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Changing Market Scuttles Office Sales
Nov 01, 2007
Investors plunked down a record $17 billion to acquire Manhattan office properties in the first quarter. But as the credit downturn whipsawed demand for Manhattan skyscrapers, quarterly volume began to decline. Office...
Real Estate Execs Embrace Sustainability
Oct 31, 2007
An encouraging new study finds that corporate real estate executives are doing more than just jawboning about the merits of sustainability. According to the Oct. 29 survey conducted by trade group CoreNet Global and...
Apartment Loans, Vintage CMBS Delinquencies Rise
Oct 23, 2007
Delinquencies among both multifamily loans of varying vintage and 2005 vintage commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) increased for the third straight month in September, reports Manhattan-based Fitch Ratings...
A Not So Great 2008: Emerging Trends Report
A Not So Great 2008: Emerging Trends Report
Oct 17, 2007
Commercial real estate investors and developers should brace for more uncertainty in 2008 as fundamentals and pricing continue to soften, based on the newly released Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2008 report. The b...
Third Quarter Strength Boosts Multifamily Market
Oct 09, 2007
Buoyed by the single-family housing downturn and fewer tenant concessions, apartment fundamentals improved sharply during the third quarter. One caveat is that a handful of Sunbelt markets with an over-abundance of...
Credit Downturn Bodes Ill For Manhattan Office Market
Oct 03, 2007
Financial services firms are the backbone of Manhattan office demand. But the growing prospect of widespread layoffs in the finance industry could put the brakes on this vital absorption driver in coming months...
Airport Development Takes Flight
Oct 01, 2007
When Denver International Airport was under development in 1990, planners knew that the 53-square mile site presented many unique opportunities beyond gargantuan terminals and abundant runway expansions. What they...
A CMBS and CDO Primer
Oct 01, 2007
The commercial mortgage market faces one of its toughest credit climates in more than a decade. The most complex corners of the securitized mortgage market are getting hammered. Products that flew off shelves 12...
Mortgage REITs Buckle Down In Tough Credit
Sep 25, 2007
A new report finds that tighter lending standards have hurt U.S. mortgage real estate investment trust (REITs) funding profiles and growth prospects. Mortgage REITs have indeed felt increased ratings pressure in the...
Fed Rate Cut: Disaster Averted Or Simply Delayed?
Sep 19, 2007
Tuesday’s half-percentage point interest rate cut sparked a sizeable rally that drove the Dow Jones Industrial Average up by 335.97 points. And in the embattled credit markets, pricing for the riskiest bonds roundly...
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