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 […]

It’s amazing what does not get widely reported …Here’s a news positive blurb that just may be an answer (or at least a good jump start) to head off the potential Commercial Real Estate (CRE) collapse and the related demise of small to mid-sized regional banks with huge commercial loan porfolios.

In January 2010 a little noticed bill was introduced […]

Real estate related loan auctions for 2009 show that non-performing CRE debt traded at a premium to non-performing residential real estate debt. Non-performing CRE debt sold for 37% of book value on average, while non-performing residential debt sold for 23% of book.

The thing that is striking though is that when both loan types are performing, there […]