International Business News - REIS http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Commercial real estate data provider CoStar Group Inc. said Monday it withdrew a $96 million offer for competitor REIS Inc. CoStar's chief executive, Andrew Florance, said in a statement that the offer of $8.75 per share for New York-based REIS Inc. is "no longer financially viable" given the worldwide financial turmoil and deterioration in the U.S. real estate markets. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/costar-drops-reis-bid.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:16:07 EST Doug Gylfe still can't afford to buy a home in Torrance, Calif., despite a 23 percent drop in prices. And Congress isn't helping. That's the dilemma this week for the nation's lawmakers and millions of Americans who are priced out of homeownership: any rescue policy to stem foreclosures could artificially prop up home prices and perpetuate the affordability crisis in many major cities coast to coast. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91762-housing-affordability.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/many-likely-to-remain-priced-out-of-housing-market.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/many-likely-to-remain-priced-out-of-housing-market.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:50:27 EDT