GLG News by Land Banking Experts (US)

The Administration has cut the number of inspectors and slashed the inspection budget.  Small wonder we has such major breaches in food import product safety. The Product Safety Council will take two years to tell us what we already know.  Products should be routinely inspected and tested. ...

The map presentation accompanying the referenced article is notable because in detailing the overvaluation of housing in four ranges not much of the map is left unpainted. We knew that before the map so adequately articulated the problem. The issue should lead us, though, to think further about the...

Housing has lead the economy of the US into recession and back out on a historical basis. Record numbers of foreclosures and a drop in housing sales indicates that the economy is in a recession and visible unsold supply is growing. This type of downturn will require some incentives to create an atmosphere...

Hedge funds, largely unregulated, do not provide new liquidity to capital markets, but rather a different way to pool investment funds. Investors returns have not significantly out performed other investment vehicles. The lack of regulation leaves a huge gap in potential for abuse. Other means are available...

Payment requirements under land option contracts are an important consideration when evaluating the cash flows of homebuilders.

Profit in real estate is made on the buy and the opportunities present today in the most attractive residential buyer's market in decades are there for the bidding.  Yes,there for the bidding.  The sluggish home sales experienced across the nation due to stale inventory is getting a helping...

The pressure is intense for home owners, lenders, home builders and other investors to maintain housing values. Companies who provide financial and other services such as real estate brokers, appraisers and the like are dependent for their income on a steady to rising market. The home buyer on the other...

We see from the article that over 40 % of the nation’s imports by cargo ship flow through the adjacent Long Beach and Los Angeles ports which lie smack in the middle of the Los Angeles Metroplex. Moreover, the traffic at the ports will double in the next dozen or so years. The container port proposed...

Why so many markets? Why so much in some markets? Why so little in other markets?

The news surrounding the subprime mortgage industry,particularly that focusing upon improperly managed portfolios that has led some companies into bankruptcy or forced sales of their assets, points to the importance of prepurchase due diligence for any entity considering such a bulk purchase...