Special Report: How Real Estate Agents Can Live Happily Ever After In Retirement

Real estate agents want their happily ever after: a post-career life with the stability that a bucket of money or residual income can bring. The road to a secure future isn't clearly marked in real estate, the paths at agents' disposal more like winding capillaries — a set of sprawled options realized through careful planning, the earlier the better.

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Chinese investors dominate Asian overseas real estate investments in 2016 — CBRE

Chinese investors accounted for almost half of the $60 billion in investments in overseas real estate last year by Asian investors, up sharply from 28% of the $62.4 billion in 2015, according to an announcement Tuesday by real estate services and investment firm CBRE Group.

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Gundlach expects US 10-year T-note yield to drop below 2.25 percent

Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive of DoubleLine Capital, said on Friday he expects the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note to drop below 2.25 percent as global investors seek safety.

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Small homes overtaking McMansions as the best kind of investments

Small homes - even ones that measure less than 400 square feet - are becoming increasingly popular.

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$400K could get you into a new, luxury condo in Scottsdale's Artesia

A stalled luxury condominium development on one of central Scottsdale's prime corners is being revived with a plan for 500 homes.

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Ritz-Carlton project in Paradise Valley will cost $2B, feature largest pool in North America

After long deliberation, the Ritz-Carlton, Paradise Valley has been approved to be built by Paradise Valley Town Council.

The property, under the management of Scottsdale's Five Star Development, is set to break ground in spring 2016 and to be finished by 2018.

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Intel says it's investing $7B in Chandler facility, bringing 3K jobs

The seventh-biggest company in Arizona is about to get even bigger, with Intel Corp. announcing it will bring 3,000 more workers to Chandler.

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Blackstone's Invitation Homes raises $1.54 billion in IPO

Invitation Homes, the largest U.S. home rental company, raised $1.54 billion in an initial public offering on Tuesday, the company said, setting the stage for a pick-up in IPO activity in 2017.

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