Posts Tagged ‘Fed Funds rate’
Commercial Real Estate Week In Review
Commercial Real Estate Week In Review for the Week of August 14-20
- Will the Federal Reserve, FDIC, SEC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission really be transparent in the Dodd-Frank Act?
- How much of an impact is the current housing market complicating things for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
- Bank of America is considering paring its stake in BlackRock Inc., citing its not a core asset.
- The potential shake-up in ownership of bookseller giant Barnes & Noble has shopping center landlords nervous.
- Delinquent construction loans have reached a record level in the U.S.
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A Real Estate Ditty that isn’t so Pretty

An analysis of the housing crisis by Karl Case:
For the last few years, we have shed many tears
Living through a recession.
The economy’s broke and it’s not a joke,
When we talk of another depression.
Fifteen million without a job,
Foreclosures and banks that fail,
401K’s became 201K’s,
And everything’s up for sale.
Commercial Real Estate Week In Review
The Week of December 12-18
- Is all of the loose spending by world governments creating a massive asset bubble risk?
- If Fed funds and interest rate hikes aren’t coming, then we’ve got one confused futures market.
- Dollars from Dhabi to Dubai: One Arab nation is bailing out a neighbor.
- Specialized investment banks are ramping up to prepare for CRE turmoil.
- Fairfield Residential, one of the biggest U.S. apartment landlords, is filing for Chapter 11.
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Performance Test: Gold or REIT stocks?

Since March 9th, what has performed better: Gold or the Dow Jones REIT Index?
For all you commercial real estate folks out there, it may come as a surprise to learn the answer is the REIT Index. If you have a look at this chart, you’ll see. REITs returned over 90% and GLD returned under 10%. How does that compare with the commercial real estate you’re familiar with? Read the rest of this entry »



