Finance: Analysis
Six Months into 2008, the CMBS Market Has Failed to Recover
Jul 2, 2008
When the credit crunch first broke in earnest last fall and froze the U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market in its tracks, the most bullish prognosticators predicted a mere blip. ...
NEW DIRECTIONS
May 1, 2008, By Anne Field
Eighteen months ago, Joshua Weinkranz's phone was practically ringing off the hook with calls from tenants looking for space in Kimco Realty Corp. properties....
Pension Managers: Commercial Real Estate Bruised, Not Scarred
Mar 27, 2008
Concerns about the broader economy, a yawning bid-ask gap between buyers and sellers and scarce credit have created an incredible shrinking volume of investment sales so far in 2008. ...
Sales Slow in 2008, as Buyers Refocus on Fundamentals
Mar 5, 2008
Reis Inc.'s message from last week's fourth quarter 2007 capital markets briefing was, "Worry. Don't panic." The New York-based commercial real estate information firm confirmed that cap rates for commercial properties inched upward in the final stretch of 2007, and that deal activity slowed across all sectors. The trend is expected to continue in 2008, but the drop will be less dramatic than in the last half of 2007, said chief economist Sam Chandan....
DRIFTING AWAY
Mar 1, 2008, By Jennifer Popovec
The residential real estate sector continues its dramatic correction. Defaults have spread beyond subprime mortgages and into Alt-A loans, as well as...
DERAILED: Mixed-use Financing Charts New Course
Mar 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
AtlanticYards in Brooklyn and the Grand in Los Angeles two massive proposed mixed-use projects with prominent locations, titanic budgets, legacy developers...
CHUGGING ALONG
Mar 1, 2008, Elaine Misonzhnik
Conservative balance sheets provided a lift for high-flying shopping center REITs in 2007. Through Feb. 21, 10 of the 14 shopping center REITs had reported...
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...
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...
A Modest Proposal
Jan 1, 2008
When Anna Mazzitelli sat down on Santa's lap at the Yorkdale Mall in Toronto, Ontario, she got a very unexpected gift: a marriage proposal from longtime...
