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San Francisco, CA - October 30, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, held a press conference today to call for major investments in America’s infrastructure to create jobs and restore the economy. Prepared text of her remarks follows.

Home price declines, low mortgage rates motivating home buyers, according to C.A.R.’s “2008 Survey of California Home Buyers”. Seventy-seven percent of first-time home buyers say lower home prices played critical role in decision to purchase a home

SACRAMENTO - August 18, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — The pace of sales at California new-home communities remained sluggish in June, following a resumed trend of deterioration in year-over-year sales declines that began in May, the California Building Industry Association reported today.

MONTCLAIR, CA - August 15, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Seeing opportunity where others in the real estate industry only see challenges, Kennedy Wilson Multifamily Management Group (KW Multifamily), a Beverly Hills, CA-based apartment investor, and its partner PCCP, LLC (PCCP), an integrated real estate finance and investment management firm, have acquired a major multifamily asset on the western perimeter of the Inland Empire.

LOS ANGELES, July 29, 2008 (RealEstateRama) – Home sales increased 17.5 percent in June in California compared with the same period a year ago, while the median price of an existing home fell 37.7 percent, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today.

Irvine, CA., – According to recent figures released by Hanley Wood Market Research, new home sales in Orange County spiked roughly 20 percent in March compared to February sales. A total of 206 new home sales were reported for March as compared with a total of 173 new home sales for February.

LOS ANGELES (April 25) – Home sales decreased 24.5 percent in March in California compared with the same period a year ago, while the median price of an existing home fell 29 percent, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today.

SACRAMENTO ― Today Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner issued the following statement regarding yesterday's announcement by the Bush administration to overhaul the nation's regulatory policies for commercial and investment banks and the financial market.

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 25) – Home sales decreased 29.8 percent in January in California compared with the same period a year ago, while the median price of an existing home fell 21.9 percent, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) reported today

All homes open for inspection from 10AM to 5PM on 02/02/08, 02/09/08 and 02/10/08. 1000+ FORECLOSED HOMES MUST BE SOLD!!

SANTA ANA, Calif. (Feb. 6, 2008) – Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE), one of the world’s leading commercial real estate services and investment management firms, has renamed Triple Net Properties, LLC, its subsidiary, Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors, LLC.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- America's housing market may be fledging but with interest rates hitting historic lows and home prices falling, now is a great time to buy. With the market in their favor, more buyers are heading to foreclosed real estate auctions because they can purchase property at significant discounts. Hudson & Marshall, the country's largest foreclosed real estate auction firm, will auction over 200 bank owned homes in the San Francisco area on February 16th at 11:00am and February 17th at 1:00pm at the Hilton Oakland Airport

Fairfield, Calif., February 4, 2008 - The Fairfield Redevelopment Agency announces an invitation to purchase 4.29 acres of Agency-owned real property. The site offers prime commercial and residential development opportunities and is at 2030 North Texas Street, the former Fairfield Bowl property.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR) today announced that it will hold a conference call on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 1:00 pm ET/10:00 am PT to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2007 financial results and operating performance.

NRF - Retail’s BIG Show, New York, NY — January 14, 2008 — WeatherTRAK smart water management network customers saved one billion gallons of water, 1.5 billion watt-hours of power and two million pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2007, announced the solution’s manufacturer HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (December 3, 2007) – Kennedy Wilson Auction Group, a division of the national real estate services and investment firm Kennedy Wilson, conducted a special close out auction of 31 new homes in the gated community of Westwind in Oxnard, California on December 2, 2007.

SANTA ANA, Calif., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE), a leading real estate services and investment management firm, today announced that it closed its $75 million senior secured revolving credit facility with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

Sacramento, CA, December 6, 2007 -- Duggs Realty, L.L.C., a leading real estate investment firm announced today it is expanding its service offerings for real estate investors.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- While the U.S. real estate market continues to plummet, foreclosures rise at record rates and homes sit vacant for months at a time, the French real estate market is on a roll. In fact, more than 1,000 people move into France each month, causing a severe housing shortage.