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Billionaire Paulson Persists With Property

Friday, 13 January 2012
Mortgage securities are drawing buyers after tumbling last year and handing billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson his first loss in the bond market.

London Penthouse Said To Sell For About $157M

Tuesday, 20 December 2011
A penthouse apartment in London’s Knightsbridge neighborhood was purchased for about 100 million pounds ($157 million), a person with knowledge of the transaction said.

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Millionaires Elbow Insurers Out Of Alpine Property Market

Monday, 12 December 2011
Swiss insurers are finding property investments less profitable as millionaires push up apartment prices in Geneva, Zurich and Basel.

Manhattan Luxury-Home Supply Dwindles As High-End Demand Jumps

Monday, 21 November 2011
Jason Haber, who runs a New York real estate brokerage firm, is struggling to find apartments to show a client who’s in the market for a Manhattan home priced around $8 million.

Astor Duplex Sells For $21 Million To Viking Hedge-Fund Manager

Friday, 18 November 2011
The Manhattan duplex owned by Brooke Astor, the late philanthropist and socialite, sold for $21 million, less than half of its original asking price.

Own Or Lease? (Or Maybe Neither)

By Colleen O'Dea, November 2011 issue

The wealthy were expected to turn to shared ownership of jets, yachts and other high-end goods when the economy tanked. But they mostly resorted to no ownership, until recently.

Hamptons Home Prices Surge 22% From A Year Ago

Thursday, 27 October 2011
Home prices in the Hamptons, the Long Island beach towns that attract summering Manhattanites, surged 22 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier as demand climbed for luxury properties.

Home Value Insurance May Be Too Late As Housing Nears Bottom

Monday, 24 October 2011
Policies designed to reimburse homeowners who suffer a loss on a sale due to declining local prices hit the market in September. That’s about five years too late for U.S. homeowners who bought at or near the peak in 2006

SEC Gets Approval To Freeze Assets Of Alleged Mortgage Scammer

Thursday, 20 October 2011
The SEC has obtained an order freezing the assets of a company that used an investment advisor representative to operate a Ponzi scheme in a supposed distressed mortgage loan fund.

SEC Charges California Wealth Advisor With Fraud

Wednesday, 19 October 2011
The SEC has charged a California CPA who owns an advisory firm with defrauding clients and breaching fiduciary duties through real estate deals.


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