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Washington, DC reporter Erika Morphy goes deep inside the DC power scene to explore the link between Capitol Hill and your assets.
By Erika Morphy
The A Piece Strikes Back
Goldman Sachs-Citigroup’s $778.5M CMBS gives controlling rights on the servicing to AAA holders. FULL STORY
Here Come the Accounting Changes
When the Senate passed its version of the financial overhaul Brendan Reilly, SVP of government relations for the Commercial Real Estate Financial Council told Globest.com he was relieved that the provisions were basically in line with what the real estate industry needed for CMBS to restart. But he couldn't... FULL STORY
Life's Appetite for Real Estate, CMBS Grows
Insurance companies have never been ones to spell out their allocations for commercial real estate. Usually real estate developers and investment managers are left to make their best guesses at the start of the year as to what insurance companies will be doing, both in terms of lending and in what they... FULL STORY
What does Freddie Mac's Loss Mean on Capitol Hill ?
Freddie Mac has posted an eye-popping $8 billion first-quarter loss -- an amount higher than the $7.8 billion that Freddie lost in Q4 2009. The GSE will be seeking more funding from the government. In the short run it will likely get it. The Obama Administration has all but said the sky's the limit... FULL STORY
4 Signs of Life in the Past Week
It has become a cliche to say the economy is showing signs of life -- but, then, there it is. The economy IS showing signs of life -- as well as the commercial real estate industry, which all but had its final rites time last year. To be sure, there are several challenges including the yet-to-be-resolved... FULL STORY
International accounting standards and the political process
There are a lot of potential accounting changes facing commercial real estate firms as U.S. and global authorities remake standards. There is, as Real Estate Roundtable's Jeff DeBoer recently pointed out at a Realshare conference, the matter of lease accounting, which depending on how the rules are redone,... FULL STORY
Another win for CMBS - and REITs
Another sign has emerged that the CMBS market is starting to come back. REIT Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust just closed on a new $31.3 million CMBS loan with J.P. Morgan. It's not the much-longed for multi-borrower conduit type deal, but still. Ramco-Gershenson secured a loan at 60% LTV for two... FULL STORY
Does FDIC think about the impact it's having on commercial real estate
Let me start off by saying that of course FDIC's main mission is to get the best deal it can for taxpayers. The agency is trying to sell off a huge number of assets that it has seized from failed banks. Of course it is going to do what it can to get the best price. But it would be nice if it gave some... FULL STORY
Sen Dodd is on the right track
Well it looked like somebody besides the Real Estate Roundtable took note of the Congressional Oversight Panel's report on the problems facing the commercial real estate industry. U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd specifically referenced it in a letter to regulators in which he... FULL STORY
FDIC Securitization and What It Would Mean for PPIP
It is looking likely the FDIC will eventually begin to securitize assets it has taken over from failed banks. There are a lot of reasons to like this plan, if you are in the industry -- it could jump start private sector activity, providing a road map or model at the same time. It could also stabilize... FULL STORY
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