Commercial Real Estate Finance Industry Copes With A Slowdown
Feb 6, 2008
Last year, economists from the Mortgage Bankers Association described the climate for commercial real estate finance as the "perfect calm." ...
CMBS Hang Out on a Limb
Feb 1, 2008, David Bodamer
The Commercial Mortgage Securities Association held its annual Investors Conference the first week in January in South Beach, Fla., at a particularly...
Change at the Top
Feb 1, 2008, Elaine Misonzhnik
With a Feb. 15 deadline to pay off or refinance $3.5 billion in short-term debt exactly one month away, embroiled Australian listed property trust Centro...
Short Stacks
Feb 1, 2008, By Jennifer Popovec
Wall Street continues to convulse from the sub-prime fallout more than $90 billion in value had been wiped off banks' books by mid-January. One group...
CMSA Conference Marked By More Uncertainty
Jan 9, 2008
South Beach, Fla. -- The Commercial Mortgage Securities Association held its annual Investors Conference this week in South Beach, Fla., at a particularly precarious moment. Credit markets remain locked up...
Credit Crunch Claims Centro, But Other REITs Look Safe
Dec 19, 2007
The credit crunch has certainly slowed things down for the retail real estate industry as evidenced by a drop in deal flow and the scaling back of some announced developments...
Money Talks
Dec 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
This summer's credit crunch brought the days of easy money to an end and the commercial real estate industry is still suffering a hangover from that party...
Commercial Real Estate Lenders Take Hit But Keep Rolling
Nov 14, 2007
This summer's credit crunch brought the days of easy money to an end--and the commercial real estate industry is still suffering a hangover from that party--but things have begun to loosen up ...
Credit Crunch Concerns
Nov 1, 2007, David Bodamer
Go to an ICSC event and you'd be hard-pressed to sense there are any deep concerns about the health of the real estate industry. Booths bustle with activity....
Business Deals
Nov 1, 2007
Faris Lee Investments negotiated the sale of three retail centers in Texas for $30 million in a 1031 exchange. The centers, totaling 150,000 sq. ft.,...
