Category Archives: Real Estate
Real Estate Value
What is real estate value? It isn’t what you have into your house. What is real estate value? It isn’t what you have into your house. It isn’t what you feel it
Like Mao Said, Real Estate isn’t a Dinner Party
Ho ho ho! On December 21st, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) will gift the nation with the true number of existing home sales between 2007 and 2010. The NAR’s inflated numbers were flagged
Foreign capital flowing out of Vietnam
Foreign portfolio investment capital flow to Vietnam has nearly stopped, investment funds have been trying to sell securities, while there is no sign showing that they would come back. The bad debt
Cloud Computing turned into Real Estate Business
There have been several news reports this year that suggest cloud computing centers in China are turning into real estate development projects: local governments and financial investors used the concept to reclaim large pieces
Michael Gross’ Own Unreal Estate
After reveling in the publication of his new book on Los Angeles mega-mansions, Michael Gross let the Post into his own personal abode. Naturally, the Alwyn Court apartment is prewar, and has
The Mod Squad: Will Bruce Ratner Transform the Way New York Builds, or Is Prefab Another Project Too Far?
For nine years now, Bruce Ratner has talked of transforming Brooklyn with his Atlantic Yards project. Bringing professional sports back to the borough, creating a new skyline, “a neighborhood practically from scratch,”
The Fringe Suburb Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Not Breathing
It seems like progressive urbanism is starting to sell papers. Two pieces on suburban sprawl, that ever creeping bogey man facing every urban planner under 50, have graced the front pages of
Architect of the Housing Bubble, Barney Frank, Bows Out
Whenever members of Congress retire, there tends to be an atmosphere of goodwill towards them as if the damage they’ve done to the economy and the country has come to an end.
Is the condominium boom in Metro Manila a sign of a healthy Philippine economy?
September of last year, I wrote about what I perceived as a condominium boom in Metro Manila. For several weeks, I perused the newspapers and listed down the condominiums that were being advertised.
October 2011 Market Update… a Tale of Declining Inventory
With pending sales up and new listings down over the course of the last twelve months it should come as no surprise that the supply of homes for sale is down. In







