Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville.(real estate
market)(Viewpoint essay)
I AM CERTAIN THAT VIRTUALLY EVERY member of The Counselors of Real
Estate has an active level of curiosity for the real estate projects we
all observe in our professional and day-to-day lives. . . .
Quo vadis redux--or where are we heading?(TALK OF THE TIMES)(real
estate market)
Below is the text of a speech presented by CRE Daniel Rose at the
first national conference of the Yale Alumni Real Estate Association,
held at Yale University in April 2008. Rose asks real . . .
Commercial real estate loss expectation and CMBS/CMBX
prices.(FEATURE)(commercial mortgage-backed securities)(commercial
mortgag
WHILE PRICES HAVE BEEN SLOW TO CHANGE IN THE COMMERCIAL real estate
equity market, the commercial real estate debt markets have been driven
by ever increasing costs and decreased availability of . . .
Real estate conveyances from livery of seisin to electronic
transfer: Real estate transactions enter the digital/electronic
Worl
THE AGE OF "STICKS AND STONES:" MANUAL TRANSFER
Prior to 1500, most real estate conveyances (1) were by livery of
seisin: "livery" meaning delivery and "seisin"
meaning possession. Ownership . . .
Special master bias in eminent domain cases.(FEATURE)
OVERVIEW OF EMINENT DOMAIN VALUATION
The various state laws in the United States are consistent on
eminent domain valuation: the stated goal is the difference between the
total value of the . . .
The U.S. senior housing opportunity: investment
strategies.(FEATURE)
With favorable demographic fundamentals and the achievement of
higher yields relative to conventional apartments, we believe that the
senior housing sector is emerging as an increasingly . . .
Agricultural land.(FOCUS ON REAL ESTATE)
IN THE PAGES OF REAL ESTATE ISSUES, WE HAVE EXPLORED many aspects
of land use and development including entitlement, valuation, zoning,
environmental remediation, urban renewal and urban sprawl. We . . .
Caution! not all house prices have declined.(FOCUS ON REAL
ESTATE)
A DAY DOES NOT GO BY WHEN THE NATIONAL ant international press do
not report with great authority that house prices, typically a median,
have declined significantly--across the board, for all . . .
Investing in residential real estate in the United States of
America.(FOCUS ON REAL ESTATE)
This article is developed from CRE Richard A. Hanson's
presentation made at MIPIM in March 2008. The presentation addresses
U.S. real estate development patterns and investment in view of . . .
Green building: balancing fact and fiction.(LEADERSHIP
ROUNDTABLE)(Roger Bezdek of President-Management Information Services,
In
BACKGROUND
A new phrase has entered the vocabulary of real estate: "green
building." Everywhere one turns, there is yet another conference,
article or marketing campaign advocating for green or . . .
Through a muddy crystal ball.(real estate
market)(Editorial)
The views expressed here are those of Maura Cochran, Bartram &
Cochran, Inc., and Marc Thompson, Bank of the West, and not necessarily
those of the The Counselors of Real Estate.
"THE MARKETS ARE . . .
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)(Column)
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)(Column)
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)
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.(Column)
"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 . . .
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