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The Week of April 24- April 30

- Two of the largest U.K. REITs are proposing a merger.

- Amid the calamity, Goldman Sachs is underwriting new CMBS for Taubman.

- Is the credit crisis over for big banks?

- Is lower leverage what is making REITs the darling for property investors?

- Foreign buyers are starting to crowd the U.S. real estate investment market.
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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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The Week of January 31 - February 6

- Are real estate executives gaining confidence in the general market?

- Obama’s budget has hazy implications for commercial real estate.

- Former Security Capital Execs Plan REIT IPO.

- Despite the scare, Fannie Mae still funded over 80% of its loan originations last year with its MBS program.

- Will an infusion of TARP money into small banks result in productive lending to small businesses and real estate?
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Those of you generous enough to follow along with my weekly rants know I often like to go on about macro economics.  So, while I clearly have my own thoughts on the matter, it’s good to check in with the experts every now and then; even it it means blogging about another blog.

In this blog piece you can get the Real McCoy as it relates to economic analysis of commercial real estate.  Written by a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, the piece takes issue with another blog entry by the illustrious Paul Krugman.  ”Economists writing about economists?  Sounds a bit wonky,” you might say.  And, you might be right, but it’s still worth the discussion.

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