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THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BOMB | THE PRAGMATIC CAPITALIST
THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BOMB | THE PRAGMATIC CAPITALIST
There’s a trio of ticking time bombs in the banking sector that the “green shots” crew just doesn’t want to admit exists. Credit cards, commercial real estate and residential mortgage resets are the equivalent of the bully at school sitting on your car waiting for you. You know he’s there, but ...
Blog Archive   » US Commercial Real Estate Prices Down 20.8% YOY
Blog Archive » US Commercial Real Estate Prices Down 20.8% YOY
researchrecap.com — US Commercial real estate prices as measured by Moody’s/REAL Commercial Property Price Indices (CPPI) fell 1.7% in... March, leaving the index at 20.8% below its level a year ago and 22.8% below the peak in prices measured in October 2007. Commercial ... (more) Blog Archive » US Commercial Real Estate Prices ...
Greenlight's Einhorn says shorting Moody's | Markets | Markets News
reuters.com — * Greenlight Capital's Einhorn says shorting Moody's stock * Greenlight says credit ratings lost credibility * Einhorn... says Moody's has negative net worth $900 mln * $7.2 mln Allied Capital short-sale gain goes to charity By Joseph A. Giannone NEW ... (more) Greenlight's Einhorn says shorting Moody's | Markets | ...
The Next Catastrophe For Banks: $3.5 Trillion In Commercial Real Estate Debt – 24/7 Wall Street
The Next Catastrophe For Banks: $3.5 Trillion In Commercial Real Estate Debt – 24/7 Wall ...
247wallst.com — bank In a long, analytic article about commercial real estate, The New York Post points out that... the debt backed by commercial real estate has hit $3.5 trillion. The paper writes that “About $1.4 trillion in real estate debt is set to mature over the ... (more) The Next Catastrophe For Banks: $3.5 Trillion In ...
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Sunday links: warrant pricing
Abnormal Returns — ... demand for government debt is not unlimited.  (FT Alphaville) “(W)e might have to start questioning the automatic assumption that Treasury bonds and gilts are “risk-free”, for foreigners at least.”  (Free exchange) The commercial real estate market may be in for a “violent upheaval.”  (Clusterstock, Pragmatic Capitalist) Once bulletproof Las Vegas is seeing a ...

Fifteen Notes on our Current Economic Situation
The Aleph Blog — ... 8 ) Commercial real esate is the final shoe to drop in our credit bust.  Prices are 20% below the peak.  Refinancing will prove tough.  There are no sectors in commercial real estate that are not overbuilt. ...

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