Qatar Real Estate Full-Year Profit Falls 31% to $59 MillionMarch 4 (Bloomberg) -- Qatar Real Estate Investment Co. said full-year profit fell 31 percent to 214 million riyals ($59 million), according to a statement to the bourse today.U.S. Stocks Trim Gain as Fed Says Real Estate, Loan Demand WeakMarch 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks trimmed gains after the Federal Reserve said commercial real estate and loan demand remained weak in January and February and labor markets were still “soft.”Prime real estate in Morocco offers a solid investmentAccording to leading international agent Knight Frank, luxury and prime property in Morocco, particularly in the cosmopolitan city of Marrakech, is in high demand from discerning professional investors and second home owners from around the globe, who are seeking a relatively lower-risk real estate investment in a country less affected by the recession than others like the UK and USA.Real-estate brokers offering sneak peek of reality show apartmentReal estate broker Michele Kleier and daughters Samantha and Sabrina are hosting an exclusive sneak-peek party tonight at their $28.5 million co-exclusive at 995...Real Estate Transfers, 3-4-10Real Estate Transfers, 3-4-10Bank rode real estate boom, fell with its declineBroadway Bank isn't really a bank the way a lot of people understand it. The Giannoulias family's enterprise writes only a small amount of single-family mortgages or loans to small businesses. Where it puts its money is real estate development and commercial property. The strategy paid off handsomely in the last decade, making Broadway among the most profitable banks in Chicago.Board favors greenbelt exemption for Ruskin farmA Ruskin farm should be designated a greenbelt exemption, despite the recommendation of the county's property appraiser's office. That was the unanimous view of county's five-member Value Adjustment Board today.Lava likely made river-like channel on Mars(PhysOrg.com) -- Flowing lava can carve or build paths very much like the riverbeds and canyons etched by water, and this probably explains at least one of the meandering channels on the surface of Mars. These results were presented on March 4, 2010 at the 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference by Jacob Bleacher at NASA`s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Whether channels on Mars ...Green space funds go to Jacoby farm preservationAt their March 1 meeting, members of Yellow Springs Village Council unanimously approved contributing to the preservation of two farm properties, one of which includes the headwaters of the Jacoby Creek and is the first farm preserved within the Jacoby greenbelt.Environmental Defence joins quarry battle(Mar 4, 2010) - The national non-profit group Environmental Defence is urging the Ontario government not to allow new quarries or quarry expansions in the Greenbelt and to extend greenspace protection into the Town of Oakville and Brant County.Greenbelt-based rock band earns top WammieThe rock band Hotspur won the Wammie for New Artist of the Year at the 2009 Washington Area Music Awards Sunday in Fairfax, Va. Two of the members of the band live in Beltsville and they record in Greenbelt.
