JLL Expands Its Capital Markets Research Platform

JLL’s hiring of Marisha Clinton leads the week’s roundup of names in the news. National Real Estate Investor
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CMBS Markets Facing Stiffer Headwinds

A triple whammy of adverse conditions has taken some of the wind out of the new commercial mortgage backed securities markets recently. And the negative impacts have analysts backing off their CMBS deal volume predictions for 2012 issued just a few months ago. “The upside case f
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Retailers Cautiously Eyeing Expansion Into More U.S. Markets as Shopping Activity Rises

While the first quarter gains are far from dramatic, retail real estate fundamentals steadily improved at the beginning of 2012 as job creation and economic growth lure more consumers into U.S. shopping centers, leading retailers to expand their footprints into a broadening list of me
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U.S. Commercial Markets Not Feeling Effects of Increased Employment Hiring Yet, Mainly Backfilling Shadow Inventory

Jon Southard, CBRE According to the latest analysis from CBRE Econometric Advisors (CBRE-EA), the US commercial markets posted mixed results in the first quarter of 2012. CBRE-EA recently shared with World Property Channel the following U.S. commercial market trends; The US office vac
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CBRE Capital Markets Arranges $36.6M Refi for Miami Multifamily

Fairway View Associates LTD and Palmetto Place Associates LTD secured a $ 36.6 million refinance loan for its Fairway View and Palmetto Place multifamily communities in Miami, Florida. The loan, from Principal Real Estate Investors LLC, boasts a favorable interest rate with 50% loan-t
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Arab Spring Still Impacting Egypt, Bahrain Hotel Markets

Bahrain According to the 2011 year-end data from STR Global, a year since the beginning of the Arab Spring, demand has yet to return to Egypt, Bahrain and the Levant region. In Cairo, Egypt, where protests have been widely broadcasted, occupancy declined by 29.5 percentage points to 3
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111 of 150 U.S. Metro Markets Experience Home Price Declines in 3Q

Lawrence Yun According to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), metro area median existing-home prices in the third quarter generally were down from a year ago, while sales rose in every state from the third quarter of 2010. The median existing sin
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NAHB Reports Number of Improving U.S. Housing Markets Nearly Doubles in October

David Crowe According to the National Association of Home Builders/ First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) for October, 23 individual housing markets now qualifying as “improving” under the new gauge’s parameters. This is nearly double the 12 housing markets th
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Daily news important as markets face volatile week (AP)

AP – A little good news could bring some stability back to Wall Street this week as investors look for bargains amid chaos. Yahoo! News: Business News
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