Focus on real estate analysis: how major hurricanes impact
housing prices and transaction volume.(FEATURE)
WE SEEK TO INVESTIGATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH COASTAL impacts of major
(1) hurricanes may affect short- and medium-term housing prices. Our
investigation is largely motivated by the increased strength . . .
Focus on real estate analysis; Rebuilding after Katrina: an
owner's perspective two years later.(INSIDER'S
PERSPECTIVE)
WE ARE TAUGHT TO THINK OF REAL ESTATE AS A STABLE investment, with
predictable behavior. Two years after Katrina struck, the rebuilding of
our seven New Orleans properties is finally complete, and . . .
Home price indices futures.(FEATURE)
THIS ARTICLE ANALYZES THE POTENTIAL USE OF Chicago Mercantile
Exchange (CME) housing futures for hedging, arbitrage and speculative
purposes. The quote from the CME web page on housing futures . . .
Seizure in the capital markets and its impact on
Washington's investment-grade office building deal
volume.(FEATURE)
THE LENDING CRISES THAT HIT THE U.S. ECONOMY in the late 1980s and
early 1990s had their foundation in poorly underwritten commercial loans
and, for the most part, the impact of this failure . . .
Deflation risk in income-property investments and permanent loan
portfolios: a 2008 update.(FEATURE)
Note: These are the views of the author, and not necessarily the
views of Bank of the West.
THIS ARTICLE UPDATES A PREVIOUS ARTICLE I WROTE for the Summer 2003
issue of Real Estate Issues (REI) . . .
Economic and market trends in second half of 2007 and early 2008:
an assessment and outlook.(LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE)(Company
over
Panelists:
RAYMOND G. TORTO Ph.D., CRE
Principal and Chief Strategist
CB Richard Ellis--Torto Wheaton Research
Boston, Mass.
KENNETH P. RIGGS, JR., CRE
President and CEO
Real Estate . . .
Editor's statement.
"Everything you know, I taught you. I did not teach you everything I
know"
THESE WERE THE WORDS of an investment banker who was providing me
documentation for a pool of low-income, tax credit . . .
Recommended reading; Living Into Leadership: A Journey in
Ethics.(Recommended readings)
RECOMMENDED READING
Living Into Leadership: A Journey in Ethics
By Bowen H. "Buzz" McCoy, CRE (2007, Stanford University
Press, 232 pages)
"Who are you and what do you want?"
Who hasn't . . .
Recommended reading: Markets & Institutions in Real Estate
& Construction.(Recommended readings)
RECOMMENDED READING
Markets & Institutions in Real Estate & Construction
By Michael Ball (2006, Blackwell Publishing, RICS Research, 280
pages)
THE GLOBALIZATION OF REAL ESTATE investing is a . . .
Focus on the United Kingdom: what is driving the change in the
U.K. retail market?(INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE)
ONE OF THE REASONS FOR WRITING THESE INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE
articles is to draw, in the mind of the reader, a similarity or contrast
between the U.K. and the property market in which the reader . . .
Commercial real estate derivatives: the developing U.S.
market.(FEATURE)
"Derivatives make markets more complete--that is, they make it possible
to hedge risks that otherwise would be unhedgeable.... [R]isks are born
by those who are in the best position to bear them and . . .
Focus on Real Estate Analysis: comments on the probability of
rezoning.(INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE)
IN THE SPRING 2007 EDITION OF REAL ESTATE ISSUES, THE concept and
definition of highest and best use was discussed in the article,
"Comments on the Concept and Definition of Highest and Best
Use." . . .
Unintentional redlining? Zoning ordinances and the living
wage.
AS SOCIETY BECOMES INCREASINGLY MULTICULTURAL, LAWSUITS involving
discrimination by race and national origin are likely to become more
prevalent. While many such cases are filed under the 14th . . .
Conservation easements: windfall or
straitjacket?(FEATURE)
A CONSERVATION EASEMENT CREATES A NON-POSSESSORY interest in land.
In granting or donating a conservation easement, a landowner normally
transfers certain property rights to a nonprofit . . .
Leadership Roundtable: the real estate industry & the CRE
organization.(FEATURE)(Conference notes)
Panelists:
RICHARD A. HANSON, CRE
2008 CRE Chairman of the Board
Principal -- Mesa Development, LLC
Chicago, Ill.
A.C. SCHWETHELM, CRE
2008 CRE First Vice Chairman
(to serve as 2009 . . .
Editor's statement.(Editorial)
I recently enjoyed a lengthy conversation with a friend concerning
the operation of our respective firms. She is a land use lawyer with one
of the best (and largest) law firms in the Northeast. By . . .
Focus on the environment: going green pays off for two leading
businesses.(INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE)
INCORPORATING BUILDING DESIGN ELEMENTS that are environmentally
sensitive. Embarking on facility retrofits to conserve resources. These
are no longer daring, radical concepts employed only by . . .
Collaborative and market-driven approaches to economic
development and revitalization.(FEATURE)
RESPONSE TO THE 2005 U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION IN Kelo vs. New
London has been dramatic and polarizing. Overnight, eminent domain has
become a topic for discussion in households, businesses and . . .
Focus on real estate analysis: comments on the concept and
definition of highest and best use.(INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE)
HIGHEST AND BEST USE ANALYSIS DOES NOT APPLY SOLELY to appraisals;
it also relates directly to real property market analysis. Appraisal
literature may contain the majority of discussion and . . .
Focus on the investment law: FIRREA and its effect on the
investment community.(INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE)(Federal Institutions
Refo
IN 1989, THE U.S. PRESIDENT SIGNED into law Title XI of the Federal
Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act, more commonly known
as FIRREA. With it came fundamental changes in the way . . .
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