Real Estate

Real Estate investment going up in the U.S. Say what?

By Ainsley Brown on April 7, 2010

By: Eran D. Grossman Yes that’s right. With growing concern about a commercial real estate bust and home prices continuing to fall, real estate stocks are soaring. What you say? Shares of Real Estate Investments Trusts, a/k/a REITs, are lucrative investment vehicles thus far in 2010. The IShares Dow Jones Real Estate exchange-traded fund, which owns about seventy-five real estate… Continue reading "Real Estate investment going up in the U.S. Say what?"

Banking, Commercial, debt, Finance, Government Policy, Investment, Real Estate, Regulation

Community banks taking major hit as U.S. Commercial Real Estate value drops

By Ainsley Brown on March 31, 2010

By: Eran D. Grossman, Esq. More problems are on the horizon between government regulators and local U.S. banks (smaller, regional and/or community banks) over how to handle falling commercial property values. Currently, banks are holding roughly $1.9 billion in commercial real estate loans, which equals about a quarter of all outstanding loans, according to Moody’s. The values of such loans… Continue reading "Community banks taking major hit as U.S. Commercial Real Estate value drops"

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Real Estate investment going up in the U.S. Say what?

Community banks taking major hit as U.S. Commercial Real Estate value drops