Market Watch
HOUSING SALE TRENDS CONTINUE TO LOOK GOOD
May 29, 2009
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090528/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_new_home_sales
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TOUGH TIMES FOR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERS
May 7, 2009
http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=572EF09F1D074B4C1525275E69144BEE
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NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT REPORT POSITIVE
May 7, 2009
http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/PDF/FINAL_Release_April_09.pdf
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BIG BANKS STRESS TEST RESULTS
May 7, 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&sid=acwSohuMUGu0
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National Real Estate Broker Marcus and Millichap Predicts Recession will be over in 2009
May 6, 2009
MARCUS & MILLICHAP’S HESSAM NADJI: HOW THIS RECESSION DIFFERS FROM THE LAST ONE
<http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=8D92A59CF633A94C875DD2211F1D5242>
Hessam Nadji, the managing director of research services for Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, has been a leading go-to figure for divining the state of commercial real estate marketss since the mid-1990s. Nadji joined Marcus & Millichap in 1996 as vice president of research and was promoted to managing director in April 2000. Formerly…
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FED CHIEF BERNANKE SAYS: ECONOMY SHOULD GROW AGAIN LATER IN 2009
May 5, 2009
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090505/us_bernanke.html?.v=43
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BUFFET TALKS REAL ESTATE AND MORE…..
May 4, 2009
http://finance.yahoo.com/insurance/article/107029/Business-Musings-From-Woodstock-for-Capitalists
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LARGEST MALL OWNER - FORTUNE 500 COMPANY- SIMON MALLS WALKS AWAY FROM PROPERTY
May 4, 2009
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https://www.cmalert.com/headlines.php?hid=4484
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PENDING HOME SALES UP 3.2 PERCENT IN MARCH - Yahoo! Finance
Mon 4 May 2009
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090504/us_pending_home_sales.html?.v=10
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RAY OF HOPE FOR THE DISTRESSED HOME MARKETPending home sales up 3.2 percent in March - Yahoo! Finance
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090504/us_pending_home_sales.html?.v=10
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FED MOVES IN TO SHORE UP LENDING IN THE COMMERCIAL MARKETS BY EXPANDING TALF PROGRAM
Investors who buy mortgage-backed securities will be able to get loans for five years instead of three.
By Nathan Olivarez-Giles
May 2 2009
The Federal Reserve said Friday that it would launch in June a long-expected program to help thaw the market for commercial real estate mortgages.
The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-talf2-2009may02,0,5270277.story