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The article focuses on the 2010 survey of real estate agency Knight Frank Ltd., which shows that farmland prices across Ireland have stabilized.

The article reports on the findings of the survey conducted by Fannie Mae on homeowners attitudes towards the housing market in the U.S. It implies that two-thirds of the respondents have signified that they still wanted to own a home, while 90% think it is wrong to walk away from underwater mortgage. It notes that chief economist Douglas Duncan has said that Americans have been consistent in their attitude about meeting a commitment.

The article reports on the result of the "8th Annual State of the Builder Technology Market Study," and "The Home Technologies Market, An In-Depth Look at home Builder Perceptions and Motivations," which shows that 28% of builders mentioned that home technology was essential to marketing new homes in 2009.

The article focuses on the results of Korpacz Real Estate Investor Survey, which found that the investment market for Chicago-area office properties in Illinois, will continue to favor buyers over sellers in 2010 as declining rents and weak demand for space drive down prices. Also, the national survey of real estate investors conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP informs that in Chicago, cap rates will climb to 9.44% in the second quarter of 2010, from 8.74% in the fourth quarter of 2009.

The article reports the 10 most expensive addresses for 2009 compiled by wealth-bulletin.com, the Dow Jones wealth management news site. It notes that the most expensive street in the world is the Avenue Princesse Grace in Monaco at 120,000 U.S. dollars per square metre. However, it notes that the value of the top 10 places declined by 12 percent, and only the Via Suvretta in St. Moritz, Switzerland continues to rise. Meanwhile, new on the list were Cap Ferrat in Southern France and Sardinia.

The article reports on the decline of the average right-to-buy (RTB) discount in England in 2009. It states that it has fallen from 27% to 11% from 1999-2009 and notes that the decline is even more prominent in London with a dramatic fall from 29% of average house prices in 1997/1998 to just 6% in 2007/2008. Discounts in England, when expressed as a percentage of the price of council homes sold through the RTB scheme, dropped from 49% to 24%.

The article reports that Shadow Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) secretary Nick Herbert of Great Britain has defended expense claims he made to cover the cost of fees when he purchased a house. It notes that he claimed over £ 10,000 for stamp duty and property surveys when he and his partner acquired a home in 2006. It cites that the secretary has claimed £22,720 annually to cover the monthly interest charges on the mortgage of the house, even though his partner is also named on the deeds of the property.

The article reports on a survey by law firm DLA Piper which has revealed that almost two-thirds of high-level real estate executives don't expect the real estate markets to stabilize until 2010. As reported, nearly 60% of respondents in the follow-up survey have said that the current crisis surpassed the savings and loan collapse of 1989-91. The survey has a strong local flavor because 40% of the 424 respondents are in the Chicago, Illinois.

The article reports that hotels with rooms of about 100 and 200 in number lead the U.S. lodging industry construction pipeline. The data was released by Lodging Econometrics (LE), a hotel real estate analysis firm based in New Hampshire. It was found that 46% of properties from 5,883 lodging projects in the construction pipeline are in the mid-sized category, whereas properties with less than 100 rooms totaled to 2,590.

The article reports on the survey conducted by Merrill Lynch & Co. which found out that volume in the municipal multifamily market could rise 10% for 2007 to about $6.8 billion after hitting a cyclical low point in 2006. Based on the research compiled Merrill director Kurt van Kuller, the multifamily housing sector will post its first solid year since 2004.

The article reports on the sales performance of three segments housing market in the U.S. as of July 2006. David Lereah, chief economist of the National Association Realtors, stated the stabilization of housing market because of the last three months sales held in a narrowing range. According to Lereah, sellers recognized on the impact of competitive price to their sales and inventories.

Discusses the result of the survey, The Lawyer UK 100 Annual Report, which confirms that real estate practices in Great Britain are an essential and highly profitable element in any full-service firm. Speculations of the mid-market British firms on domestic real estate market operations; Attributions of real estate head Michael Reevey to the success of Addlehaw's strategy of leveraging off its Leeds and Manchester offices to conduct high-end real estate work at a competitive price; Increase of real estate turnover in 2004.

Presents information on several risks involved in management contracts. Instances where management contracts are considered tenancies; Types of building surveys; Factors to consider in conducting a structural survey.

The article focuses on the response of the annual survey about popular products of mortgage brokers. The large number of responses and the varying types of responses make it difficult to get percentages on what products are the most popular of the most popular. Most residential mortgage brokers believe their most popular product is the 30-year fixed rate conventional conforming mortgage loan. But a good number of respondents noted their customers, when applying for a mortgage, were seeking some uncommon products.

A National Association of Realtors (NAR) survey found that more consumers than ever before believe using a realtor make selling a home easier. The number of consumers that believe using a realtor makes selling a home easier is up 9% over the 2002 survey, that realtors earn their commissions is up 14% and that realtors can more effectively promote the sale of homes than sellers can do on their own is up 8%. Frank Sibley, NAR senior vice president of communications, said that NAR's Public Awareness Campaign has achieved a significant breakthrough this year despite more competition than ever for the attention of real estate consumers.

The article cites a survey by conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond regarding the manufacturing activity in May 2003. The capacity utilization index inched up to negative 20 from negative 23, while the vendor lead time index inched down to 1 from 4. The number of employees index rose to negative 10 from negative 21, while the average workweek index rose to negative 12 from negative 15 and the wages index slid to 0 from 6.

Cites a survey of offices in Chicago, Illinois regarding office rents and occupancies. Total available square footage in the fourth quarter of 2001 and 2002; Statistics on major sales of 2002; Average overall rental rates in the fourth quarter of 2002.