Blackstone, Paulson back new proposal for Fannie, Freddie privatization
An investor group including hedge fund Paulson & Co. and the Blackstone Group wants to turn Fannie Mae and...
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John Paulson now the largest shareholder in Starwood Hotels
Paulson & Co., the hedge fund controlled by billionaire John Paulson, took a 7 percent stake in the luxury...
John Paulson enters fight against “King of McMansions”
Joe Farrell, a Hamptons builder dubbed “King of McMansions,” is stirring up a heated backlash with plans to construct...
Hedge fund billionaire gives $100M to Central Park
Hedge fund billionaire John Paulson and his foundation, the Paulson Family Foundation, are donating $100 million to the Central...
Realogy shoots for $1 billion in IPO
Real estate company Realogy has filed to raise $1 billion in its initial public offering, Bloomberg News reported, even after reporting net losses every year since 2008. Realogy is the owner of real estate brands...
Investors betting on default-prone mortgages
Texan investor Kyle Bass, who made bank in the last few years by betting against subprime debt before the...
Paulson sticks with property bets
Despite big losses last year, billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson, who made bank in 2011 by betting against subprime mortgages nationwide, is continuing to make bullish investments in residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities,...
LeFrak, Schwarzman and Ross are some of NYC real estate pros listed in Forbes 400
Top row from left: Solow Building Owner Sheldon Solow, Boston Properties Chairman Mort Zuckerman, LeFrak Organization Chairman Richard LeFrak,...
Hedge funder John Paulson picks up $3M Olympic Tower pad
John Paulson and the Olympic Tower Hedge fund manager John Paulson, whose lucrative but infamous bets against the subprime...
Meet “Fabulous Fab”: the Goldman trader behind now-infamous negative housing bets
Fabrice “Fabulous Fab” Tourre, of Goldman Sachs Fabrice Tourre, the French bond trader named in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s case against Goldman Sachs,...