Recommended reading: USPAP in Plain English.(Book review)
RECOMMENDED READING
USPAP in Plain English
By John J. Leary, CRE, FRICS, and Alberl W. Franke III (2006, Elm
City Clarion Associates LLC, New Haven, Conn., 65 pages)
AUTHORS JOHN J. LEARY, . . .
Environmental due diligence in the wake of the EPA's new All
Appropriate Inquiry rule.(FEATURE)(Environmental Protection
Agency)
AS ANY SEASONED DEALMAKER KNOWS, there are regulatory hurdles that
need to be addressed before initiating any transaction. Now, we can add
a new environmental regulation to the list. Purchasers of . . .
Recommended reading; The Right to Buy: Analysis & Evaluation
of a Housing Policy.(Book review)
RECOMMENDED READING
The Right to Buy: Analysis & Evaluation of a Housing Policy
By Colin Jones and Alan Murie (2006, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.,
Oxford, UK, 254 pages)
COLIN JONES, PROFESSOR . . .
Focus on the United Kingdom: are commercial property yields fully
compressed?(INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE)
THIS IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF FOUR ARTICLES providing my
personal perspective on the state of the property market in the United
Kingdom. The first article, which appeared in the Fall 2006 . . .
Focus on global markets: looking outside the U.S. for real estate
investment.(INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE)
THE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT SECTOR has often been criticized for its
lack of liquidity and high degree of lumpiness, transaction costs and
geographic idiosyncrasies. Despite these characteristics, . . .
Floodplain development--learning from the Great Flood of
1993.(FEATURE)
NEARLY 14 YEARS AGO, THE NATIONAL NEWS WAS DOMINATED by stories of
levee breaks and flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and
their tributaries. In 2005, the story of the year was . . .
Land use and master planning: flexibility, vision and effective
partnerships make great cities.(FEATURE)(Discussion)
Panelists:
JAMES J. CURTIS III, CRE
RICHARD A. HANSON, CRE
LYNN M. SEDWAY, CRE
Moderator:
MARILEE A. UTTER, CRE
This edition of Real Estate Issues includes the first of a series
of . . .
Focus on hospitality: despite age-old risks, opportunities abound
in the hotel industry.(INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE)(Company
rankings
Editor's note: This article is excerpted from the presentation
Steve Rushmore delivered during the 2006 CRE Annual Convention, Oct.
23-26 in Maui, Hawaii. Read more conference coverage in most . . .
Editor's statement.(Editorial)
IN MY ROOKIE YEAR, now more than 30 years ago, an industry leader
whose name I have long forgotten said that to succeed in real estate you
needed either a background in finance or law and had to . . .
Focus on U.S. market pricing: is U.S. real estate priced right
today?(Column)
AT TODAY'S RECORD PRICES, and with 20 percent total returns
over the last year, many investors have found themselves asking:
"Are real estate prices too high?"
Recent research shows . . .
Focus on investment conditions: capital still flows into
commercial sector as investors become more discriminating.
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE continues to be an attractive investment
relative to stocks and bonds for many reasons. Today, however, the
appeal of commercial real estate is in its extremely high realized . . .
The Appraisal of Land.(Book review)
The Appraisal of Land
by Max Derbes Jr., CRE, MAI (2006, Mechling Books, Chicora, PA, 470
pages)
FEW COUNSELORS HAVE BEEN MORE PROLIFIC in their writing and
teaching than the late Max Derbes . . .
Ground rents from Maryland to Hawaii: leasehold interests in
residential real estate.
MARYLAND AND HAWAII, THOUGH GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTANT, are burdened by
the same historical remnants of an English feudal land system. (1) In
both states, residential property frequently is conveyed by . . .
Focus on commercial real estate: navigating the complex world of
business property leasing--the tenant's side.
NO CONSULTANT, REAL ESTATE BROKER OR LAWYER likes a client to
accuse him or her of over-lawyering a lease. This is particularly true
when one is acting on behalf of a prospective tenant in a lease . . .
Real estate bubbles: evidence in the lender-borrower
relationship.
IN THE TYPICAL REAL ESTATE ACQUISITION, the lender often has more
money in the property than the borrower; hence, lenders influence
transactions through the loan terms they offer. Indeed, buyer . . .
Managing Government Property Assets: International
Experiences.(Book review)
Managing Government Property Assets: International Experiences
Edited by Olga Kaganova, CRE, FRICS; and James McKellar (2006,
Urban Institute Press, Washington, D.C., 238 pages)
MANAGING . . .
Focus on the United Kingdom; The state of the UK property market:
key drivers.(Industry overview)
THIS IS THE FIRST OF A SHORT SERIES of four articles with my
personal perspective on the state of the property market in the United
Kingdom. Initially, I will focus on some of the key drivers and . . .
The impact of cultural mistakes on international real estate
negotiations.
WHEN CONDUCTING BUSINESS, INDIVIDUALS often focus on how they
think, not how the other party views the situation. This built-in bias
is generally very detrimental and highly toxic for international . . .
Focus on China: Shanghai development takes off, transforming the
residential and commercial landscape.
MY FRIEND CHARLES RAGEN QUOTED ME THE OLD SAW: "Travel to
China for a week, and you'll be able to write a book. Travel to
China for a month, and you'll be able to write an article. Travel
to China . . .
Modernization, immigration and conservation: counselors gain
perspective at high level conference.
"The program--themed A Clash of Cultures: Understanding Life
in the Global Village--was a highly stimulating and mind-stretching
session," said High Level Conference Chair Marc Louargand, CRE.
"We . . .
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