Fitch: US Commercial Real-Estate CDO Delinquencies Rise In April From March Wall Street Journal Delinquencies on US commercial real estate loan collateralized debt obligations crept up again in April from March, but asset managers' realized losses declined, according to Fitch Ratings. Late-pays for US CREL CDOs finished 2011 at a lower level than ..

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Newport Beach Mansion, Once Listed for $57 million, Sells at Auction Wall Street Journal (blog) … including the lender and a list of subcontractors, the sale will draw to a close one of the most ambitious homes to break ground in Orange County during the housing boom. The buyer has not yet been revealed.

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Reynolds Center REITs open the door to fresh real – estate stories Reynolds Center Home prices may be moribund and “available” signs abound on commercial buildings, but despite those signs of stagnation in the real – estate market, there lately seems to be an increasing buzz about REITs, the investment trusts that specialize in, well, … Real Estate Wall Street Journal How to buy … investment real estate MarketWatch Spanish tax reform undermines real estate market SA Commercial Prop News Sacramento Bee all 43 news articles

Crain’s Chicago Business (blog) Fed: Demand up for business, commercial real estate loans Bizjournals.com Banks are seeing increased demand for business loans and commercial real estate loans, according to a new Federal Reserve survey of senior lending officers. Many banks also are easing terms on business loans, and some are easing terms on commercial … US Senior Loan Officer Survey on Banking Lending (Text) BusinessWeek Bank Credit Standards Ease Modestly In 1Q Fox Business Banks Ease Rules On Some Lending Wall Street Journal Bloomberg

Lehman Takes Ownership of California Land Portfolio Wall Street Journal Lehman and SunCal were partners during the boom years of the California real – estate bubble, with Lehman sinking more than $2.3 billion into the developer's projects. But the companies fell out when the market collapsed

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The Sun NAB restructures struggling UK business ABC Online The ailing business has contributed to a 16 per cent fall in the bank's first-half profit. NAB says it can't find buyers for its British banks, which have wide exposure to the battered commercial real estate sector.

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Financial Times Despite Write-Downs, NAB's UK Pain May Persist Wall Street Journal By downsizing its Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank units at a cost of £456 million ($742.6 million) in write-downs, the Aussie lender had to boost provisions against its UK commercial – real-estate portfolio by £150 million. To do that, National Australia … TEXT-S&P:NAB ratings unchanged on UK strategic review Reuters Aussie Bank Cuts 1400 UK Jobs Fox Business National Australia Bank's UK restructure falls flat with investors The Australian ABC Online

Bloomberg UK Woe Hurts National Australia Bank Profit Wall Street Journal The Australian lender said it completed a strategic review of the UK assets and has decided to simplify the business to focus on retail and small-business lending in Scotland and Northern England. Most of its commercial real-estate portfolio will be ..

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Real Estate Weekly Cantor Head Looks to Build National Force Wall Street Journal By LAURA KUSISTO Howard Lutnick, the head of Cantor Fitzgerald, got off to a bumpy start with the company's acquisition last October of Newmark Knight Frank, one of oldest brokerage firms in New York's rough-and-tumble commercial real-estate industry. Real estate icon Grubb & Ellis is no more OCRegister BGC Closes Grubb & Ellis Purchase, Launches Newmark Grubb Knight Frank CoStar Group BGC closes acquisition of Grubb & Ellis, creates Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Bizjournals.com REjournals.com

Fitch: Commercial Real Estate CDO Delinquencies Up In March Wall Street Journal Delinquencies on commercial real estate collateralized debt obligations inched up in March, reflecting a continued decline in total collateral, Fitch Ratings said. The rate rose to 13.6%, from 13.4% in February. Yet Fitch noted the dollar balance of ..

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