Worldfocus » real estate http://worldfocus.org International News, Videos and Blogs Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:04:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en U.S. auto, real estate troubles echo in Europe and Asia http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/02/17/us-auto-real-estate-troubles-echo-in-europe-and-asia/4091/ http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/02/17/us-auto-real-estate-troubles-echo-in-europe-and-asia/4091/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:58:20 +0000 Worldfocus http://worldfocus.org/?p=4091 As General Motors and Chrysler faced deadlines on Tuesday on plans to re-invent themselves in return for billions in bailouts in the U.S., automakers in Europe reported significant new declines, including Germany’s Daimler, which is still a part owner of Chrysler.

Marcus Mabry, international business editor at The New York Times, speaks with Martin Savidge about parallels between struggling U.S. industries and those in Europe and Asia, how foreign automakers are coping and the future of real estate markets abroad.

Marcus Mabry of The New York Times discusses parallels between struggling U.S. auto and real estate industries and the same industries in Europe and Asia. /files/2009/02/th_econ_mabry.jpg /files/2009/02/th_econ_mabry.jpg ]]> http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/02/17/us-auto-real-estate-troubles-echo-in-europe-and-asia/4091/feed/ Russian real estate goes from boom to bust http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/02/17/russian-real-estate-goes-from-boom-to-bust/4090/ http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/02/17/russian-real-estate-goes-from-boom-to-bust/4090/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:53:38 +0000 Worldfocus http://worldfocus.org/?p=4090 The broad economic crisis has turned boom times in Russia’s real estate industry to near bust.

Worldfocus special correspondent Martin Himel travels first to Moscow and then to another city some 80 miles away, where the Russian dream was once alive and well.

Once alive and well, Russia’s real estate industry has been hit hard by the financial crisis. /files/2009/02/th_russia_realestate.jpg /files/2009/02/th_russia_realestate.jpg ]]> http://worldfocus.org/blog/2009/02/17/russian-real-estate-goes-from-boom-to-bust/4090/feed/