Finance & Investment News
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The stakes have never been higher for commercial real estate borrowers and lenders....
Out of Retreat: Private Equity Investors To Boost Real Estate Allocations in 2010
What did private equity investors, including huge institutional players such as pension funds, learn most from the recent collapse in commercial real estate values? They want more of the asset class....
Building A Case for a Second-Half Recovery in 2010
Several positive developments are emerging in the real estate capital markets, providing a glimpse of optimism as investor sentiment appears to rebound. ...
Greystar and Praedium Jointly Acquire Apartment Property in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Greystar Real Estate Partners and The Praedium Group have purchased the 631-unit Lincoln Shores apartment community in St. Petersburg, Fla., for $24.2 million, or about $38,300 per unit. The joint venture deal closed in January....
Jobless Rate Drops But Losses Still Hurt Commercial Real Estate
The nation’s jobless rate dipped to 9.7% in January from 10% the month before, catching many economists by surprise, as predictions were for unemployment to actually rise to 10.1%. ...
Finance & Investment Articles
Buyers Stunned By Rising Debt Prices
Existing issues of mortgage-backed bonds secured by longer-term, fixed-rate loans are now trading at about 85 cents on the dollar. The trading levels...
Opportunity Funds Overfloweth
Real estate opportunity funds are now raising tens of billions of dollars to pounce on properties and mortgages as values head back...
Catch-22 in Mezzanine Lending
Mezzanine lenders are tripping over each other in their haste to accommodate hungry borrowers....
Names In The News
Keith Lindsay has joined Orco Property Group's hospitality division as CEO. Orco is an investor, developer and asset manager...
Deals & Projects
MFR Partners has acquired the Old Market Lofts Building for approximately $30.6 million from NuStyle Development. The Old Market Lofts Building is located...
CMBS Gets a Stress Test
How bad can it get for commercial mortgage-backed securities in the event of a recession in the U.S.? ...
Real Asset Backing a Plus for REITs
Although the credit crunch has impacted the real estate investment trust sector, REITs are still able to access funds and offer investment opportunities, according to a New York REIT conference sponsored by the New York Society of Security Analysts. ...
REITs: New Institution Capital Dance Partner
While most commercial banks and private equity funds are taking a breather from investing in the real estate markets, some of the country’s top institutional players are partnering with real estate investment trusts (REITs) to keep deals churning....
