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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:35:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148481.html A Southbury accountant has pleaded guilty to bank fraud and tax charges involving a scheme by officials at a Waterbury heating oil company to defraud Citizens Bank of millions of dollars. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148481.html Daily Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:31:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148480.html Symetra Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Symetra Financial Corp., has leased 29,000 square feet at the LAN Executive Center in Enfield. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148480.html Daily Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:29:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148477.html Naugatuck Savings Bank plans to open a branch office at 3580 East Main St. in Waterbury in early spring. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148477.html Daily Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:19:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148466.html A Connecticut developer said he's trying to secure funding to build an upscale outlet mall with room for 85 shops at Foxwoods Resort Casino. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148466.html Daily Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:19:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148467.html Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Wednesday he wants to boost state spending on affordable housing by $330 million, dedicating most of it over the next decade to fixing up dilapidated and vacant public housing units across Connecticut. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148467.html Daily Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:16:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148465.html Home prices nationwide decreased 4.7 percent in 2011 compared with December 2010 - putting Connecticut in better shape than the rest of the country, according to data analysis firm CoreLogic. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148465.html Daily Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:15:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148462.html Construction manager Consigli Construction Co. Inc. has moved its Connecticut office to the Crosthwaite Building at 100 Allyn St. in Downtown Hartford. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148462.html Daily Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:05:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148460.html Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit dropped 51 percent on impairment charges and other items, but its adjusted results beat analysts' expectations. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148460.html Daily Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:00:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148444.html A 166,000-square-foot industrial/warehouse building in Enfield has sold for $2.2 million. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148444.html Daily Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:58:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148443.html Greenwich-based insurance holding company W.R. Berkley Corp. has reported $118 million in net income for the fourth quarter of 2011, a drop from $127 million during the fourth quarter of 2010. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148443.html Daily Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:29:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148475.html The CEOs of some of the nation's biggest homebuilding companies said Thursday they feel the housing market has stabilized. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148475.html Web Only Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:28:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148474.html Freddie Mac's regulator recently gave new detail on why it halted the company's controversial trades in complex mortgage-backed securities last year. In a letter to Senator Robert Casey (D-Pa), the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) said the trades were risky and required specialized risk management. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148474.html Web Only Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:27:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148472.html The building formerly known as Frankie's Restaurant in Westbrook has sold for $650,000. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148472.html Web Only Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:25:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148471.html Construction equipment dealers are looking forward to improving trends in 2012 while acknowledging the challenges facing the industry, according to survey results recently released by GE Capital, Dealer Finance. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148471.html Web Only Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:24:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148469.html In the most impressive surge for the job market since the middle of last decade, the nation added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148469.html Web Only Fri, 03 Feb 2012 0:00:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148454.html A proposed settlement to resolve mortgage abuses by top U.S. banks will give states broad authority to punish firms that mistreat borrowers in the future, according to documents seen by Reuters on Wednesday. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148454.html Web Only Thu, 02 Feb 2012 9:24:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148455.html Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., one of the largest real estate services companies, reported earnings that easily passed Wall Street's expectations, and its stock rose 5.3 percent. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148455.html Web Only Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:49:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148439.html Health insurer Aetna Inc.'s net income jumped 73 percent in the fourth quarter as it continued to benefit from low use of health care and some key expenses fell. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148439.html Web Only Wed, 01 Feb 2012 0:00:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148436.html A 13 percent decline in Connecticut home sales made 2011 the worst year on record since The Warren Group began tracking real estate data in the Nutmeg State in 1987. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148436.html Web Only Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:10:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148437.html Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has acquired the assets of Alaimo & Barile LLC, which operates real estate offices in Enfield and Windsor Locks. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148437.html Web Only Fri, 03 Feb 2012 0:00:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148421.html For many consumers, fixing up their house now fits their sentiments -- and their finances -- far better than selling or buying. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148421.html Kenneth R. Harney 
 Paper Fri, 03 Feb 2012 0:00:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148452.html Is reducing your commercial real estate tax bill worth a 750 word read? Then read on, but do it quickly as the commercial property tax appeal filings have specific deadlines to meet or your appeal rights are extinguished for an entire year of tax payments. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148452.html Michael D. Reiner Paper Fri, 03 Feb 2012 0:00:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148453.html Nearly 20 percent of Connecticut's banks are in danger of failing in the next two years, according to the Invictus Consulting Group. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148453.html Matt Brown Paper Fri, 27 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148355.html Discovering one's dream home is hard work. Buyers usually begin with an emotion and work out from there -- i.e., "warm and cuddly" or "clean and modern." Function follows form -- at least at first. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148355.html Alisha Alway Braatz Paper Fri, 27 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148356.html A deal between five major banks and a group of attorneys general - including George Jepsen of Connecticut - could bring $150 million or more to state homeowners who have been victims of foreclosures or the burst of the housing bubble. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148356.html Paper Fri, 27 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148337.html The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is working on a real estate issue that gets to the core of the agency's purpose: Bringing clarity and better disclosures about the often opaque and costly fees that homebuyers, sellers and refinancers are hit with at closings. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148337.html Kenneth R. Harney Paper Fri, 20 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148252.html If you or someone you know has lost a job and are in danger of falling behind on mortgage payments, here's some potentially important news for you: The two largest players in home mortgages, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are revising their policies on forbearance when unemployment interferes with your ability to stay current on your loan. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148252.html Kenneth R. Harney Paper Fri, 20 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148250.html New figures show Hartford spent almost $45,000 in overtime for police and public works crews as part of its response to the Occupy Hartford encampment. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148250.html Paper Fri, 20 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148249.html In a rare commercial real estate transaction, New Haven-based Prince Medical Inc. recently donated more than 12,000 square feet of office space at 46 Prince St. in New Haven to a nonprofit entity. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148249.html Jim Cronin Paper Fri, 13 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148142.html Mark Macomber’s retirement has set in motion a seemingly well-oiled and rehearsed succession plan that leaves just one C-level vacancy at the Connecticut Mutual Holding Co. and its three member banks. http://www.commercialrecord.com/news148142.html Matt Brown Paper