Investments
Land on Shaky Ground
Nov 28, 2007 2:59 PM
As the U.S. real estate market downshifts, a strategy that seemed like a sure bet a year or two ago--investing in land--suddenly isn't working out so well...
Investments: Analysis
Mall REITs Stall on Slowdown in Consumer Spending
May 7, 2008 3:09 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
Consumers' tightened purse strings constricted regional mall REIT performance in the first quarter. With six of the eight regional mall REITs reporting results so far...
Investors Hedging Their Bets in 2008
Apr 30, 2008 1:48 PM
It is official. The years of cap rate compression in commercial real estate are over and the sector is in a downward spiral that is expected to last through most of 2008, says ING Clarion....
Investments: Trends
Cash Handy for Assets Reduced for Sale
Apr 23, 2008 10:34 AM
A handful of investors, over the past several weeks, have grabbed their wallets and gone shopping for retail real estate in the U.S., ready to pump billions of dollars into the parched market … if the price is right....
Not So Risky
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
A recent report from CBRE Torto Wheaton Research states that future commercial mortgage defaults and losses could be overestimated threefold. The culprit?...
