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A Real Estate Ditty that isn’t so Pretty
February 9th, 2010 | 
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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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Posted in Economy, Entertainment/Humor | 
Tags: borrow, buyers, Countrywide, credit crisis, default, default swaps, Fed, Fed Funds rate, Fico score, Foreclosures, Goldman Sachs, housing bubble, investors, Lehman, leverage, liquidity, loans, LTV, MBS, Merrill, option ARM's, origination, rate, risk, traunches | 
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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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Posted in Week in Review |
Tags: Abu Dhabi, asset bubble, bankruptcy, car dealerships, Chapter 11, citigroup, CMBS market, construction costs, distressed debt, distressed debt market, Dubai, Fairfield Residential, Fannie Mae, Fed Funds rate, foreign investment, Freddie Mac, futures market, GGP, interest rates, post offices, REIT, TARP, Treasury, Wells Fargo, Weyerhaeuser |
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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 »
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Posted in REITs |
Tags: commercial real estate, Dow Jones, Fed Funds rate, FOMC, REIT index, TED spread, Treasury |
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