Fitch reported today the commercial real estate (CRE) values continue to decline giving rise to greater loan losses on CRE. On the average throughout 2009, lenders recovered ONLY 43 cents on the dollar on distressed loans. And there’s more bad news; they see the loss rate only going up.

The average loss severity rate or the ratio […]

Funds giving investors money back? If ever there was a red flag, and in the end a litmus test regarding the state of Commercial Real Estate (CRE), here it is. According to a just published WSJ article, Dearth of Properties Spurs Fund Giveback some real-estate funds, which raised billions of dollars hoping to pounce on […]

Often our blog posts are 100% factual; not opinion pieces. Today we break that rule a bit. I just saw a post on ZeroHedge, from a guest commentator, Gonzalo Lira. His insights are quite eye-opening and thought provoking. Lira’s raw insights are meant to stir our emotions and get us thinking about the future.
Warning his words […]

The news is not good in the world of commercial real estate. As they say, what went up, will come down. And it is coming down, and fast. Here are the facts; steep declines in price, supply and demand:

Prices declined: The latest release of the MIT Center for Real Estate’s Transaction Based Indices for commercial […]

On February 10, 2010 the Congressional Oversight Panel issued a most amazing and eye-opening report entitled: Commercial Real Estate Losses and the Risk to Financial Stability.
Here a quick executive summary — directly from the source – that should be read very carefully. Keep in mind, this is what the government’s oversight panel is concluding; not […]

The January 2010 Moody’s CMBS delinquency rate hit a record at 5.42%, after posting the largest one month increase (50 bps) in history.
While the deplorable state of CMBS is not a secret to anyone following RealPoint’s monthly delinquency data, getting confirmation from a procyclical firm such as Moody’s should be enough to wake up some […]

We normally would NOT reproduce language from a prospectus filed with the SEC. HOWEVER the following language is culled directly from a very interesting and timely filing made by First Mariner Bank on Tuesday (2.9.10).
It is so related to our recent posts – regarding the collapse of the commercial real estate market and the heavy-weight […]

Here’s what MarylandCommercialTitle.com has been saying for more than two (2) years now. Could this truly be our reality?
Over the next several years, a watchdog group concludes that failed commercial real estate loans could litter American cities with empty stores and office complexes, cause hundreds of bank failures and weaken the economy.
Banks face up to […]

A few green-shoots to focus on with regard to the Maryland real estate marketplace, finally. Is 2010 starting to turn, possitive?
In today’s Sun, despite an economy still in the earliest stages of recovery, some apartment construction projects are securing hard-to-get loans and moving forward as developers count on apartment living coming back into favor.
A Few […]

In a WSJ article, When Buildings Empty, Banks’ Credit Woes Pile Up, we find out that the regional banks recent rally, may be short-lived.
As banks start releasing fourth-quarter earnings this week, the losses and reserves tied to commercial real-estate loans could spike even higher than some analysts think. Regional banks could get hit hardest, given […]