Finance: Analysis
Funding Demand From REITs Might Spur Interest In TALF For New Loans (6/23)
Jun 23, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
News that Developers Diversified Realty, one of the largest REITs in the retail sector, is considering using the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) program to secure up to $600 million in loans might help the program gain popularity...
Retail Property Sellers Opt to Offer Financing to Get Deals Done (6/11)
Jun 11, 2009, By Hortense Leon
Some property owners have gotten creative and begun to finance shopping center sales themselves...
Retail Real Estate Firms Jockeying for Spoils of Distress (5/26)
May 26, 2009, By David Bodamer
Managing distressed assets that get turned over to banks could be a multi-billion dollar business in coming months and years...
The Exceptions (5/14)
May 14, 2009
Even in today's horrendous business climate, firms bucking the odds are lending money, buying assets, developing projects and opening new stores...
Coming to the Rescue (5/7)
May 7, 2009
Will the government’s bailout of the financial sector and Obama’s ambitious budget help retail real estate?...
Bright Spots
May 1, 2009, By Jennifer Popovec
Amid retailer closings and bankruptcies, value-oriented chains shine...
Money Talks
May 1, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Regional and local banks, private equity players and foreign financial institutions still have money to lend for retail real estate...
Bottoms Up
May 1, 2009, By Jennifer Popovec
Investors savor higher cap rates and a lack of competition....
Building Confidence
May 1, 2009, By Mike Janssen
Some developers find ways to build in a down market...
Plan for the Long Haul
May 1, 2009, By Jamie Woodwell, Vice President, Commercial Research, Mortgage Bankers Association
Commercial real estate financing is available, but hard to come by...
