Emerging Real Estate Launches Brand-New, Investor-Focused Development in Berlin

September 23rd, 2009 MANCHESTER, England - In today's tougher property market, experienced and sophisticated investors are looking for alternative ways to expand their portfolios away from the more traditional off plan and tenanted options. One of the most exciting and potentially lucrative trends is the purchasing of Land Plots.

September 21st, 2009 Information Company Inc., a New York-based business information provider, has just released a Directory of 600 Institutional Hedge Fund Investors. These investors, including public pension funds, endowments and foundations as well as private banks, funds of private equity funds and family offices, have already started investing or just announced plans to begin investing in hedge funds and private equity funds.

September 16th, 2009 HAMILTON, Bermuda - Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. (NYSE: OEH) (www.orient-express.com), owners or part-owners and managers of 50 luxury hotel, restaurant, tourist train and river cruise properties operating in 25 countries, today announced changes to its management structure, designed to strengthen the senior team to serve the needs of the business going forward.

August 12th, 2009 RAMAT GAN, Israel - - Expects to Record Net Capital Gain of NIS 20 Million in Third Quarter 2009 Shikun & Binui Ltd. (TASE: SKBN.TA) ("Shikun & Binui" or the "Company"), a member of the Arison Group and Israel's leading infrastructure and real estate company, announced today that on August 12, 2009, Shikun & Binui Nadlan Ltd.

July 29th, 2009 BERLIN - - "European Property Award" for Best Real Estate Office and Best Real Estate Agent Website Goes to Berlin Capital Investments; - Sales-Service for International Real Estate Customers and "Serviced Living"-Concept Honoured; - Structure and Operation of Innovative Real Estate Agent Website for International Customers Convinced the Jury Berlin Capital Investments (www.berlin-capital.com). The international business division of Zabel Immobilien KG has been honoured with the European Property Award as being the Best Real Estate Office as well as having the Best Real Estate Agent Website.

July 20th, 2009 MANCHESTER, England - UK home buyers and investors looking for an affordable property with strong long term potential need look no further than the Thalassa Beach Resort on the Karpas Peninsula in North Cyprus. With its undisputed and internationally recognised land title, this development is a fantastic opportunity to buy in one of the Mediterranean's most stunning beachfront locations.

July 4th, 2009 DUBAI, UAE - Unlike its predecessors Beeyoot.com (www.beeyoot.com/index.jsp) allows property owners to sell directly to buyers. This creates room for a new momentum for the distressed UAE real-estate industry.

May 19th, 2009 BERLIN - Germany's second largest airline is expanding its route network and will be flying from Israel to Berlin for the first time this summer. From 7th July 2009 onwards, Air Berlin passengers will have a choice of two non-stop flights a week from Tel Aviv to Berlin.

April 28th, 2009 FRANKFURT, Germany - On May 1, 2009, Ingeborg Warschke will be taking over as head of Helaba's real estate finance department in its London branch. The highly experienced banker has been working since 1995 in Helaba's international real estate finance, most recently for the Bank's real estate financing activities in Western and Southern Europe and for internationally active closed-end and open-end real estate funds.

April 7th, 2009 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A Striking Pavilion That Awaits Visitors With Many Surprises Al Rajhi Bank is taking part in the Riyadh Real Estate and Development Exhibition that is being held at the Riyadh International Exhibitions Center under the Patronage of HRH Prince Miteb bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs. The Bank is presenting comprehensive real estate financing solutions and packages that offer unique features.

June 16th, 2009 Commercial real-estate loans draw no interestWASHINGTON — Investors showed no appetite for a government plan intended to boost the availability of commercial real-estate loans. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York says it received no investor requests for loans by Tuesday's deadline.

July 9th, 2009 Fed focused on commercial loansWASHINGTON — A Federal Reserve official says the central bank is paying extra attention to banks' books as losses from sour commercial real estate loans keep mounting. Jon D. Greenlee, associate director of the Fed's division of banking supervision, says in remarks prepared for a Congressional hearing Thursday that the central bank has stepped up training of its bank examiners so they are ready to deal with rising losses from the commercial real estate industry.

August 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - To bring transparency in the realty sector, Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) has suggested that it be made mandatory for real estate developers to open escrow accounts. Escrow accounts offer a safe avenue to buyers of property since payments for purchase of an apartment or similar real estate are deposited in them and paid to the developer only after the project is complete and the possession handed over.

September 16th, 2009 Fed tightens review of commercial real-estate riskWASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is stepping up its scrutiny of commercial real-estate lending at smaller banks, according to a Fed official. Instead of reviewing only individual banks, Fed examiners also are comparing results across the industry to better assess broader risks, the official says.

June 17th, 2009 Commercial real estate loans draw no interestWASHINGTON — Investors showed no appetite for commercial real estate loans in the debut of a government plan intended to boost their availability. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said it received no investor requests for loans by Tuesday's deadline.

June 22nd, 2009 Hypo Real Estate warns of hefty 2Q burdensBERLIN — Hypo Real Estate Holding AG, the troubled lender in which the German government has taken a majority stake, said Monday that risk provisions will again lead to a "significant" burden on earnings in the second quarter. Munich-based Hypo Real Estate said in a statement that it "anticipates significant burdens on income for the second quarter ...

May 1st, 2009 New TALF program launches in JuneWASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve announced Friday that it will launch a much-awaited program in June to bolster commercial real-estate lending. And, to help make the program more attractive to investors, the Fed will provide longer, five-year loans.

August 21st, 2009 Fitch: Banks face more difficult credit trendsNEW YORK — Fitch Ratings analysts said Friday they expect U.S. banking companies to continue to face rising credit costs and a difficult operating environment in the coming months.

July 10th, 2009 China says housing prices rose in JuneBEIJING — Prices paid for homes in China rose in June for the first time in seven months, adding to signs the world's third-largest economy might be rebounding from its slump, according to data reported Friday. Housing prices in 70 large and medium-size cities rose 0.2 percent in June from a year earlier and by 0.8 percent compared with May, the Cabinet's National Development and Reform Commission reported.

January 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Luxury hospitality group Global Hyatt Corp is banking on smaller Indian cities for expansion over the next four years, with a company official Friday saying this was where the future lay. At present, Hyatt operates five luxury hotels in India - two in Mumbai, and one each in Delhi, Kolkata and Goa.