Commercial Real Estate Articles And News # 3

Greetings from the 345th wonder of the world….Cedar Crest, NM

I am back from Durango, CO where I spent the week with my youth group. We joined a thousand other young adults at Fort Lewis College @ the CIY MOVE conference. It was amazing.

Anyway while I was at the conference, I decided to play Ultimate Frisbee with the young adults. The result? A ruptured achillies tendon. At first I just though someone kicked me in the calf…and kicked me hard. Well…it did not take long for my lower leg to swell up and bruise up. Funny thing is I looked up on the web, there was a medical site that said “Ruptured achillies tendon is common with middle age weekend warriors.” Wow….comment kinda hurt….because it is true.

Anyway…..

A lot…and I mean a lot is happening in the economy…but I do think the media is exaggerating the reality of what is really happening. For instance, there are a handful of cities that are bucking the trend and home values are steadily increasing. You really do not hear about cities like Mobile, Alabama, El Paso, TX, San Antonio, TX, or Raleigh, NC to name a few. In anycase…there is a lot of news….enjoy….

Commercial Real Estate Articles and News:
Commercial Loan Crisis: A Primer

Some of the points discussed:. What the FDIC considers a commercial loan; Commercial real estate exposure for banks; Which commercial loans will be most problematic; Not all commercial loands are performing badly.

Retail Commercial Real Estate Market Softening

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Sub-Prime Losses and Housing Bubble Could Cost $1 Trillion…

The list is long: Bank of America, Wachovia (nyse: WB – news – people ) and others whose loan portfolios are primarily home mortgages and commercial real estate. They say that every business cycle is different but this is as nonsensical …

CRE News – Indymac another casualty

Bad news in my world again today. IndyMac created a commercial division to become more diversified. However, it was too little, too late for them. It wasn’t entirely unexpected but the way it was handle certainly was. …

REITs Bruised by Credit Crisis

The Dow Jones Equity All REIT Total Return index, which tracks 118 equity real-estate investment trusts, declined 4.9% in the second quarter compared with a gain of 1.4% in the first quarter. REITs, which outperformed the Standard …

Changing the Real Estate Holding Mix

I have been a real estate investor for 24 years. I started with single family homes and remained focused there for most of that time. Sure, there was the occaisonal larger deal, but SFH was where I was comfortable. About five years ago, …

Ticking Time Bomb?: Fannie Mae Monthly Summary May 2008

It’sa real shame since these enterprises seemed to be doing so well recently, short of that stint in 2004 where Fannie Mae executives fleeced the company of over $100 million in fraudulent bonuses and the like… …

Economy looks in distress

Economic data this week were slim and predictable: Consumer confidence fell again, and rebate checks plumped May spending and income, but gave no durable, corner-turning boost. The “personal consumption expenditure deflator” in the …

Gas prices fuel interest in city living

Courtesy of the Living in Cleveland CenterThe cover of a new neighborhood guide released by the Living in Cleveland Center. High gas prices and a tough economy are leading some Northest Ohioans to think about living in Cleveland, …

Until next time……rob

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