Cumberland woman arrested after entering condemned property marked ‘No Trespassing’
Cumberland, MD – A 47-year-old woman was arrested Saturday afternoon after officers found her inside a condemned property on Pulaski Street that was clearly posted with warnings prohibiting entry. Around 12:00 p.m.,…
Hong Kong finance chief says no sharp risk to property prices
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s finance chief said on Thursday he does not see a sharp risk to the city’s real estate market nor a need to adjust property control measures, as…
Oregon Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges After Twice Breaking Windows and Destroying Property at a Planned Parenthood Clinic
EUGENE, Ore.—An Oregon man pleaded guilty today after twice breaking windows and destroying property at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Grants Pass, Oregon because the clinic provides reproductive health services. Devin Friedrick…
Chinese buyers snap up luxury homes as ‘hard currency’ in soft property market
BEIJING (Reuters) – In the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, where the real estate sector has slowed, luxury property is bucking the downtrend, the official Securities Times reported on Monday, as wealthy…
Over $642,000 from Forfeited Property to Aid Victims of Terrorism
BOSTON – U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins announced today that $642,702 from the civil forfeiture of a Waltham home of two fugitives has been approved for deposit to the United States Victims of…
Justice Department Files Lawsuit Alleging Disability and Sex-Based Discrimination by Owner and Operators of Milwaukee Rental Property
United States Attorney Richard G. Frohling of the Eastern District of Wisconsin joins The Justice Department in announcing on, September 9, 2022 it has filed a lawsuit alleging that the owner and…
Fund managers shun China property bonds on default risks
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) – Fund managers are cutting their holdings in Chinese property bonds by half or even more as the sector lurches from crisis to crisis and…
Japan property lures private equity with solid yields, prospective deals
By Junko Fujita and Miho Uranaka TOKYO, Sep 1 (Reuters) – A new wave of big private equity players including KKR & Co is moving in on Japan’s property market, drawn by…
Former Lieutenant Colonel of KSP Convicted of Theft of Government Property
FRANKFORT, Ky. – A former Lieutenant Colonel of Kentucky State Police (KSP), Michael Crawford, 58, of Georgetown, Ky., was convicted on Tuesday by a federal jury of conspiracy to misappropriate weapons belonging…
China’s August factory activity likely shrank amid COVID flare-ups, property crisis – Reuters poll
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s factory activity likely contracted again in August, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, as COVID flare-ups and a distressed property sector pummelled demand while a power crunch in…
China’s Bank of Communications warns of property market risks
By Ziyi Tang and Engen Tham BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s Bank of Communications (BoCom) on Friday warned of liquidity risks in the property sector after it posted an almost 5% rise in first…
China’s first publicly traded rental property REITs snapped up by investors
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s first batch of publicly traded rental property real estate investment trusts (REITs) was snapped up in Shanghai and Shenzhen by yield-hungry investors this week, opening up a new…
Trump property appraiser no longer in contempt in NY civil probe
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK – Cushman & Wakefield, which appraised several properties belonging to Donald Trump, is no longer in contempt of court for not complying with a subpoena for the…
Lebanon seizes property of two MPs charged over Beirut blast
By Maya Gebeily (Reuters) – A Lebanese court ordered on Thursday the temporary seizure of property owned by two parliamentarians charged in connection with the deadly Beirut port blast of 2020, a…
China property developers’ woes cast shadow over management units
By Clare Jim and Xie Yu HONG KONG – China’s real estate crisis is casting a darkening cloud over governance and financial prospects of once highly valued property management companies, triggering a…
Two Office Buildings, House of Worship Planned Near Former Dog Kennel Property in Jackson
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ – A picturesque country-style log cabin and barn near the intersection of Whitesville Road and East Veterans Highway and adjacent properties could be seeing a change in the near…
Two women admit armed robbery of Billings Heights casino; discarding loaded firearms on elementary school property
BILLINGS — Two women accused of stealing liquor at gunpoint from a Billings Heights casino, firing a warning shot while fleeing and ultimately discarding two loaded firearms on elementary school property admitted…
UK brings in ownership register for property held by foreign companies
LONDON – Britain will now require foreign companies holding UK property to identify their true owners in an official register, the government said on Monday, as part of a crackdown on Russian…
Asia credit investors feel the pain of China property exposure
By Xie Yu HONG KONG – China’s crisis-hit property sector has driven underperformance this year in some Asia-focused credit funds, including one led by a former Lehman Brothers portfolio manager, pummelling their…
Evergrande’s debt revamp to provide roadmap on tackling China property crisis
By Clare Jim HONG KONG – China Evergrande Group, the world’s most indebted developer, is expected to announce this week a debt restructuring plan that will not only determine its future but…
Exclusive-Fifth Wall climate fund aims to decarbonize property industry
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK – Fifth Wall, a Los Angeles-based venture capital firm focused on real estate technology, said on Thursday it has raised $500 million for a climate fund to…
UK property asking prices rise 9.3% on year – Rightmove
LONDON – Asking prices for British homes advertised for sale this month were 9.3% higher than a year earlier, down from a 9.7% rise in June as mortgage costs rise sharply for…
U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers Selected as Chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Subcommittee on Cyber and Intellectual Property
INDIANAPOLIS –United States Attorney Zachary A. Myers has been selected to chair the Cyber and Intellectual Property Subcommittee for the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC). The Cyber Subcommittee is dedicated to addressing…
Chinese property developer Ronshine misses interest payments on two bonds
HONG KONG – Chinese property developer Ronshine China Holdings Ltd has not made interest payments on its June 2023 and December 2023 notes, totalling $27.9 million, in the latest blow to China’s…
Biden’s HHS Debates Setting Up Abortion Clinics On Federal Property
Biden’s HHS Debates Setting Up Abortion Clinics On Federal Property Jack McEvoy on June 28, 2022 The Biden administration is mulling setting up abortion clinics on federal land in states that ban…
White House: G7 to address China’s forced labor, intellectual property theft
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE – The Group of Seven wealthy countries will address what they see as China’s use of forced labor and intellectual property theft and other issues, the White House…
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