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Optimism Trumps Gloom at MBA Real Estate Finance Conference in Glitter City

by on February 3, 2010

More than 2,000 commercial and multifamily real estate professionals attended the Mortgage Bankers Association’s four-day Commercial Real Estate Finance/Multifamily Housing Conference, which wraps up Thursday in Las Vegas. Despite a recession and…

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BoyarMiller Forum Predicts Ongoing Pain in Commercial Real Estate for 2010 and Beyond (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

by on December 17, 2009

Yahoo! News Search Results for Distressed Commercial Real Estate:

HOUSTON—-Houston’s commercial real estate market, hammered by the credit squeeze, recession and plummeting natural gas and oil prices, isn’t likely to see many bright spots – if any – in 2010 a panel of local experts predicted at BoyarMiller’s real estate forecast.

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Commercial Defaults Continue To Drag Down Smaller TARP Banks

December 7, 2009

As the U.S. economy pulls out of a recession and the biggest banks return to profitability, mounting defaults on commercial property may keep regional lenders from repaying bailout funds until at least 2011.

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No Escape From TARP for U.S. Banks Choking on Commercial Real …

December 7, 2009

By Elizabeth Hester and Linda Shen Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) — As the US economy pulls out of a recession and the biggest banks return to profitability, mounting defaults on commercial property may keep regional lenders from repaying bailout …

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Clive Crook: The American Dream Needs Repair

November 16, 2009

Sooner or later the US will find itself grappling with an immense fiscal problem. The recession and stimulus have combined to produce record-breaking deficits, and economic recovery will not come close to restoring balance. US voters have big questions to answer about the entitlements they demand and the taxes they are willing to pay.

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Recession Hits Immigrants Hard: Survey Finds Decline In Foreign-Born Residents For First Time In 40 Years

September 21, 2009

The number of foreign-born residents of the U.S. declined for the first time since at least 1970, as a recession and tight labor market dented America’s image as the land of opportunity. In multiple ways — falling homeownership, families moving in with others, couples putting off marriage — the report illustrated that the recession has upended Americans’ lives. Read the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey .

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