Commercial Loans Hit Another Record Delinquency Rate

Delinquency Rate Hits Record for Mortgage-Backed Commercial Loans

Loans tied to commercial mortgage-backed securities hit a record delinquency rate in March, with 9.42% of all such loans having missed payments, loan research-service firm Trepp LLC said.

Mall Vacancies Climb to Highest in Decade as U.S. Retailers Close Stores

By Hui-yong Yu

Vacancies at U.S. regional malls rose to the highest level in at least a decade in the first quarter, a sign that landlords are struggling to keep tenants after the recession even as retail sales rise, Reis Inc. said.

Big Drop in Value for Atlanta Trophy

55 Allen Plaza Bought by Lincoln Property for Pension Fund

PIMCO to Provide Liquidity

The world's largest bond fund is opening a new mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) to invest in, and issue debt secured by commercial real estate. With nearly $2 trillion in commercial real estate debt maturing in the next five years, and lenders increasingly unwilling to issue loans secured by commercial real estate, they see an opportunity to issue and purchase debt secured by good quality commercial RE assets. They also made note of the fact that most money is chasing trophy properties in New York City and Washington, D.C. and there is a need for liquidity in other markets.

The Home Price Double-Dip is Materializing

Atlanta Home Prices Hit New Low in January

Atlanta Business Chronicle

Home prices in most major U.S. cities, including Atlanta, were “dismal” to start in 2011 and a double-dip recession could be beginning, according to the monthly Standard & Poor/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices.

Gwinnett County Property Tax Notices Sent to Wrong Owners

After a one week delay from the originally scheduled date of mailing Gwinnett's assessment notices were sent to the wrong owners on Friday. They are now saying that all commercial notices will be resent next week.

Gwinnett County Hotel Owner in Distress

Hotel Borrowers Caught In ‘No Man’s Land’ As Default Looms

Smaller Government Pressures Office Vacancies

Government Cuts Clip Office Market

By Anton Troianovski

No Apartment Building Boom Any Time Soon

By Tony Downs, NREI Contributing Columnist

Several factors are coming together to limit new construction.

New construction of housing peaked at over 2 million units in 2005, and then collapsed 74% to 529,000 in 2010, as reported by Economic Indicators, a U.S. government publication. The combination of continuing foreclosures and a shortage of construction financing will block much new housing construction.

Gwinnett County Property Tax Assessment Notices

According to Gwinnett County most of the commercial tax assessment notices were mailed on Friday, March 25th. As such, the deadline to appeal your property tax assessment is May 9. Please contact us for further details/assistance.

Delinquency Rate Hits Record for Mortgage-Backed Commercial Loans

Mall Vacancies Climb to Highest in Decade as U.S. Retailers Close Stores

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