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Morgan Stanley fund buys Moscow mall for $1.2 bln

Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing said one of its funds had bought the Metropolis shopping mall in northwest Moscow, in what it called Russia's biggest commercial real estate deal.

China new home prices rise 0.8 pct y/y in Jan

China's new home prices rose an average of 0.8 percent in January from a year earlier, snapping 10 months of decline and raising the risk Beijing may seek to bolster a three-year campaign to curb property inflation.

Commercial Real Estate Market Recovering Slowly

The National Association of Realtors' Commercial Real Estate Outlook, NAR, reported today that the commercial real estate market is recovering slowly, according to AGBeat.