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Video: Adornato Is Negative on Commercial Real Estate Into 2010: Video

October 26, 2009

Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) — Paul Adornato, senior analyst at BMO Capital Markets, talks with Bloomberg’s Julie Hyman about the outlook for the commercial real-estate market and real-estate investment trusts (REITs). (Source: Bloomberg)

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Capmark exemplifies the commercial real estate market

October 26, 2009

The carnage in the commercial real estate sector continued over the weekend as private equity-backed Capmark Financial Group Inc., a former unit of GMAC LLC, filed for a $21 billion bankruptcy. The distressed company had been

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Commercial real estate webinar: Wed.

October 20, 2009

The commercial real estate market has never been harder to make sense of. While it’s true that the commercial real estate sector’s recovery traditionally lags that of the overall economy, the

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DEBT & EQUITY – Patience Wearing Thin for Equity Investors

October 11, 2009

DEBT & EQUITY – Patience Wearing Thin for Equity Investors Buying opportunities have been limited, but good deals are trickling into the commercial real estate marketplace CREJ Staff Writer The floodgates

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Cushman Expects Recovery in 2011, 2012

October 11, 2009

Wakefield, dropped by the University of San Diego for breakfast recently to share his views on the commercial real estate market’s recovery and California’s difficulties in attracting new employers to the state. Stath Karras, executive managing director

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More Commercial Loans Enter Special Servicing as Performance …

October 8, 2009

The amount of commercial mortgage loans entering special servicing swelled 6% in August as 103 loans totaling $1.8bn joined the ranks of specially-serviced loans within the commercial mortgage-backed securities ( CMBS ) Fitch Ratings …

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Worst yet to come for commercial real estate (KGO-TV Bay Area)

October 7, 2009

We’ve just begun to see the fallout in the commercial real estate market.

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Premier Advisory Firm Studley Expands Access to CoStar Group’s Information, Continues Trend Among Major Clients Upgrading to Full U.S. Data Set

October 7, 2009

BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CoStar Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSGP), the number one provider of information, marketing and analytic services to the commercial real estate industry, today announced that leading global tenant advisory firm Studley significantly increased its access and use of CoStar’s commercial property and tenant data. Studley is the latest major commercial real estate services provider to expand its access to CoStar’s entire U.S. database of researched and verified property listings and tenant information.

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Corus loans likely to be bought by Starwood group: report

October 3, 2009

Insurance Corp (FDIC) is running the auction, which is being watched for its potential impact on the commercial real estate market. The consortium likely to win is made up of Starwood and TPG, which would have significant equity stakes in the Corus

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Corus loans likely to be bought by Starwood group: report

October 3, 2009

Insurance Corp (FDIC) is running the auction, which is being watched for its potential impact on the commercial real estate market. The consortium likely to win is made up of Starwood and TPG, which would have significant equity stakes in the Corus

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Starwood-led Group Likely To Win Corus Assets

October 3, 2009

Insurance Corp (FDIC) is running the auction, which is being watched for its potential impact on the commercial real estate market. The consortium likely to win is made up of Starwood and TPG, which would have significant equity stakes in the Corus

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Bargin hunters eye real estate: Barclays

October 3, 2009

NEW YORK (Reuters) – More investors are likely to move capital into real estate over the next couple of years to scoop up bargains even as the distress that has long plagued residential real estate broadens and takes hold in the commercial sector

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Bargin hunters eye real estate: Barclays

October 3, 2009

NEW YORK (Reuters) – More investors are likely to move capital into real estate over the next couple of years to scoop up bargains even as the distress that has long plagued residential real estate broadens and takes hold in the commercial sector

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Starwood likely wins Corus asset

October 3, 2009

Insurance Corp (FDIC) is running the auction, which is being watched for its potential impact on the commercial real estate market. The consortium likely to win is made up of Starwood and TPG, which would have significant equity stakes in the Corus

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Starwood likely wins Corus asset

October 3, 2009

Insurance Corp (FDIC) is running the auction, which is being watched for its potential impact on the commercial real estate market. The consortium likely to win is made up of Starwood and TPG, which would have significant equity stakes in the Corus

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UPDATE 1-Starwood group likely wins Corus assets – source

October 2, 2009

Insurance Corp (FDIC) is running the auction, which is being watched for its potential impact on the commercial real estate market. The consortium likely to win is made up of Starwood and TPG, which would have significant equity stakes in the Corus

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Multifamily sales creeping back as bargains abound

September 26, 2009

… While much of the commercial real estate market, both locally and nationally, has been … for the buyer. Banks willing to sell distressed properties at much lower prices will drive …

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Mortgage Market: U.S. Government Still Propping Up Real Estate: Newsweek

September 24, 2009

While the government has pacified the commercial finance, savings, and plain-vanilla banking sectors, it’s sending reinforcements into the vast, restive region where the trouble began: housing. After Lehman, the Fed plunged directly into home lending. It pledged to purchase huge quantities of mortgage-backed securities and bonds issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the failed mortgage giants.

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Real Estate (Mondaq)

September 23, 2009

The current recession has brought significant challenges to the commercial real estate market. Among the most acute difficulties are disappearance of capital from customary lending sources and diminishing property income and property values.

