Reuters - Billions of dollars are chasing commercial real estate, making 2006 look like it has a strong chance to be another record year for acquisitions of apartments, office buildings and other income-producing properties.

Reuters - Federated Department Stores Inc. said on Thursday it would sell its Lord & Taylor department-store chain to private-equity firm Apollo Real Estate Advisors and shopping center developer NRDC Real Estate Advisors LLC for about $1.2 billion in cash.

Reuters - Federated Department Stores Inc. is near a deal to sell its Lord & Taylor unit to private equity firm Apollo Real Estate Advisors and shopping center developer NRDC Real Estate Advisors LLC for about $1.2 billion, a published report said on Thursday.

Many Israeli companies are now setting up investments in Indian real estate market. The unprecedented move comes in wake of the fact that real estate in India has been doubling itself in the recent years.

United Arab Emirate's largest private-sector real estate developer Damac Properties will build a $2.7 billion project in China's Tanggu district.

Reuters - U.S banking regulators are warily eyeing concentrations of commercial real estate loans and worry some institutions may not be preparing for risks associated with such loans, Federal Reserve Governor Susan Bies said on Tuesday.

Investor's Business Daily - Will real estate investment trusts outperform for a seventh straight year? So far this year, exchange traded funds holding REITs are ahead. But April was tough. The large-cap iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors (AMEX:ICF - News) fell 3.7%. IShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate (AMEX:IYR - News) slumped 2.9%.

Financial analysts are currently debating the real estate bubble's possible collapse. However, while they debate the bust, new data suggest that the mass affluent -- those with investable assets between $100,000 and $1 million -- are the...

Shaveta Bansal - AHN Contributor New York, NY ( AHN) – The National Association of Realtors says that the rise in real estate prices stopped in the last quarter. Conclusions were based on a survey of 149 markets by the NAR. The median price of U.S. home fell to $217,900 in the first...

AP - It's no secret that baby boomers have not been very diligent about saving for retirement, but that doesn't mean they don't have assets. Many live in homes that have appreciated greatly in value in recent years as real estate prices have soared.

AP - A real estate trust has agreed to buy nearly all the real estate assets of ShopKo Stores Inc. for about $815.3 million, the discount retailer said Wednesday.

During his meeting with Indian nationals in Uzbekistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India announced his government's decision to help Indians settled abroad to invest in sectors like insurance and real estate. He also mentioned...

The Motley Fool - In the Wall Street world of "bigger is better," Host Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: HST - News) is a brokerage-house favorite. With a nearly $8 billion market cap, the company formerly known as Host Marriott is by far the largest hotel real estate investment trust (REIT), and seventeen out of its 18 stock analysts recommend its shares. But after reviewing the company's first-quarter earnings report, investors pursuing the hotel REIT space may be better served looking elsewhere.

AP - Japanese stocks fell broadly Monday as concerns about recent sharp rises in Japan's long-term interest rates and global crude oil prices prompted investors to sell real estate and consumer finance stocks.

USATODAY.com - Mutual fund investors who acted on dire predictions that rising interest rates would lay waste to the hyper-inflated real estate market have missed out on one of the hottest investments this year.

Reuters - Real estate firm Colony Capital LLC has offered to buy casino owner Aztar Corp. for $41 a share, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday, outbidding Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. , which earlier this month offered $38 a share.

AP - Struggling German retailer KarstadtQuelle AG on Monday agreed to sell all of its department store real estate assets in a deal worth 4.5 billion euros ($5.39 billion) that enables it to pay off all its debts.

AP - Struggling German retailer KarstadtQuelle AG on Monday sold all of its department store real estate assets in a euro4.5 billion ($5.39 billion) deal that it said wipes clear its slate of financial liabilities.

Reuters - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday community banks should improve the way they manage risks, given a growing reliance on commercial real estate lending and "some easing" in standards for those loans.

Reuters - Private equity firm Blackstone Group has agreed to buy commercial real estate company CarrAmerica Realty Corp. for $5.6 billion to give it a platform for future investments in the office sector, the companies said on Monday.