Fannie Tightens Lending Standards
April 30th, 2010Fannie Mae said it will tighten underwriting on adjustable-rate mortgages and “interest-only” loans that helped fuel the housing bubble.
Simon Property’s Rents Firm Up
April 30th, 2010Simon Property said in the latest quarter its vacancy rates held steady and rents edged higher as its tenants’ sales rose 6.6% from a year earlier.
Simon Property’s Profit Falls
April 30th, 2010Simon Property’s first-quarter earnings fell 87% as the nation’s largest shopping mall owner recorded debt-extinguishment charges.
CoStar’s People of Note (April 25-May 1)
April 29th, 2010This week’s People of Note includes the following markets: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, Sacramento and Pittsburgh
ATLANTA, BALTIMORE, BOSTON, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK CITY
CBRE Investors Names Khourie as CEO
Matt Khourie…
On Bleecker, Money Talks Ever Louder
April 29th, 2010The West Village’s main commercial thoroughfare is about to get drenched by another wave of retail gentrification.
World Snaps Up City Property
April 29th, 2010Foreign governments have emerged as an engine of growth in the city’s real estate market, becoming major buyers of townhouses, office condominiums and other properties.
CoStar Power Broker Awards Recognize Top Dealmakers in Commercial Real Estate
April 28th, 2010Successfully closing any commercial property transaction was enormously challenging in 2009, given the extreme economic conditions investors, tenants and property owners faced last year.
The brokers who excelled under those conditions and achieved…
1Q Bank Results: Potential for CRE Armageddon Fading
April 28th, 2010Although first quarter results of U.S. bank holding companies across the country are unmistakably downbeat about the short-term outlook for commercial real estate in general, and their portfolios in particular, they also hint at a growing sense that the…
First Quarter Bank Results: Potential for CRE Armageddon Fading
April 28th, 2010Although first quarter results of U.S. bank holding companies across the country are unmistakably downbeat about the short-term outlook for commercial real estate in general, and their portfolios in particular, they also hint at a growing sense that the…
Market Bottom Proves Elusive for U.S. Warehouse Market
April 28th, 2010Although demand for U.S. warehouse and flex space continued to decline in the first quarter of this year, the declines are flattening and analysts for CoStar Group and other leading commercial real estate players agree that the national industrial leasing…
