Real Estate Investment SmartBrief

BofA's CMBS touted as another positive sign for market

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

A recent $400 million sale of commercial-mortgage bonds by Developers Diversified Realty helped reopen the securitization mar -More-

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Carl Schwartz: "Pretend and extend" is probably OK

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

Banks and other lenders using "pretend and extend" to cope with the mountain of maturing commercial real estate debt isn't an -More-

Fed examines whether banks have enough capital to cover risks

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

As asset prices worldwide soar, the Federal Reserve is looking into whether major banks have the capital to withstand a signi -More-

REITs back on their feet again, raising capital

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

Investors in publicly traded REITs have had a harrowing two years, but the sector is showing signs of a robust recovery. -More-

Nomura closes REIT fund to new investments

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

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Shares of Eastern European developer Orco spike 11%

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

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HCP's Flaherty: Most conservative capitalization in 25 years

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

HCP Chairman and CEO Jay Flaherty III said his company is the most conservatively capitalized it has been in its 25-year hist -More-

Peter Mitchell: Greater REIT flexibility likely in Japan

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

There's a good chance REITs in Japan will get a helping hand from the government in the form of greater financial flexibility -More-

General Growth wraps up $8.9 billion mortgage restructuring

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

Huge mall REIT General Growth Properties, which had to seek bankruptcy protection in April, said in a bankruptcy court hearin -More-

REITs lining up cash to take advantage of rising hotel foreclosures

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

REITs have been putting aside money to buy the anticipated wave of distressed hotels going into foreclosure this year, said D -More-

Financial incentives lure Starwood from New York to Connecticut

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

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Nationwide says U.K. commercial property market is stabilizing

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

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Sam Zell: Those self-appointed experts have it backward

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

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Track performance of U.S. and global real estate markets

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

Updated daily, the FTSE NAREIT U.S. -More-

House panel OKs systemic-risk council that couldn't override SEC

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

The House Financial Services Committee has approved a measure to create a systemic-risk council of regulators that would be a -More-

Jonathan Winters, comedian, author and artist

20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 CST

Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others. -More-