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Mortgage Industry's Digital Divide
Sep 01, 2006
A decade ago, when mortgage brokers originated a commercial loan it could take up to four weeks to close the transaction. The time needed to mail and ship documents between borrower and lender and assorted other...
The Late, Great Condo Conversion Boom
Aug 30, 2006
Last week looked like the official end of the single-family housing bubble. In back-to-back reports, the National Association of Realtors and National Association of Home Builders reported significant declines in both...
Takeout Firms Flock To Office Fundamentals
Aug 22, 2006
Another real estate investment trust (REIT) is exiting the public stage. Just yesterday, investment bank Morgan Stanley announced plans to buy San Mateo, Calif.-based office and industrial owner Glenborough Realty...
Q & A With LoopNet’s Richard Boyle
Q & A With LoopNet’s Richard Boyle
Aug 14, 2006
Richard Boyle is on a quest to draw more brokers, investors and tenants into the bustling online real estate marketplace known as LoopNet (NASDAQ: LOOP). His 10-year-old company, which raised $72 million in its June...
A Raw Deal For Reckson Shareholders?
Aug 08, 2006
What’s fair market value in a white-hot real estate market? Many Wall Street analysts are asking that question after last week’s proposed $4 billion merger between SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) and Reckson...
Tenants’ Market Grinding To A Halt
Aug 01, 2006
The balance of power between tenants and landlords continues to shift towards owners, and the latest report from Property & Portfolio Research documents the extent of this shift. The core finding: In every...
Riding a Big Wave
Aug 01, 2006
Waterparks have been popular family destinations for years, but now a growing number are popping up as flagship amenities at both new and existing resort hotels across the country. The number of hotels with indoor...
An Invisible Threat
An Invisible Threat
Aug 01, 2006
Within the past few months, FBI officials have foiled early-stage terrorist plots to detonate explosives at the Sears Tower in Chicago and Manhattan's Holland Tunnel. One overriding fear, however, is that future...
Development Pinch Hitters
Aug 01, 2006
After decades of plant closings, Kalamazoo, Mich. wasn't having much luck attracting new commercial developments. Merger activity in the pharmaceutical industry also thinned its population of life sciences jobs, most...
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