“Healthy Returns” Recorded for UK Commercial Property

Those with commercial property investments in the UK have experienced “relatively healthy” returns during 2011, it has been asserted. According to the CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Monthly Index for December, the annual return on such an investment last year stood at 8.1 per cent. However, the firm stressed there is a disparity between the income … Read more

Federal housing policy stuck in debate, uncertainty

  Federal officials and lawmakers have failed to get behind the proposal by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that real estate-owned properties be converted into rentals in order to reduce excess home inventory, HousingWire reports. While this may be slowing the recovery of the single-family housing market, experts and policymakers have expressed mixed opinions over… … Read more

National occupancy rates high

Multifamily Executive reports that recent data shows rental properties experienced major improvements in occupancy in 2011. New York City's vacancy rate dropped to 2.4 percent, according to data and analysis firm Reis, compared to an average of 5.2 percent for the nation as a whole. Nationally, Asking and effective rents each rose during the last… … Read more

Apple REITs & David Lerner • Re: Apple Nine Selling Land?

Has the land deal been scrapped due to the plunging price of natural gas? Statistics: Posted by ccppww — Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:32 pm

Apple REITs & David Lerner • I’m Starting my OWN Hotel REIT!!

Whaddya think of this idea? Will it fly?? http://www.businessinsider.com/jumbo-st … olm-2012-1 Statistics: Posted by GeorgiaGulf — Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:55 am

What Is Tired Light?

The tired light theory seeks to provide an alternative explanation for the redshift seen in distant galaxies, which is conventionally explained by the expansion of the universe. According to this theory, the energy carried by photons of light is somehow gradually dissipated as they travel through space, resulting in the wavelength increasing, so that the … Read more

What Is Thermal Cracking?

Thermal cracking is a process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are subjected to high heat and temperature to break the molecular bonds and reduce the molecular weight of the substance being cracked. This process is used to extract usable components, known as fractions, which are released during the cracking process. Thermal cracking is … Read more