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Foreign investors prominent in Canada’s luxury real estate market

Foreign investors have a prominent and growing influence in the luxury real estate markets of Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto, a realtor survey by Sotheby’s International Realty Canada suggests. Half of the luxury home buyers in Montreal are from other countries … Continue reading

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Buyers Near Deal for Big Silicon Valley Office Landlord

By A.D. Pruitt Mission West Properties, one of the largest office landlords in California’s Silicon Valley, is in talks to sell itself to Divco West, a San Francisco real-estate investment firm, and private equity firm TPG, according to people who … Continue reading

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Bill would encourage foreigners to buy US homes

American consumers and the federal government haven’t been able to bail out the sinking U.S. real estate market. Now wealthy Chinese, Canadians and other foreign buyers could get their chance. Two U.S. senators have introduced a bill that would allow … Continue reading

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Czech Billionaire Radovan Vitek May Step Up Property Investments This Year

Czech billionaire Radovan Vitek, the biggest buyer of offices and retail buildings in the country last year, said his investment company may spend more on real estate in 2011 as competition for assets increases. Vitek’s Czech Property Investments AS purchased … Continue reading

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Foreigners Make Run on US Housing Market

Falling home prices may be plaguing the US economy, but they are candy to foreign investors, who already have a weak dollar on their side. Buyers from overseas spent roughly $41 billion on US residential real estate last year, a … Continue reading

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