
Posted
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 |
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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...
Posted
June 16, 2008
Nice Fluff But Nothing Relevant
Analysis of: A Real-Estate Ace's Outlook |
online.wsj.comAuthor: GLG Member Program ContributorDale Reiss demonstrates her total disconnect with the markets when she states this time is a debt issue, while last time it was surplus. This time it is overall debt, leverage AND supply. If "experts" like Reiss spent more time in the field, they would realize the supply is far ahead of demand...
Posted
June 12, 2008
Housing Market and the lower income
Analysis of: Housing woes won’t end soon … |
www.usatoday.comAuthor: GLG Member Program Contributor Does the glut and greed of the American homebuyers control the market prices? Can Americans ever recover from such an embattled real estate market and enjoy making 80 thousand, 90 ninety, or even 100,000 thousand dollars in just over two to three weeks as our market has afforded us?...
Posted
June 12, 2008
Timeshares--The Good and The Bad--
Analysis of: Timeshares poised to capture the holiday market |
www.ameinfo.comAuthor: GLG Member Program ContributorOver the years Timshares have gotten a terrible reputation for being bad investments and hard to use properties sold by high preasure salespeople. RCI and Interval International are the two leaders in Timeshare trading. The viabilitiy of Timeshares depends upon how easy they are to use and how...
Posted
June 11, 2008
Swip invests EUR 60 mil. in German Real Estate Portfolio
Analysis of: Swip invests €60m in European real estate portfolio |
ftadviser.comAuthor: GLG Member Program ContributorThere are substantial funds available for investment in German real estate from both domestic and foreign investors. Commercial real estate price volatility in German-speaking Europe will be substantially lower than in the UK, USA or Asia going forward. As the economy in German-speaking Europe...

Posted
June 9, 2008Housing indicators to note
Analysis of: Housing woes won’t end soon … |
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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,...
Posted
June 9, 2008
Banks Begin Facing Losses on Highly Leveraged Development Loans
Analysis of: Real Estate Woes of Banks Mount |
online.wsj.comAuthor: GLG Member Program ContributorMany banks will no longer be able to deny huge losses on their portfolios of loans to residential and other developers. Recognition and realization of these losses will seriously damage the financial strength of many banks, particularly smaller ones. Expect increasing bank failures.
Posted
June 9, 2008
Real Estate Woes of Banks Mount - New REIT Vehicles a Solution?
Analysis of: Real Estate Woes of Banks Mount |
online.wsj.comAuthor: GLG Member Program ContributorAs problem real estate loans to consumers and builders rise and more residental and commercial real estate goes into foreclosure, perhaps it is time for the banking industry to set up new REITs to pool these assets. The goal? Increase liquidity and lower risk by creating attractive investment ...
Posted
June 9, 2008
Is It Time For The Vultures to Swoop In?
Analysis of: Real Estate Woes of Banks Mount |
online.wsj.comAuthor: GLG Member Program ContributorThe only surprising aspect of this front page Wall Street Journal article is that anyone was surprised by it. While the subprime write-offs, now north of $400 billion, will prove to be the largest, there is still plenty of pain to be felt among a whole host of lenders...and the WSJ article has only...
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June 4, 2008
German Property Fund - €4bn into Asia and More to Come Globally
Analysis of: German property fund to pour €4bn into Asia |
www.businessspectator.com.auAuthor: GLG Member Program ContributorGerman retail investors are reviewing their investment portfolio with the advent of the 'Abgeltungssteuer' (capital gains tax) in January 2009. A lot of cash will flow out of equity and equity mutual fund investments into direct and indirect property investment due to the introduction of this 25%...