Economy: Page 158


  • LaSalle Investment, Quantum Form JV for $1B Plan

    Jones Lang LaSalle's investment arm and Quantum Global Real Estate are casting a worldwide net.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 10, 2012
  • Beech Street Sees Jump in DUS Lending

    Beech Street Capital LLC says it is now the nation's No. 3 Fannie Mae DUS lender.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 9, 2012
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    Labor

    A roundup of articles about issues affecting the workforce.

    By Construction Dive staff
  • More Than 750 Banks at Risk of Failure over Next Two Years

    At least 758 lending institutions are at risk of failure, an analysis by Invictus Consulting Group shows.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 9, 2012
  • Distressed CRE Continues to Shrink

    Debt associated with distressed commercial property dropped $4.7 billion between October and January.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 8, 2012
  • Forest City To Divest its Land Business, Some Retail

    The company will focus on its core rental products – apartments, office and retail – in its core markets.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 8, 2012
  • Fannie Mae Finds Home-Price Expectations Rising

    A monthly survey of consumers found that they expect mortgage rates to stay low while prices begin to ascend.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 8, 2012
  • Economy Watch: Americans Are on a Borrowing Spree

    Federal Reserve Bank numbers show a 7.6 increase in consumer debt in the last quarter of 2011.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 8, 2012
  • REITs Come Out Swinging in 2012

    REITs in the U.S. significantly outpaced the broader equity market last month.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 8, 2012
  • Hyatt Regency San Francisco Gets $130M Refi Loan

    The hotel, which partners bought in 2007, has 802 rooms in the San Francisco business district.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 8, 2012
  • 40-plus States Agree to Robo-signing Settlement

    States and banks have struck a deal totaling $25 billion, reports say.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 7, 2012
  • Builder Confidence in 55+ Market Rises Across All Components

    It appears that the market for all types of homes for aging baby boomers is looking up.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 7, 2012
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    Tom Fish on Financing Requirements

    Video of the Jones Lang LaSalle leader from the MBA CREF conference in Atlanta.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 7, 2012
  • Report from Atlanta: Banks Wary About Overbuilding in Key Apartment Markets

    Construction lenders say the apartment boom already has them watching some markets carefully.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 7, 2012
  • Economy Watch: Nervousness Grows (Again) About Greece

    Greece is still a worry, but the Conference Board Employment Trends Index rose 0.73 points in January.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 7, 2012
  • CBRE Brokers 1.2M-SF Portfolio Sale to Crow Holdings

    The deal encompasses 10 assets in Dallas and Houston.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2012
  • Freddie Mac’s Multifamily Volumes Up in 2011

    Freddie Mac did $20.3 billion in business in multifamily housing last year, a jump of 32% from 2010.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2012
  • Economy, Election Focus of MBA CREF12 Opening Session

    The difference between how business works and how politics works, or doesn't, was a topic.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2012
  • Small Bump in Non-res Construction Seen for 2012 – but 6.4% in 2013

    A forecast by architects, adjusted for a weak end to 2011, says 2.1% growth this year, 6.4% next year.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2012
  • MBA: 10% of Non-Bank Commercial/Multifamily Debt Will Mature in 2012

    Non-bank mortgages coming due during this year involve 3% less debt than mantured in 2011, bankers say.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2012
  • Camden Increases 2012 FFO Guidance by 13%

    The REIT's executives said they see demand growing faster than supply in multifamily this year.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2012
  • America: Land of Fewer Homeowners

    Ownership in the fourth-quarter of 2011 continued a slide begun in 2004.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 3, 2012
  • Home Building CEOs: Cautious Optimism for 2012

    Beazer, Pulte, M/I executives remember that some people had predicted 2011 would be a turnaround year.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 3, 2012
  • 10 States Where Homeowners Carry the Most Mortgage Ddebt

    The blog 24/7 Wall St. looked at a recent Credit Karma report to find the 10 states with the highest average mortgage debt.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 3, 2012
  • While Pundits Debate Green Jobs, We’re Busy Putting America Back to Work

    It seems like a lot of Americans wonder what Congress is fighting over about creating jobs.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 3, 2012
  • New Construction Starts in December Decline 3% to Take 2011 Total Down 2%

    New construction starts in December fell 3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $410 billion.

    By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 3, 2012