CMBS Savior? Developers Diversified Deal Is Nearer – WSJ.com Posted using ShareThis By LINGLING WEI A closely watched deal that may help uncork the commercial-property debt market is picking up steam after being threatened by some queasiness by the Federal Read More
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Crittenden Fall Commercial Real Estate Conference
Conference begins Monday, October 26th at the Ritz-Carlton in South Beach, Miami. The conference features 17 panel discussions and endless networking and deal making opportunities. You can still register online or you may register onsite beginning Monday. I’m moderating a Read More
Plan Coming Together to Restructure Commercial Real Estate Loans
By DAMIAN PALETTA in The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON — Federal bank regulators are close to issuing guidelines that would encourage lenders to rework troubled commercial real-estate loans, a sector of the economy they expect to topple scores of additional Read More
Multifamily Economist: The Worst Is Over
Nadji Mfe2009 View more presentations from bthompson. [slideshare id=2212297&doc=nadjimfe2009-091013152016-phpapp02] This 20-slide presentation was prepared by Hessam Nadji, managing director of research services at Marcus & Millichap for the recent Multifamily Executive Conference in Las Vegas. Nadji has indicated that the housing Read More
CMBS Volume down 99.99% and cap rates only up slightly, huh?
BLOGGER COMMENT: For more stats download the file labeled “CMSA-Compendium” from the box.net widget on this blog. You may also want to see the graph detailing the 99.99% plunge in CMBS volume from my October 6, 2009 blog entry. Read More
CMBS Production Rocketship Falls to Earth in 2008-2009
BLOGGER COMMENT: The biggest problem facing commercial real estate is the capital markets’ lack of liquidity. CMBS issuance went from $230 billion in 2007 to $12 billion in 2008 to less than a billion dollars YTD in 2009 (my source Read More
Luxury hotels that borrowed during the boom face default
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_J28rip1Ms] The lingering recession is leaving $850 a night hotel rooms empty. Large, luxury hotels are in default with their lenders. Read More
Billionaire investor explains impending commercial real estate crisis
Scion of legendary real estate billionaire family explains the slow-motion car crash happening in commercial real estate finance. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVYK2_NBI9E] Harrison LeFrak’s summary: * There’s $3.5 Trillion of Commercial real estate debt * $1.7 Trillion on books of community, regional & Read More
About $12B In TALF Eligible Deals Emerge Ahead Of Deadline
From the Wall Street Journal By Anusha Shrivastava Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–About $12 billion in consumer loan-backed deals have emerged ahead of a loan-application deadline for cheap funding under a Federal Reserve program. Issuers include Ford Read More
Capital Markets Showing Some Signs of Life
Aug 25, 2009 By: Tonie Auer, Contributing Correspondent Commercial Property Executive Strong interest in public markets and the slow but steady return of securitization provide some indicators that relief in the commercial real estate market may be on the way, Read More