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A Real Estate Ditty that isn’t so Pretty

 A Real Estate Ditty that isnt 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.

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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?

gold bars 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 »

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