Helaba Strengthens Real Estate Business in London Through Ingeborg Warschke

September 26th, 2009 DALLAS - Behringer Harvard announced today the appointment of Mr. Dawoud Salman Al-ani as Managing Director, Middle East Investment Relations - Real Estate.

September 14th, 2009 FRANKFURT - - Additional Safety Due to the ECB's Purchase Programme and Federal Government Backing - Fair Value Model Signals Potential for Further Narrowing of Spread In the asset class "covered bonds", the German Pfandbrief will continue to be the benchmark. This is the conclusion reached by the study "Deutscher Pfandbrief - Investment classic passes the stress test" presented by the Research Department of Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen.

September 10th, 2009 FRANKURT AM MAIN, Germany - - Cross Reference: Picture is Distributed via EPA (European Pressphoto Agency) and can be Downloaded Free of Charge at: www.presseportal.de/pm/55060/1473945/ - On September 11, 2009, the Board of Owners and the Supervisory Board of Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thuringen appointed Rainer Krick (53) Member of the Board, with effect from September 15, 2009. In his new function, the General Manager and head of Asset/Liability Management will take on responsibility for Capital Markets and Treasury.

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 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.

June 28th, 2009 MCLEAN, Virginia - - J.E. Robert Companies Appoints First New CEO In 28 Years J.E.

June 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Garbe Group, an international real estate company with head offices in Hamburg, and CB Equity Partners, a corporate finance firm with offices in London, Hamburg and Munich, announce today the creation of a new real estate investment fund. The contribution fund will work as an investment pool into which individual assets will be contributed in exchange for units.

June 21st, 2009 WIESBADEN, Germany - EBS Real Estate Management Institute and Aareal Bank Again Offer the Research Prize for Scholarly Work in Real Estate Economics WIESBADEN, Germany, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Aareal Bank AG and the Real Estate Management Institute (REMI) of the European Business School (EBS) are offering the Aareal Award of Excellence in Real Estate Research for the third time. The annual research prize honours academically-outstanding work in real estate research and is again worth 12,000 Euro.

May 26th, 2009 FRANKFURT, Germany - Group Pre-Tax Results Rise in Q1 (First Quarter) 2009 to EUR 86 Million - Operating Results Significantly Increased - Brenner: "We want to be available for our customers even in the crisis." Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen started well into 2009, despite the persisting financial market crisis and the severe recession in the real (non-monetary) economy. The institution achieved a pre-tax Group result of EUR 86 million.

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.

January 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government will soon come up with a model regulatory act for the real estate sector, Minister of State for Poverty Alleviation and Affordable Housing Kumari Selja said here Friday. 'We will soon come up with a model regulatory act for states to follow.

January 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With property sales plummeting by around 50 percent, real estate brokers have begun looking at the rental market to stay afloat. 'Eventually, we are depending on the rental market to keep our business going,' said Atul Khanna of brokerage firm Khanna Properties, who joined the business in 2004 when the realty business was in full swing.

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.

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.

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.

December 26th, 2008 GHAZIABAD - Three real estate developers were killed in this Uttar Pradesh town on the outskirts of the national capital, police said Saturday. The bodies of Satish, Babloo and Saranjit - only known by their first names - were found on a roadside in Chiranjeev Vihar Friday night, investigating officer C.P.

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.

September 15th, 2009 IRS issues rules to ease mortgage refinancingWASHINGTON — The IRS issued new rules Tuesday designed to make it easier to refinance some commercial real estate loans in an effort to curb the number of defaults. The rules would allow commercial loans that are part of investment pools known as Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits, or REMICs, to be refinanced without triggering tax penalties for investors.

June 8th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Police are investigating if arrested conman Ashok Jadeja, who is accused of duping thousands of people across India of millions of rupees by posing as a godman, made investments in the stock market and real estate last year. Jadeja and his wife Neetu were arrested by police May 31 while trying to flee with Rs.1.98 crore (Rs.19.8 million).