Lenders advised to focus on commercial mortgage books
Banking Times
The study, entitled “UK Commercial Real Estate Debt – a Two-Tier Market”, claims over half of the outstanding debt is due to mature before the end of 2012 ...

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Comml Real Estate Market To Impact Banks For Several Qtrs
Wall Street Journal
Analysts expected the commercial real estate market to turn sour following the decline of the residential mortgage market. Many commercial real estate loans ...

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UK's CMBS market on shaky ground
Breakingviews
Despite a 43% slump in commercial real-estate prices since mid-2007, asset valuations underpinning much of the UK's £42bn of commercial mortgage securities ...

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Fed's Commercial Real Estate Aid May Have Few Deals for Start
Bloomberg
Worsening problems in the commercial mortgage market may accelerate the drop in property values, increase defaults and weaken banks' finances, New York Fed President William Dudley said this month. Dudley set expectations low, saying in the June 4 ...
Securitization Market Unimpressed By Treasury's New Proposals Capital.gr (press release)
California plan taps PIMCO for TALF mandate Global Pensions
Prudential Reaps 'Very Strong' Return on TALF Debt Bloomberg
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Bernanke: Despite Hopeful Signs, Markets Remain Tight
Mortgageorb, CT
"Credit conditions in the commercial real estate sector are still severely strained, with no commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) having been issued in almost a year," he added. "To try to help restart the CMBS market, the Federal Reserve ...
US economy to turn around in 2009: Fed chief AFP
The mirage of recovery Asia Times Online
Latest economic data suggests recession is easing The Associated Press
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General Electric Pays Price for Real Estate, Debt Investments
Bloomberg
In November 2007, GE bought 2 billion pounds ($2.8 billion) of commercial real estate loans from Bradford & Bingley Plc, the UK mortgage lender that was nationalized last year. At the time, UK commercial property values had fallen 3 percent from their ...

UK Stocks Advance; Miners Rally on China Stimulus Speculation
Bloomberg
... said it has no exposure to commercial real estate developers and that it can cover losses on its mortgage book without seeking a government bailout. The following stocks also gained or fell in the UK market. Stock symbols are in parentheses. ...