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industrial reits

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 […]

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No Bottom In Commercial Real Estate Until 2010 – 2011

December 20, 2008

The good news is that the end is near, and I’m not talking about the rapture. Mercifully (unmercifully?), Moody’s said Friday that commercial real estate is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better, but that it WILL get better. Unfortunately, that won’t be until 2010, at the earliest. For now, Moody’s […]

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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. […]

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