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Online scouting for that perfect property has become all the craze before investing in real estate.

“PBS is not entering into the real estate business,” Minister Dolores Cristina told MaltaToday when questioned whether selling land to private developers fits with the ethos of a national broadcaster.

Saraya, a real estate development and asset management company investing in the travel and tourism industry, will be participating in PropertyLink 2008, which will be held during 12-15 May, 2008, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Amman-Jordan.

Blackstone Real Estate Partners, the real estate arm of Blackstone group, has taken a minority stake in Synergy Property Development Services by investing $18 million (Rs 72 crore).

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT) (NYSE:WRE) reported financial and operating results today for the quarter ending March 31, 2008: Adjusted funds from operations (FFO) per diluted share grew 2% to $0.59 ...

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRIT) (NYSE:WRE) reported financial and operating results

ROCKVILLE, Md.----Washington Real Estate Investment Trust reported financial and operating results today for the quarter ending March 31, 2008: Adjusted funds from operations per diluted share grew 2% to $0.59 in first quarter 2008, excluding the impact of the $0.18 per diluted share non-recurring charge related to extinguishment of debt, from $0.58 in first quarter 2007.

London-based Letterstone Group and US firm Starr International Co., headed by Maurice Greenberg, announced last month a fund initially capitalized with 100 million euros (or, roughly, $158 million) that plans to acquire 500 million euros ($790 million approximately) in real estate investments in Eastern Europe during the next 15 months.

MUMBAI, April 28 - Satra Properties India Ltd said on Monday its board has approved investing up to 50 million rupees in a real estate partnership firm. (Reporting by Bharghavi Nagaraju; editing by Sunil Nair)

HA NOI — Foreign direct investment in real estate projects reached US$4.6 billion in the first quarter of the year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).