The Florida Home Owner

"I think it is shaping up there is another leg down in terms of market rents and effective rents and that will be somewhere late this year or early [next] year where I think all the operators will move their rents down to basically handle the late…(read more)

Two separate reports … From Bloombeg: ‘Underwater’ U.S. Mortgages May Hit 48%, Deutsche Bank Reports The percentage of properties “underwater” is forecast to rise to 48 percent, or 25 million homes, as property prices drop through the first quarter…(read more)

Interesting piece from Deutsche Bank on rapidly deteriorating Construction loans. DB predicts that “construction loans will be the epicenter of bank loan problems” • By far the riskiest type of loan product in bank portfolios; • Substantial portion represents…(read more)

investing in real estate , budgeting…(read more)

Although some businesses are considering production increase, it is likely that the industrial sector will remain relatively weak through 2009….(read more)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – James Lockhart, the regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, will soon step down after more than three years as overseer for the mortgage finance companies, an administration official said….(read more)