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Special Servicing: How Likely Are Loan Extensions Today?
Rather than “extend and pretend,” special servicers and bank asset recovery groups may have no qualms today about moving to take back underwater properties. Special servicers weigh in on where they stand today.
How Women Can Advance in Commercial Real Estate, According to CREW’s Butler and Ayers
Diane Butler, 2012 CREW Network President, and Gail S. Ayers, CREW Network CEO, assess women’s participation in real estate, discuss what remains to be accomplished, and provide advice to women on how to advance in the field.
Financing Sources: Fewer Maturities, Slow Sales
Although CRE originations next year are expected to be marginally higher compared to this year–everything being equal–the latest data show that commercial real estate originations dropped in the third quarter.
Corporate Downsizing: One Active Area of Sale-Leasebacks
Sale-leaseback activity has been slow but it could pick up for a variety of reasons. Corporations are not actively pursuing them because they need cash, but they are finding other value in unlocking their real estate nvestments. One is the ability to gain flexibility for space reduction.
The Outlook for Investing in Secondary and Tertiary Markets
Key takeaways from the recent MHN-CPE webinar “Secondary and Tertiary Markets: Identifying, Finding and Investing in Commercial Real Estate Opportunities.”
Capital Shortfall: Is There Sufficient Senior Debt Financing?
Is there enough first-position debt capital to meet the needs of expiring commercial property loans in the next few years?
Suburban Boston Office/R&D Property Commands $93.5M
Real Estate Capital Partners USA Capital Trust sold the trophy asset at 174 & 176 Middlesex Turnpike in Bedford, Mass., to Cole Real Estate Investments.
Economy Watch: Case-Shiller Sees Another Monthly Uptick; Savings Rate Up; Consumer Confidence in Present Situation Falls
The S&P/Case-Shiller monthly Home Price Indices for May showed month-over-month increases. Both were up 2.2 percent.
Economy Watch: New Home Sales Drop in June; Mortgage Delinquencies Edge Up; Some Food Prices to Rise in '13
The mild exuberance that the housing market was feeling in previous months may have come to an end, as new worries about the economy infect the potential pool of home buyers.
Manhattan's 200 Madison Ave. Holds onto Havas in 170KSF Lease Renewal, Expansion
More than a few major office tenants in Manhattan are choosing to stay put at their current addresses, and that is exactly what Havas Worldwide Health has decided to do.