http://www.thecfiteam.com Central Florida Industrial Team Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:55:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Real-estate funds saddled with tens of billions of dollars of boom-time properties are beginning to get some relief from Wall Street firms and other investors hoping to capitalize on their need for cash. Opportunistic investors are buying stakes in troubled funds at steep discounts or lending the funds money in deals ... http://www.thecfiteam.com/2010/09/capital-freeze-thaws-for-real-estate-funds/ The CoStar Commercial Repeat-Sale Indices (CCRSI), produced by CoStar Group, found that investment-grade property continued to decline in value for the second straight month in July. Properties of sufficient quality and size for inclusion in large institutional portfolios saw their value decline by 5.05% during the month following a similar dip ... http://www.thecfiteam.com/2010/09/costar-repeat-sale-indices-distress-contributing-to-a-shaky-bottom-for-cre-sales-pricing/ The debate over tax cuts enacted in 2001 is expected to heat up when the U.S. Senate reconvenes in September after its summer recess. The maximum tax rate on capital gains and dividends will revert from the current 15%, a 70-year low, back to 20% on Jan. 1, 2011, and ... http://www.thecfiteam.com/2010/08/speculation-rising-over-impact-of-expiring-capital-gains-tax-cuts-on-cre-sales/ Since the start of 2009, buyers and sellers have transacted about $16.5 billion in distressed commercial real estate sales. Certainly more are expected to follow. Banks and CMBS special servicers are currently dealing with nearly $290 billion in distressed loans and properties. CoStar Group recently analyzed the state of distressed real ... http://www.thecfiteam.com/2010/08/eight-takeaways-on-the-current-state-of-distress-opportunities/ A new change in accounting rules may require commercial real estate tenants and banks to recognize all leases as liabilities on their balance sheets. This could cost commercial tenants both time and money, drive down commercial property values, make it tougher for investors to buy property and force banks to have ... http://www.thecfiteam.com/2010/08/new-accounting-rules-may-change-how-commercial-tenants-book-leases/ James Currell is struggling to prevent his Minnesota home from being foreclosed. But his lender isn't a bank. It is the U.S. government. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is facing the prospect of foreclosing on a number of properties in the coming months, from homes to commercial buildings, a ... http://www.thecfiteam.com/2010/08/foreclosed-on%e2%80%94by-the-u-s/ The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, signed into law by President Obama last week, is a cornerstone of Congress and the Administration’s financial regulatory reform agenda, creating the most sweeping changes in U.S. financial regulations since those put in place following the Great Depression. The regulatory overhaul of ... http://www.thecfiteam.com/2010/07/regulatory-reform-what-impact-will-it-have-on-commercial-real-estate/ The U.S. industrial real estate market now appears to be headed into recovery after several quarters of negative absorption. With the economy sending out mixed signals but generally gaining strength, absorption of industrial buildings turned positive in the second quarter following six consecutive quarters of net loss, CoStar Group reported in ... http://www.thecfiteam.com/2010/07/u-s-industrial-real-estate-markets-now-in-recovery/ Retail sales declined in June while more goods piled up on business shelves in May, underscoring a dilemma facing the U.S. economy. Up to now, the recovery was fueled in large part by businesses rebuilding inventories depleted during the recession. But that process can't continue if consumers cut back on spending, ... http://www.thecfiteam.com/2010/07/inventories-rise-as-retail-sales-sag/ Some banks have a special technique for dealing with business borrowers who can't repay loans coming due: Give them more time, hoping things improve and they can repay later. Banks call it a wise strategy. Skeptics call it "extend and pretend." Banks are applying it, in particular, to commercial real-estate lending, where, ... http://www.thecfiteam.com/2010/07/to-fix-sour-property-deals-lenders-extend-and-pretend/