http://www.landreport.com The Magazine of the American Landowner Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:20:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The increasing popularity of timberland as an investment class is drawing individual landowners, chief investment officers, and many more to IQPC's 8th Timberland Investment World Summit on October 27-29 at The Doubletree Metropolitan Hotel in New York City. Among the leading timber experts scheduled to speak are Gerhard Dieterle (World Bank), Sue ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/08/2010-timberland-investment-world-summit-oct-27-29/ A disappointing number of sports stars plow their money into poor investments. Not Wally Dallenbach. In the early 1970s, the legendary Indy car racer took his winnings from the California 500 and bought an absolutely stunning piece of property along the banks of Colorado's Frying Pan River just outside Basalt. ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/08/for-sale-colorados-dallenbach-ranch/ Oregon’s Williamson River, one of the finest wild trout rivers in the Lower 48, winds through two and a half miles of the Lonesome Duck Ranch and Resort, and over the next decade, the steelhead and salmon may be equally prolific. The majestic river, along with mountains views, rocky cliffs, blue ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/08/for-sale-lonesome-duck-ranch-resort/ Aubrey McClendon's 271 Ranch goes on the block Thursday, August 5. The National Auction Group is handling the sale, which is scheduled for 11 a.m. (CST) at the ranch headquarters. Bidders can register beginning at nine o'clock. The 4,391-acre cattle ranch will be offered in five tracts and ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/08/on-the-block-aubrey-mcclendons-271-ranch/ Dear Reader, Summertime is high season for transactions as investors and landowners make the most of the best access to every corner of a piece of property. This month's newsletter highlights a few of the many sales - and auctions and conservation easements and court decisions - that have taken place ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/07/land-report-newsletter-july-2010/ The Texas land market saw bargain hunters staring down unmotivated sellers throughout 2009. The end result, according to Charles Gilliland and Abhijeet Gunadekar at the Texas Real Estate Center, was a dearth of property sales of more than $1 million and the lowest total number of transactions since 1995: "Most Texas ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/07/texas-land-values-drop-just-7-in-2009/ International Paper (IP) will sell 163,000 acres in the Southeast for a minimum of $200 million to an affiliate of Rock Creek Capital, a Jacksonville-based asset management firm that invests in unique, resource-rich land. According to wire reports, IP will receive a minimum $160 million when the deal closes later ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/07/ip-to-sell-163000-acres-for-200-million/ 41.92± acres in Virginia's Loudoun County will be auctioned on July 21 at 1:00 p.m. Loudon County is one of the fastest growing counties in the U.S. The home of Dulles International Airport, it is located approximately 25 miles from the nation's capital. The property is located in the Lansdowne ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/06/on-the-block-41-92-acres-in-virginias-loudoun-county/ Forbes.com bills itself as the "Home Page for the World's Business Leaders," and on Monday the website lived up to its moniker by profiling the top ten U.S. landowners as featured in The Land Report 100. Among the many names familiar to Forbes readers were CNN founder Ted Turner at ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/06/forbes-profiles-land-report-100/ Dear Reader, The lessons of the global financial crisis of 2008-09 are many and diverse; one of the immutable ones is the value of tangible assets. I for one am taking this to heart, and your readership of this newsletter shows you to be of a similar mind. I hope you ... http://www.landreport.com/2010/06/land-report-newsletter-june-2010/