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Opportunities Await Those Who Think Ahead

September 22, 2009

no illusions that the commercial market is on the verge of revving back up to its 2007 velocity, real estate attorney David C. believes the upcoming opportunities will be enjoyed first by those who think ahead rather than focus on the present. As a case

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Lower Uncertainty for Senior Housing

September 18, 2009

uncertainty rating for Senior Housing Property Trust SNH to high from very high. Recent improvements in the commercial real estate credit markets and Senior Housing’s sound capital structure quell some of our uncertainty surrounding the company. Senior

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FundCore Finance Group Targets Opportunities in Commercial Real Estate Mortgage Market (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

September 14, 2009

NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – 09/14/09) – The team that previously ran the commercial real estate lending platform at Merrill Lynch for the Americas has joined together with Black Creek Group, a Denver-based real estate private equity firm, to establish FundCore Finance Group — a commercial real estate mortgage lending platform. FundCore brings together, in a fully-integrated platform, the …

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Institutional Investors Back In Play With New Funds and REITs

September 2, 2009

The recent rash of well-established commercial real estate companies launching investment vehicles intended to become non-traded REITs will likely provide a much-needed boost to the commercial real estate investment sales market. At this time, several…

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Real Estate Roundtable: CRE Challenges Far from Over

August 26, 2009

Despite signs that the global economic free fall may be over, conditions in the commercial real estate sector remain extremely stressed. A financing drought and declining property fundamentals are pushing up both maturity and performance defaults on commercial…

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The property slump is a global problem ? and the worst is yet to come

August 21, 2009

au. The worst of the fallout is yet to come. “The albatross around the neck of the commercial real estate industry is the refinancing debt.” Many deals will need to be refinanced over the next few years, yet the value of the property is currently far

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$1.25 billion of REIT bond deals suggest loosening debt market

August 7, 2009

If the $1.25 billion of public debt deals planned by REITs goes smoothly, it could change everything for the commercial real estate sector, analysts said. ‘If debt for the real estate world opens up, watch out,’ said

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CBRE Posts Loss, Looks to Global Recovery

August 1, 2009

diluted share for the second quarter, found some signs of hope for its own business and the commercial real estate industry in general.

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CBRE Posts Loss, Looks to Global Recovery

August 1, 2009

diluted share for the second quarter, found some signs of hope for its own business and the commercial real estate industry in general. The company’s statement on its earnings noted that, excluding one-time charges, its net income for the second quarter

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The next headache

July 29, 2009

– Regional banks can no longer ignore the elephant in the room — their exposure to the commercial real estate bust. Though housing markets remain weak, analysts expect credit problems over the next year to center on commercial real estate — mortgages

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Regional Banks Could Suffer From Commercial Real Estate Bust

July 27, 2009

NEW YORK (Fortune) — Regional banks can no longer ignore the elephant in the room — their exposure to the commercial real estate bust. Though housing markets remain weak, analysts expect credit problems over the next year to center on commercial real estate — mortgages on office and apartment buildings and shopping malls, as well as construction, development and industrial loans

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Banking industry’s next headache

July 26, 2009

Regional banks can no longer ignore the elephant in the room — their exposure to the commercial real estate bust. Though housing markets remain weak, analysts expect credit problems over the next year to center on commercial real estate — mortgages on

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WSJ: Commercial Mortgage Failure at 20-Year High

July 20, 2009

many banks release second-quarter results over the next two weeks, investors will be keeping an eye on commercial real estate losses at regional banks. With the commercial real estate market totaling $6.7 trillion and accounting for 13% of the U.S.?s

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WSJ: Commercial Mortgage Failure at 20-Year High

July 20, 2009

many banks release second-quarter results over the next two weeks, investors will be keeping an eye on commercial real estate losses at regional banks. With the commercial real estate market totaling $6.7 trillion and accounting for 13% of the U.S.?s

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CoStar Group Acquires Property and Portfolio Research, Inc., Leading Provider of Global Real Estate Analysis and Market Forecasting

July 20, 2009

– CoStar Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSGP), the number one provider of information and marketing services to the commercial real estate industry, today announced the acquisition of Property and Portfolio Research, Inc. (PPR), a leading, independent provider of

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A10 Capital names chief for Colorado, Wyoming

July 20, 2009

is the new head of A10 Capital LLC’s Colorado and Wyoming operations, based in Denver, the commercial real estate financing company said Monday. Welty’s official title is executive vice president of Colorado/Wyoming Markets. Based in Boise, Idaho, A10

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A10 Capital names chief for Colorado, Wyoming

July 20, 2009

is the new head of A10 Capital LLC’s Colorado and Wyoming operations, based in Denver, the commercial real estate financing company said Monday. Welty’s official title is executive vice president of Colorado/Wyoming Markets. Based in Boise, Idaho, A10

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How Debt Becomes Equity, REIT Edition

July 20, 2009

plan to go public to raise billions of dollars to take advantage of the distress in the commercial real estate market, and more are on the horizon. The planned IPOs, which include units of firms like Apollo Management and Alliance Bernstein, could be

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How Debt Becomes Equity, REIT Edition

July 20, 2009

plan to go public to raise billions of dollars to take advantage of the distress in the commercial real estate market, and more are on the horizon. The planned IPOs, which include units of firms like Apollo Management and Alliance Bernstein, could be

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Economists’ Commentary: Commercial Real Estate–Office Vacancies

March 4, 2009

The recession continues to take a toll on the commercial real estate sector, and the office market is feeling the pain.

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