SAN DIEGO-Amendments to California's laws governing construction indemnities heighten the emphasis on determining fault for claims concerning construction, says Allen Matkins' Charles Pernicka.

NEW YORK CITY-There is a tremendous appetite for investments in the northeast, especially in and around New York City, Washington and Boston.

With the fate of the non-performing residential loans sales market so closely tied not only to home sale values, but also the overall economy, it will be interesting to see how many of the nation’s financial issues play out into 2013.

Factors ranging from the continued economic turmoil across the globe and uncertainty over the new regulatory regime have boosted volukme and will keep it high.

Examiners are casting a wary eye on performing loans that could soon become substandard due to deflated values in the underlying collateral. The problem is especially acute for community banks.

With loan sale volume increasing, it's a good time to look at the complexities of a typical transaction.

The $1.1-trillion Great Wall of Maturities, propped up by lenders’ policy of restructuring loans, may be on the verge of tumbling down.

The GSEs could take a page from the FDIC playbook in resolving their non-performing residential loan sales.