Bank 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.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...NC Elections Hearing Focuses On Real Estate DuesElection regulators will examine how North Carolina's Realtors funded efforts to oppose local tax increases on land sales and whether it was legal to use mandatory member dues to pay for the undertaking. The State Board of Elections plans to meet Thursday to discuss a 2008 complaint against the North Carolina Association of Realtors by Wake County real estate agent Becky Harper. Harper said the ...Real Estate Wonk: Baltimore still on firm's 'lowest performing' listAs a number of metro areas post home-price gains, the Baltimore market is still declining, a real estate data firm says in a new report. Prices were down 3.4 percent vs. a year ago and 1.8 percent compared with the previous quarter, Clear Capital said.Olympic spirit hits East VailVAIL, Colorado - Move over, U.S. curling team - there's a new set of sweepers in Vail, Colorado. Students at Vail Mountain School on Friday participated in a mock Olympics complete with curling. Instead of stones, students pushed plastic scooters on wheels across the smooth gym floor toward a target. Some of the students even found various brooms around the school to use for sweeping in front of ...Parsippany: Police Blotter, March 3While on patrol on Route 46 east on Feb. 18, at 9:19 a.m., Officer Anthony Morelli conducted a motor vehicle stop on a 1994 Honda after a random license plate inquiry revealed an active warrant for its registered owner.COMING UP IN LAKE FOREST AND LAKE BLUFFBusinessVail Daily letter: Stop metering I-70; drive is 5 hours back to Denver on SundaysWhen we moved from the East Coast to Denver last year, being able to ski in Colorado every weekend seemed like a dream come true. This season my powder paradise on Sundays has been ruined by the prospect of a five-hour drive back to Denver as a result of the metered traffic at the tunnel. On a recent Sunday, as I was sitting with my car engine turned off on the tunnel approach, I decided to dial ...Vail snow sports students face housing issueEAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Snowboarding phenom Faye Gulini left home three years ago to train in Vail. And since then, she's been living with local host families - an experience that has been mostly positive and sometimes challenging for the teen. When Faye was 15, her father, Dave Gulini, pulled her out of public school in Salt Lake City because her whirlwind competition schedule was interfering ...
