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July 8, 2008How Long Is This Going To Take?
Analysis of: Bank Job | www.portfolio.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner, City Investments
This article notes the recent statement building financing of financial institutions and concludes its opening remarks with “I don’t know, you don’t know, and they don’t know”. The article states the assumptions of current bank recapitalizations and in particular recaps the Bear Stearns acquisition. ...
July 1, 2008
Pass the Buck
Analysis of: Building costs a headache for developers | uk.reuters.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Pass the BuckAnalysis of: Building costs a headache for developers | uk.reuters.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor
Life as a Developer has always been about who you know and what you know.Knowledge of building materials and cost are basic things developers need to survive. Things have changed a great deal the last 5-10 years. Most "new developers" and general contractors have never lifted a hammer or worn dirty...
June 23, 2008Commercial Real Estate Recourse Financing
Analysis of: Guarantee Gamble: Developers Dread Return of Recourse | online.wsj.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner, City Investments
There were names like Fox & Carskadon, McNeil and Consolidated Capital among the biggest income property acquisition syndicators in the 70’s and 80’s, but no more. And no more are thousands of other syndicators of that era big and small, who generally fell by the wayside as they could not...
June 23, 2008American Demographics
Analysis of: The American Dream Goes On | www.usnews.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner, City Investments
The referenced article begins with the now usual doomsday message which many including this writer have now exhausted ad nauseam. Three relatively short paragraphs later, the Editor-in-Chief wraps up the forgone conclusions neatly and attempts to move on to some new meat. You can read the...
June 16, 2008Hopw long wil our finacial institutions take to recover?
Analysis of: After $4.6 Billion in Losses Head Says FHA May Have To Shut Down | www.therealestatebloggers.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner, City Investments
Three years after the change in the residential market, we have now come to the failure of the financial institutions which have supported the real estate backed consumer goods market of the recent past. You might just as well have written the article about FNMA or FHLMC, as the same solvency...
June 9, 2008Housing indicators to note
Analysis of: Housing woes won’t end soon … | www.usatoday.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner, City Investments
When you read that the subject poll showed that 59% of those polled believed that now is a good time to buy, you realize that the American Dream is still a great big pad with a 6.000 pound SUV or two in the garage no matter what. JUst like land developers and builders, if you will loan money,...
June 5, 2008
CDD's aren't all their cracked up to be...
Analysis of: Residential real estate set to double | www.business24-7.ae
Author: Carl Streck, Principal, Trinity Development Group
CDD's aren't all their cracked up to be...
Analysis of: Residential real estate set to double | www.business24-7.ae
Author: Carl Streck, Principal, Trinity Development Group
For years developers were utilizing this public finance tool as a way to drive up their bottom line while passing on the infrastructure cost to the end homeowner. This is a thing of the past.
June 2, 2008Apartment investments are performing poorly in Phoenix now
Analysis of: Best time in years to be a renter | www.eastvalleytribune.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner, City Investments
When you combine rents set and projected at unrealistic levels and an economy where only 22% of jobs statewide pay $17 per hour plus benefits with a surplus of single family homes, you get high vacancy rates in apartment communities. When the government is seeking higher tax revenue from income...
May 13, 2008Los Angeles – King of The West
Analysis of: Political Foreclosure | www.latimes.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner, City Investments
It’s hard to believe that the formerly largest industrial city in the nation has fallen on hard times for jobs. But apparently so be it as the last remaining king, the Garment industry, is about to topple. Just yesterday the entertainment industry was king here too, but we know its influence...
May 13, 2008Here’s The Face of Opportunity
Analysis of: Dan Walters: California Faces Huge Upheaval | www.sacbee.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner, City Investments
Staggering numbers are presented here. Seniors increasing from almost 5 million to 11 million in 30 years, critical shortages of skilled/professional labor with 1/3 of California’s high school students not graduating, and unparalleled diversity in a huge population.
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