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Commercial Real Estate Loan Originations Show Continued Deterioration in CRE

May 15, 2009

The Mortgage Bankers Association has released their quarterly survey of commercial/multi-family loan originations, and it shows continued dramatic deterioration in all CRE lending sectors, including an 80% plunge in bank lending.
Earlier this week, I wrote that commercial real estate transaction volume had declined to practically zero, so it’s no surprise that loan originations would show [...]

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REIT Stocks: 4 Ways to Play the Carnage

March 4, 2009

If you’re looking for the best REIT stocks, you should review the definition of an oxymoron and maybe also have your sanity checked. Since REITs peaked in February 2007, the sector is down 75%, as measured by the benchmark MSCI U.S. REIT Index and 64% since last September alone.

Equity REIT yields are the now the [...]

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Healthcare REIT Directory

August 21, 2008

This is the most up-to-date Healthcare REIT list on the web; prices and yields update daily at the close, and the list contains links to the latest news and home pages of each REIT. Links to additional REIT lists by property type can be found below the table.

HEALTHCARE REIT LIST
Prices & Yields Updated Daily at [...]

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Even Ben Stein Loves REITs

April 5, 2008

TORONTO — The beaten-up REIT sector got a ringing endorsement last Wednesday from Ben Stein, the author, actor and economist best recognized for his role as the humourless high school teacher in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
“I’m buying all [the REITs] I can get my little paws on. These are God’s gift to retirees,” Mr. Stein [...]

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