$1 billion real estate portfolio on market (San Jose Mercury News)

$1 billion real estate portfolio on market (San Jose Mercury News)
Park Center Plaza and the Montgomery Hotel building in downtown San Jose are on the market as part of an estimated $1 billion real estate portfolio put up for sale by Divco West Properties and an affiliate.

Coachella Valley real estate to have "soft landing" (Desert Sun)
With fears of a real estate bubble being discussed around the country, the Coachella Valley real estate market should see a "soft landing" in 2006, with appreciation rates between 10 and 18 percent as local home pricing trends continue to moderate, an economist with the California Association of Realtors told a breakfast gathering in Palm Desert Thursday.

Katrina fuels a real estate boom (MSNBC)
Amid all the debris in Biloxi and elsewhere on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, there are signs that Hurricane Katrina may be fueling a new real estate boom topping the one already started years ago by the casinos. NBC's Mark Potter reports.