In an REO sale, California-based Strategic Realty Capital acquired the 160-unit Cheyenne Woods Apartments in North Las Vegas for $4.5 million, or $28,125 per unit. The complex was approximately 86 percent occupied at the time of sale. The multifamily property at 3417 E. Cheyenne Ave. consists of 85 one-bedroom, one-bath units; 60 two-bedroom, two-bath units; and 15 three-bedroom, two-bath units, with sizes ranging from 650 to 1,090 square feet. Amenities include a pool, spa, and laundry facilities. Neil Sorkin, Scott Kendrick, and Mike Hillis of Commerce Real Estate Solutions represented the seller, Kaplan Management Company. The buyer was represented in-house.

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Wells Fargo & Company announced this week that it had formed the REIT Finance Group, a team of professionals from within Wells Fargo dedicated to serving publicly-traded REITs in the CRE industry. Acorrding to a Washington Business Journal article, the new group will provide corporate banking services, lines of credit, term loans and construction loans to REITs while also working with Eastdil Secured LLC, a Wells Fargo subsidiary, for real estate investment banking services, and with Wells Fargo Securities for capital markets needs.

Rex Rudy, based in Charlotte and formerly Managing Director of Real Estate Syndicated Finance at Wells Fargo Securities, has been appointed as Managing Director and head of the REIT Finance Group.

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Q: I just heard Ilyce on the radio talking to a listener about a house he was purchasing from his parents. She said that he would have to pay private mortgage insurance (PMI) if the appraisal came back and showed he was above the 20 percent equity threshold.

I just bought a foreclosure here in North Carolina and it appraised at $350,000 and I purchased it for $225,000. I didnt have enough of a downpayment to cover the 20 percent required on the $225,000 for a conventional loan, so I was required to carry PMI even though it appraised above the threshold.

I was told by more than one lender that it was the purchase price only that determined PMI requirements.

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Hoping to reduce its inventory of distressed properties, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., commonly known as Freddie Mac, hosted about 300 South Florida real estate agents at two events this week to give them tips on selling government-owned homes.

The events, which took place Thursday and Friday in Miami Springs and Davie, highlighted South Floridas distressed home market, where some 40,000 homes are owned by lenders and many more are in the foreclosure pipeline.

Freddie Mac, along with its larger sibling Fannie Mae, is looking to help more struggling homeowners sell their homes for less than what they owe rather than go through Floridas prolonged foreclosure process.

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Tweet October 2011 Market Report Homes for Sale Dublin Ranch Village Dublin CA Condos For Sale The Courtyards Dublin CA November 3, 2011

Dublin Ranch Village real estate includes condos nestled in the eastern hills of the Dublin Valley in distinctively styled clusters known as The Cottages, The Villas, The Terraces and The Courtyards.

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