Ducking the Housing Credit Mess
Many pessimists believe the current credit freeze in home markets will spread to commercial property, setting the stage for a full recession in 2008....
The Great Real Estate Credit Freeze of 2007
By late October 2007, U.S. credit markets for most real estate lending became almost frozen because of uncertainty among both lenders and borrowers about...
Guarding Against a Development Boom
In the past 10 years, the American real estate market has been stimulated by massive inflows of financial capital from around the globe. That influx of...
A More Precarious Investment Climate
The near collapse of two residential subprime lenders rescued by loans from owner Bear Stearns, plus bankruptcies of other subprime lenders, has apparently...
The Danger of Large U.S. Trade Deficits
For the past decade, U.S. real estate markets have been dominated by a flood of financial capital from foreign and domestic sources. ...
Fallout From Stock Market's Swoon
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 416 points, or 3.3%, on Feb. 27. It was one of the largest one-day price drops since the 30% decline on Black Monday in October 1987...
Global Forces Fuel Real Estate Investment
For the past few years, there has been a record flow of capital into domestic and international real estate markets. ...
REIT Capital Inflows Show Paradigm Shift
When analysts contemplate the recent immense flows of financial capital into real estate, they usually think of the worldwide boom in housing prices. But an equally impressive flood of capital has been funneled into real estate investment trusts....
Building Boom On Hold
U.S. commercial property markets are still swamped with financial capital seeking real properties. Yet, there doesn't seem to be much evidence that a new commercial development boom is starting....
Niagara of Capital
The flood of investor capital that has been flowing into all types of real estate in the United States since 2000 has continued almost unabated through...
