D.R. Horton Adds Three New Heron Bay Neighborhoods

In October, Minerva Properties announced that D.R. Horton had contracted to purchase single family home sites in The Villas neighborhood in Heron Bay Golf and Country Club, the premier master-planned community in Atlanta’s southern crescent. Minerva Properties is pleased to announce that D.R. Horton has agreed to purchase home sites in another two neighborhoods within Heron Bay, The Summit and Northridge. D.R. Horton is a national leader in the residential homebuilding industry and has built homes in four previous neighborhoods within Heron Bay, three of which are now sold out, with Meadow Glen likely to reach close-out by mid 2009. The opening of these three new neighborhoods will allow D.R. Horton to continue their successful selling strategies with a variety of different home design concepts at multiple price points.

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S&P index shows plunge in November home prices

Chart shows S and P Case-Shiller Composite 20 Home Price Index for the past 13 months; 1 c x 3 1/8 in; 46.5 mm x 79.

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America’s Most And Least Popular Cities

Those who live in the U.S. love and hate these 10 spots.

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Buyer Advice for Purchasing a Home

There’s a lot of doom and gloom being spread in the media about the housing market and overall turbulent economy. But, if you’re in a position to take advantage of falling housing prices, getting a loan and moving forward with a real estate purchase could, in the long run, add strength to your financial portfolio.

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Hot Market: Washington Neighbor Beginning Roll to Recovery

As the new president takes office, he’ll be moving into the middle of one of the country’s real estate markets that’s in full throttle recovery.

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Centro Sells Power Center to Acadia for $78M; 40% Discount

New York-based retail REIT, Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE:AKR) today announced it has purchased Cortlandt Towne Center for $78 million from Centro Properties Group. Cortlandt Towne Center is a 640,000-square-foot regional shopping center located on E…

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DEAL TERMINATED: Inland to Assume Title of Three Feldman Malls

Update Published 1/29/09:Great Neck, NY-based regional mall owner/manager, Feldman Mall Properties (Pink Sheets: FMLP), announced Jan. 27, 2009 that Inland American Real Estate Trust (”Inland”) terminated its agreement to assume the titles of Feldman…

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Home sales tick up but job cuts deepen gloom

An unexpected improvement in home sales provided a rare dose of good economic news yesterday, but companies continued to wield the axe on jobs as the yearlong recession inflicted more pain.

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Home sales up nationally

Despite a 6.5 percent rise last month in existing-home sales around the country, analysts caution that the outlook is uncertain.

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Investor Report: Self-Storage Facilities

It’s not a high-glamour, high profile niche in real estate investing, but it could be one of the safer, cash-flow producers in tough economic times: We’re talking about self-storage facilities for small-scale investors.

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