commercial mortgages

The residential real estate market is drowning in foreclosures, and the problem is broadening and worsening. Similar bad loans have been made in commercial real estate, so why isn't there a comparable flood of commercial foreclosures? Here's why.

Losses on commercial property loans are one problem. But a bigger, often-overlooked, risk is the potential for CRE to be a drag on the U.S. economy for years to come, or its potential to trigger a slide back, into a double-dip recession.

Is this what we have finally been waiting for? Really good news about foreclosures. My guess is, don't get too excited by any short term "trends"--- but, that said, the latest news from RealtyTrac just out today is encouraging. Foreclosure filings decreased again in November, down almost 8%...

Another year? Maybe longer, says the chief economist with the Texas A&M Real Estate Center, before we even begin to see a recovery in the dismal commercial real estate market. Should be pretty obvious why: despite nonsense to the contrary, any talk of an economic recovery is still premature,...

The Federal Reserve wants to loosen up credit by ridding banks of toxic assets, but its premier program to do that, Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF), got off to a very slow start in March. Interest in the program shot up in May, up by 145 percent from March, with investor demand...