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11/23/07
2008 Real Estate Investment Outlook - A Special Research Report
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 2:41 pm

Guarded Optimism

Concerns about financing and a sluggish U.S. economy wont deter commercial real estate investors.

Despite a softening economy and turmoil in the capital mar- kets, investors continue to have confidence in the U.S. commercial real estate industry. A survey of more than 1,000 private institutional real estate investors shows only one in five respondents believe the economy will be stronger in 2008, yet the majority want to invest more funds in the sector.  More…

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Commercial real estate outlook for 2008
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 2:34 pm

It’s the multi-million-dollar question facing the Valley’s commercial real estate industry: How badly will the housing market’s crash and subsequent sub-prime mortgage crisis hurt commercial development in 2008?  More…


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Seeking a home mortgage? The news just got worse
Filed under: General, Real Estate, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 2:30 pm

WASHINGTON - Mortgage market woes just got a lot worse with the disclosure that the nation’s second-largest buyer of home loans needs more capital or must retrench.  More…

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Canadians warm up to Scottsdale
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 2:26 pm

Who knew that the loonie would come to the aid of Scottsdale’s tepid real-estate market? The loonie refers to the Canadian dollar, which is giving our neighbors to the north increased buying power.  More…

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Freddie Mac posts $2 bil loss, seeks capital
Filed under: General, Real Estate, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 2:25 pm

WASHINGTON - The mortgage crisis intensified Tuesday as Freddie Mac, the nation’s No. 2 buyer and guarantor of home loans, posted its largest quarterly loss ever and warned that it might need to curtail its business unless it can raise fresh capital.  More…

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Stalled condominium projects may tarnish Trump’s reputation
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 2:19 pm

Even the Trump name isn’t bigger than the calamitous condo market. Donald Trump’s reputation as a real-estate developer could take a hit as some condominium projects emblazoned with his famous name run into trouble.  More…

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Valley home resales up in Oct. vs. Sept.; median price slips
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 2:11 pm

The volume of used homes sold in the metro Phoenix area was up in October from September, but prices fell to the lowest level since May 2005.  More…

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Engle Homes’ parent may file for Chapter 11
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 2:09 pm

The Florida-based parent company of a major Valley home builder said it might have to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after losing $619.7 million in three months.  More…

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Foreclosures increase suburban crime
Filed under: General
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 2:06 pm

Eighty-five bungalows dot the cul-de-sac that joins West Ontario Avenue and East Ontario Avenue in Atlanta. Twenty-two are vacant, victims of mortgage fraud and foreclosure. Now house fires, prostitution, vandals and burglaries terrorize the residents left in this historic neighborhood called Westview VillageMore…

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Businesses await new high-rises
Filed under: General, Business, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 2:02 pm

Businesses and real-estate analysts are eagerly awaiting the completion of two high-rise projects in downtown Phoenix that are expected to help ease a chronic office-space shortage in one of the Valley’s top business markets.  More…

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High-rise project near Monti’s gets commission’s approval
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 1:59 pm

TEMPE - The city’s Development Review Commission waved through the Monti’s La Casa Vieja high-rises during a marathon meeting Tuesday night, leaving the City Council as the last hurdle for the controversial project.  More…

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Subprime-related losses fuel billions in asset write-downs
Filed under: General, Business, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 1:57 pm

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - So far, at least six companies have said they expect mortgage-related write-downs in the fourth quarter, totaling nearly $23 billion - including a write-down of up to $6 billion at Morgan Stanley. More announcements are expected, since more than a dozen companies who had third-quarter write-downs have yet to say if they’ll post additional markdowns in the year-ending period.  More…

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Benefits of CityNorth were inflated, 2 studies say
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 1:54 pm

The CityNorth project in northeast Phoenix “topped out” on its first phase of construction late last week, and the Goldwater Institute “celebrated” by releasing two studies questioning a nearly $100 million subsidy Phoenix gave to the development.  More…

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BofA writes down $3 bil in its assets
Filed under: General, Business, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 1:47 pm

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Bank of America Corp. said Tuesday that it will take a $3 billion debt-related write-down in the fourth quarter and warned its losses could grow, adding to fears the nation’s housing and mortgage-lending slump might exact a greater toll than in the wretched third quarter when industrywide write-downs topped $40 billion.  More…

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Factory-built homes in their own slump
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 1:45 pm

The housing industry has problems with soaring foreclosures, big inventories and homes that take forever to sell. But there’s a related sector that has it worse. The manufactured-housing industry is suffering its lowest sales in at least 40 years.  More…

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E-Trade plummets on credit write-down
Filed under: General, Business, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 1:43 pm

NEW YORK - Shares of online brokerage E-Trade Financial Corp. lost more than half their value Monday, with a Citigroup analyst saying that customers were poised to flee and that the company was at risk of bankruptcy.  More…

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Bankruptcy reform now haunts lenders
Filed under: General, Business, Mortgages
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 1:42 pm

Washington Mutual Inc. got what it wanted in 2005: A revised bankruptcy code that no longer lets people walk away from credit card bills. The largest U.S. savings and loan didn’t count on a housing recession. The new bankruptcy laws are helping drive foreclosures to a record as homeowners default on mortgages and struggle to pay credit card debts that might have been wiped out under the old code, said Jay Westbrook, a professor of business law at the University of Texas Law School in Austin and a former adviser to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.  More…

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Foreign investors drive housing-market rally
Filed under: General, Real Estate
Posted by: Lillian Wong @ 1:40 pm

NEW YORK - The weakening dollar has caused many problems for consumers, but it may also be providing one unintended - and very welcome - benefit: a rally in the struggling housing market driven by foreign investors.  More…

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