CommerceWest Bank Reports Increased Earnings for the Year, Favorable Loan … MarketWatch (press release) IRVINE, Calif., Feb 02, 2012 ( BUSINESS WIRE) — CommerceWest Bank /quotes/zigman/294166 CWBK -0.17% reported earnings for the three months ended December 31, 2011 of $402000 or $0.09 per basic common share and $0.09 per diluted common share, ..

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Home commissions fell $100 million in '11 OCRegister By JEFF COLLINS / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER If you're a real estate agent, chances are your office or your brokerage didn't do as well last year as it did the year before. Homes sold through the broker-run multiple listing service generated $13.8 …

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Home commissions fell $100 million in ‘11 – OCRegister

Maturing commercial real estate loans causing a scramble Sarasota Herald-Tribune By JULIE SATOW, The New York Times Borrowers and lenders are starting to grapple with billions of dollars in commercial real estate loans made during the boom year of 2007 that are coming due this year amid a greatly contracted economy.

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Deyaar to hand over four projects this year gulfnews.com By Aya Lowe, Staff Reporter Dubai: Dubai developer Deyaar is due to deliver four major projects this year, including three towers in Business Bay, one of the emirate's hardest hit areas during the property downturn. The projects, which include Fifty … Deyaar set to hand over four projects, 1000 units in 2012 Khaleej Times all 2 news articles

Los Angeles Times Irvine industrial property sells for record price Los Angeles Times By Roger Vincent The largest industrial property transaction of 2011 in Orange County closed at the end of the year with the $47-million sale of Irvine Crossings, a real estate brokerage said.

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Cole Real Estate Investments Acquires $2.5 Billion of High-Quality Commercial …

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Cresa Unveils Year-End Market Report; Predicts Majority of 2012 Growth from … MarketWatch (press release) BOSTON, Jan 09, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — A moderately expanding economy will bring few surprises heading into 2012 across commercial real estate markets, according to the year-end report by Cresa, the largest tenant representation firm in North America. ..

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Catastrophe-exposed commercial property risks face rate hikes Business Insurance Commercial property insurance activity during the year-end/new year renewal season tells a tale of two markets.

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The commercial real estate world this year will look a lot like it did in 2011, according to CoStar newsreaders. During the last few weeks of the year, we asked readers to give us your boldest, best predictions that you could take to Las Vegas and put money on. Based on that proposition, readers have decided that the best bets are going to be to ‘let it ride,’ expecting a continuation of current market trends

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2012: Better? More of the Same? or Total Economic Chaos?

Globe and Mail Commercial real estate chugs ahead. But for how long? Globe and Mail If 2010 was the year that Canada's commercial property market largely thrived – rather than imploding, as many industry watchers had predicted – 2011 will likely go down as another year that exceeded expectations.

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Commercial real estate chugs ahead. But for how long? – Globe and Mail