CMYates Real Estate Investing and Private Lending Video Blog http://cmyatesnews.com Chris Yates's Real Estate Investing Video Blog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:41:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Builders of N.Y. mosque face financial hurdles http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/builders-of-n-y-mosque-face-financial-hurdles/ http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/builders-of-n-y-mosque-face-financial-hurdles/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:41:08 +0000 Real Estate Investor News http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/builders-of-n-y-mosque-face-financial-hurdles/ The developers planning to build a $100 million Islamic center near the World Trade Center site are nearly a quarter-million dollars behind on real estate taxes and late fees.


World Trade Center – Islam – Real estate – New York City – September 11 2001

Original: msnbc.com: Real estate

]]> http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/builders-of-n-y-mosque-face-financial-hurdles/feed/ 0 Citigroup Gets Burned in the Caribbean http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/citigroup-gets-burned-in-the-caribbean/ http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/citigroup-gets-burned-in-the-caribbean/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:42:28 +0000 Real Estate Investor News http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/citigroup-gets-burned-in-the-caribbean/ The bank is selling its mortgage on the Viceroy Anguilla to Starwood Capital Group at a hefty discount, the latest example of capitulation by a bank that has nursed a troubled real-estate project for years.

Original: WSJ.com: Real Estate

]]> http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/citigroup-gets-burned-in-the-caribbean/feed/ 0 Pending home sales rise 5.2% in July http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/pending-home-sales-rise-5-2-in-july/ http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/pending-home-sales-rise-5-2-in-july/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:41:07 +0000 Real Estate Investor News http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/pending-home-sales-rise-5-2-in-july/ The number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase previously occupied homes increased in July but remained well below last year’s levels, a sign that demand for housing remains weak.


Contract – Business – National Association of Realtors – Residential Housing – Construction and Maintenance

Original: msnbc.com: Real estate

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Foreclosure – United States – Local government – Non-profit organization – Real estate

Original: msnbc.com: Real estate

]]> http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/banks-to-allow-local-groups-to-buy-foreclosures/feed/ 0 Mortgage applications rise 2.7% on low rates http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/mortgage-applications-rise-2-7-on-low-rates/ http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/mortgage-applications-rise-2-7-on-low-rates/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:42:05 +0000 Real Estate Investor News http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/mortgage-applications-rise-2-7-on-low-rates/ Mortgage applications rose 2.7 percent last week as more borrowers took advantage of the lowest rates in decades to reduce their monthly loan payments.


Mortgage – Loan – Business – Financial services – United States

Original: msnbc.com: Real estate

]]> http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/mortgage-applications-rise-2-7-on-low-rates/feed/ 0 Homeowners feel stress of life ‘underwater’ http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/homeowners-feel-stress-of-life-underwater/ http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/homeowners-feel-stress-of-life-underwater/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:40:09 +0000 Real Estate Investor News http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/homeowners-feel-stress-of-life-underwater/ Mike Choi's townhouse in Connecticut has two bedrooms. But he lives in the basement, renting out the upstairs rooms to help pay down his lost equity. A broad swath of homeowners — those not headed for the worst-case scenario of foreclosure — are nonetheless grappling with the impact of lost home equity.


Foreclosure – Real estate – Business – Investing – Mortgage loan

Original: msnbc.com: Real estate

]]> http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/homeowners-feel-stress-of-life-underwater/feed/ 0 New Resorts Owners Roll Dice http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/new-resorts-owners-roll-dice/ http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/new-resorts-owners-roll-dice/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:49:05 +0000 Real Estate Investor News http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/new-resorts-owners-roll-dice/ Morris Bailey and Dennis Gomes are paying $35 million for Resorts Atlantic City, at a time when gambling revenue is declining and customers are being siphoned off to Pennsylvania venues.

Original: WSJ.com: Real Estate

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Original: WSJ.com: Real Estate

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Original: WSJ.com: Real Estate

]]> http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/corios-turkish-strategy-stumbles/feed/ 0 Kerry Buys Luxury Hong Kong Site http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/kerry-buys-luxury-hong-kong-site/ http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/kerry-buys-luxury-hong-kong-site/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:47:10 +0000 Real Estate Investor News http://cmyatesnews.com/real-estate-investing/kerry-buys-luxury-hong-kong-site/ Kerry Properties bought a luxury residential site in Kowloon Tong for a higher-than-expected price at a government land auction.

Original: WSJ.com: Real Estate

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