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Commercial Real Estate

Overview

The term commercial property (also called investment or income property) refers to buildings or land intended to generate a profit, either from capital gain or rental income.

Headlines Around the Web

Chinese vie to buy £800m London offices

Dec 24 - Financial Times

Commercial property loans in spotlight

Nov 30 - Financial Times

Archstone aims for $3.45bn IPO

Nov 20 - Financial Times

Wells Fargo makes commercial banking push in Canada

Nov 07 - Financial Post

Commercial real estate set to pick up, TD says

Jul 13 - CBC

UBS to seek buyers for US mortgage debt

May 09, 2012 - Financial Times

The Ghost Malls of China: Inside a Commercial Real Estate Bubble

Apr 17, 2012 - Daily Finance

Al Lewis: Ghost town symbolizes woes of real estate icon

Feb 25, 2012 - MarketWatch

CPPIB on commercial real estate tear

Feb 16, 2012 - Financial Post

CBRE Drops on Transaction-Volume Scrutiny: San Francisco Mover

Jan 31, 2012 - Business Week

Big business in former Games venue

Dec 05, 2011 - News.com.au

VIDEO: Commercial real estate heats up

Dec 02, 2011 - CBC

Europe Seen Ripe for Distressed Property Loan Sales by Banks

Nov 10, 2011 - Business Week

Asia-Pacific Office Rents Increase at Double the Global Pace

Nov 08, 2011 - Business Week

U.S. Real Estate Deals Hindered by Financing, Investors Say

Sep 28, 2011 - Business Week

Real Estate Deals Hindered by Financing, Economy, Investors Say

Sep 28, 2011 - Business Week

Banks Accuse MBIA of Hiding Potential Losses From Regulator

Jun 17, 2011 - Business Week

Property groups returning to strength

May 20, 2011 - Financial Times

L&G set for real estate lending drive

Mar 28, 2011 - Financial Times

BofA Selling Commercial Real Estate Assets, Risk Chief Says

Mar 09, 2011 - Business Week

Articles About Commercial Real Estate

Munger: hard to find Berkshire deals, 'raving mad' not to try

By Reuters

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc <BRKa.N> <BRKb.N> would be "stark raving mad" to rule out another giant acquisition like its 2009 Burlington Northern takeover, but high prices have now made attractive targets scarce, its vice chairman said on Friday. (May 04)

MORE TOPICS: APPLE INC., ISRAEL, RETAIL, MANAGEMENT, QUANTITATIVE EASING, INVESTMENT

Analysis - Boosting European lending without banks

By Reuters UK

With a lack of bank lending to European businesses stifling the region's economy, sidestepping the middlemen - if not quite cutting them out altogether - is becoming more attractive. (May 01)

MORE TOPICS: GERMANY, BANK OF ENGLAND, MANAGEMENT, MORTGAGE

Analysis: Boosting European lending without banks

By Reuters

With a lack of bank lending to European businesses stifling the region's economy, sidestepping the middlemen - if not quite cutting them out altogether - is becoming more attractive. (May 01)

MORE TOPICS: GERMANY, BANK OF ENGLAND, MANAGEMENT, MORTGAGE

MUFG chief plans to ramp up assets in U.S. and Asia

By Reuters

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group <8306.T> plans to ramp up asset acquisitions in the United States and Asia, including acquisitions of local banks, its new head said, as Japanese lenders accelerate their overseas push to make up for falling spread margins at home. (Apr 13)

MORE TOPICS: DEUTSCHE BANK, MORGAN STANLEY, ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, CALIFORNIA, JAPAN, BANK OF JAPAN

MUFG buys U.S. property loans from Deutsche worth $3.7 billion

By Reuters UK

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group <8306.T> has acquired a U.S. commercial property loan portfolio from a Deutsche Bank <DBKGn.DE> unit worth $3.7 billion (2.4 billion pounds), as cashed-up Japanese lenders swoop in on assets sold by retreating European banks. (Apr 08)

MORE TOPICS: DEUTSCHE BANK, ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES

MUFG set to buy Deutsche U.S. property loans worth $3.7 billion - source

By Reuters UK

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group <8306.T>, Japan's largest lender by assets, is in advanced talks to buy U.S. commercial property loans from Deutsche Bank <DBKGn.DE> worth about $3.7 billion (2.4 billion pounds), a source familiar with the matter said on Monday. (Apr 08)

MORE TOPICS: DEUTSCHE BANK, ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND

RBS faces $6 billion investor action

By Reuters UK

A group of shareholders in Royal Bank of Scotland is suing the lender and four former directors for losses they claim they incurred when the bank succumbed to a state bailout in 2008. (Apr 04)

MORE TOPICS: ABN AMRO, ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, COURT, LAW FIRM, LAWSUIT

Royal Bank of Scotland faces $6 billion investor action

By Reuters

A group of shareholders in Royal Bank of Scotland <RBS.L> is suing the lender and four former directors for losses they claim they incurred when the bank succumbed to a state bailout in 2008. (Apr 04)

MORE TOPICS: ABN AMRO, ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, COURT, LAW FIRM, LAWSUIT

RBS sued over "misleading" 2008 cash call

By Reuters UK

A group of shareholders in Royal Bank of Scotland <RBS.L> has launched a multi-million pound lawsuit against the state-owned bank for misleading investors at the height of the credit crisis in 2008. (Mar 29)

MORE TOPICS: ABN AMRO, ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND, COURT, RETAIL, LAW FIRM, LAWSUIT