Hammerson Redeploys in Search for Growth

The U.K. office and retail REIT’s strategy is to sell mature properties in order to raise cash for new investments.

SL Green Sale Signals Pickup in New York

German company Deka Immobilien Investment will buy 19 West 44th St. for $123.2 million, or about $422 a square foot.

Builders Walk Away From Land Deals

Some home builders are re-examining land contracts, asking sellers for lower prices or abandoning deals entirely.

Toll Sails Against Some Headwinds

The luxury-home builder plans a tony development along Florida’s Intercoastal Waterway.

Summary Box: Plan to help “underwater” borrowers (AP)

AP - NEW FORECLOSURE PLAN: The Obama administration is trying to revive its attempts to tackle the foreclosure crisis with a new effort to assist homeowners who owe more on their properties than their homes are worth.

Hotels Poised to Shed Properties

With the U.S. hotel market recovering, some of the country’s largest hotel companies are ready to resume their efforts to divest themselves of real estate.

Gov’t launches plan to help “underwater” borrowers (AP)

AP - The Obama administration is trying to jump-start its sputtering attempts to tackle the foreclosure crisis with an effort to assist homeowners who owe more on their properties than their homes are worth.

Mo. drops appeal of real estate ballot measure (AP)

AP - An initiative barring taxes on home and land sales is clear to appear on Missouri’s ballot after the state dropped an appeal Friday of a judge’s decision ordering the election.

Con man could get life under Calif. 3-strikes law (AP)

AP - A man accused of bilking elderly South Los Angeles residents out of their homes in a foreclosure scam is facing a potential life sentence in a rare use of California’s three-strikes law for a white-collar crime.

Oil prices rise after mixed economic news (AP)

AP - Oil prices ended higher Thursday after an initial retreat as investors put a positive spin on reports about jobs, manufacturing and home sales.

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