Mar
26
2009

Mike
Recommended Reading-
Article by LINGLING WEI in the Wall Street Journal Online.
Commercial real-estate loans are going sour at an accelerating pace, threatening to cause tens of billions of dollars in losses to banks already hurt by the housing downturn. Read More
Tags: Commerical Real Estate, Credit Crisis, Real Estate Finance
Sep
23
2008

Mike
Recommended Reading—
Article by the National Association of Realtors
The nation is in for more than a year of stagnant job creation and tepid economic growth that will set the stage for marked improvement in 2011, according to two of academia’s respected authorities on the economy and commercial real estate..… read more
Tags: Commerical Real Estate, Real Estate
Aug
29
2008

Mike
Recommended Reading—
by Matt Hudgins for National Real Estate Investor
Activity is slowing in commercial real estate sectors in response to tightening credit and slow economic growth, according to the latest Commercial Real Estate Outlook of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, says problems on Wall Street are affecting commercial real estate. “Although capital remains available for residential loans, the credit crunch is pronounced in commercial lending,” he says…Continue Reading
Tags: Commerical Real Estate, Economics, Economy, Real Estate