commercial Real Estate Market Survey from the National Association of Realtors shows and the lawrence yun, NAR chief economist, said vacancy rates are improving in all of the major commercial real estate sectors to a sustained job creation is benefiting commercial real estate sectors by increasing demand for space, he pointed out.

The NAR forecasts commercial vacancy rates over the next year to decline 0.4% in the office sector, 0.8% in industrial real estate, 0.9% in the retail sector and 0.2% in the multifamily rental market to household formation appears to be rising from pent up demand to the tight apartment market should encourage more apartment construction to rent increases could further accelerate in the near to intermediate term explained Yun says they are construction activity is still low, with 95% of experts reporting it is below normal, and 83% said it is a buyers’ market for development acquisitions in prices are below construction costs in 78% of markets.

A vacancy rates in the office sector are projected to fall from 16.4% in the current quarter to 16% in the 1st quarter of 2013 and the areas with the lowest multifamily vacancy rates currently are New York City at 1.8%, Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon, both at 2.5% and San Jose, California at 2.7% to after rising 2.2% last year, average apartment rent is expected to increase 3.8% in 2012 and the another 4% next year in multifamily net absorption is forecast at 209,900 units this year and 223,600 in 2013.

American Realty Capital Trust, Inc

The American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., the Company ARCT +66.67% announced that it has commenced a modified "Dutch Auction" tender offer to purchase an amount in value of its shares of common stock up to $220.0 million from its stockholders in the Company believes the tender offer augments the options available to stockholders in connection to the listing today of its shares of common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market in accordance with the terms of the tender offer in the company will select the lowest price not greater than $11.00 nor less than $10.50 per share, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest will allow the company to purchase $220.0 million, or a lower amount depending upon the number of shares of common stock properly tendered and not withdrawn.

The American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., a publicly-traded Maryland corporation listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, is a leading self-administered real estate company that owns and acquires single tenant free standing commercial real estate properties that are primarily net leased on a long-term basis to investment grade credit rated and other creditworthy tenants in the statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements in forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the outcome to be materially different.