All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Real Estate Investment
Posted May 1, 2008The Great Recession Coming
Analysis of: It’s (Really) The Economy, Stupid | www.portfolio.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner City Investments
It appears that we have been doing nothing economically during the current administration except gorging in a huge consumption and speculative binge and conducting war in the Middle East. The subject article proposes that we will pay for this during the next administration and beyond as we rebuild...
Posted April 22, 2008
Dutch firms form $1 bln U.S. retail property fund
Analysis of: Dutch firms form $1 bln U.S. retail property fund | www.reuters.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Analysis of: Dutch firms form $1 bln U.S. retail property fund | www.reuters.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
The Dutch learn their history well and use it to their advantage. In the late '70's and early 80's, I represented several Dutch institutional investment groups who entered the US real estatemarket. One of the groups only bought shopping centers throughout the US. At the time,...
Posted April 16, 2008Got REO ? Better CYA (Cover Your Assets)!
Analysis of: Vandalism Rises as More Foreclosed Homes Sit Empty | www.pe.com
Author: Howard Liggett, President and CEO Distressed Real Estate Consulting Services, Inc.
Vacant properties invite a host of ills including vandalism,neglect,arson,and even destruction by former owners. REO managers must have a set of preemptive security tools at hand to protect against deliberate damage and,as much as possible, the unpredictable forces of nature. ...
Posted April 15, 2008Underwiting real estate investment now is a political risk assessment
Analysis of: The Case For Housing Help | www.usnews.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner City Investments
In my mind, the debate as to housing affordability and commercial real estate viability is over. The game is lost as $ 21 trillion in housing value will become $ 15 trillion in the next few years and commercial real estate values will drop 25 to 50 % on the average in the next few years. 
Posted April 14, 2008A Solution For Wall Street – What Happens to Commercial Real Estate and Housing?
Analysis of: What's wrong with Wall St. - and how to fix it | money.cnn.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner City Investments
If the subject analysis is realized, the return of Wall Street to advisory services will return real estate debt to the portfolio lenders. Goodbye to the CMBS market as well as the sub-prime market. In fact, Wall Street itself will be a unit of major banking institutions. The major...
Posted April 14, 2008
Condo-Hotel Buyers See Investments Sour As the Market Weakens
Analysis of: Condo-Hotel Buyers See Investments Sour As the Market Weakens | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Analysis of: Condo-Hotel Buyers See Investments Sour As the Market Weakens | online.wsj.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
News reports continue to show that buyers during the real estate boom didn't attempt to understand the fundamentals. Analysis of the growing supply and the price competition to follow were absent from the buying decision. Speculators now own a massive supply of hotel rooms, apartments...
Posted April 11, 2008
Las Vegas’ fortunes dim as economy slows down
Analysis of: Las Vegas’ fortunes dim as economy slows down | www.signonsandiego.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Analysis of: Las Vegas’ fortunes dim as economy slows down | www.signonsandiego.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Since the abandonment of the Gold Standard, and the ever increasing relevant uncertainties and system discontinuities of our times, it is not unusual for fortunes to disappear much faster than the time it may have taken to amass them!
Posted April 9, 2008The Russians Are Coming! - The Russians Are Coming!
Analysis of: Russia’s Sistema to invest up to $200 mn in Indian realty | www.livemint.com
Author: Kenneth Leonard, Principal Leonard Associates
ASistema is the largest Telecom company in Russia and together with its' construction subsidiary, Sistema Hals, (listed on the London Stock Exchange with a first 9 months turnover of $9.6 billion), is making their first ever investment outside of Russia and the CIS. With so much opportunity to make...
Posted April 9, 2008
Las Vegas’ fortunes dim as economy slows down
Analysis of: Las Vegas’ fortunes dim as economy slows down | www.signonsandiego.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Analysis of: Las Vegas’ fortunes dim as economy slows down | www.signonsandiego.com
Author: GLG Member Program Contributor
Since the abandonment of the Gold Standard, and the ever increasing relevant uncertainties and system discontinuities of our times, it is not unusual for fortunes to disappear much faster than the time it may have taken to amass them.
Posted April 8, 2008A Given Falls
Analysis of: Las Vegas’ fortunes dim as economy slows down | www.signonsandiego.com
Author: Paul Burns, Owner City Investments
The economy of the western United States has been thought to have underpinnings that are too solid to be affected by recessions. Among these economic undertakings are the gaming and tourism facilities of Las Vegas. This assumption looks to be shaky as set forth in the subject article. &nb...
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Unfinished subdivisions grinding to a halt
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KB Home’s Loss Widens as Inventory of Unsold Houses Mounts
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Domino-crash and the Worlds Second Homes - Domino-crash in Dominos
www.cifs.dk
Building costs a headache for developers
uk.reuters.com
U.S. RETAIL STORE CLOSURES FLIRTING WITH SIX-YEAR HIGH
retailtrafficmag.com
The Second Half: Buyer's Market
July 2, 2008
Tell Me Again How Housing Has "Bottomed Out".
July 2, 2008
Pushing to the Bottom
July 1, 2008
Domino-crash and the Worlds Second Homes - Domino-crash in Dominos
June 25, 2008
It Isn't What's Above the Surface That Makes an Iceberg Dangerous
June 23, 2008

