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Jean-Claude Goldenstein New media: CRE leaders explain why you don't want to miss out



The acceleration, reach

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Added by Jean-Claude Goldenstein on August 30, 2010 at 2:40pm — No Comments

Your Property Path Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Update: Long-Term Mortgage Rates Fall for the Ninth Week Out of Ten


30-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 4.36 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending August 26, 2010, down from last week when it averaged 4.42 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.14 percent.

The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged a record low of 3.86 percent with an average 0.6 point, down from last week when it averaged 3.90 percent. A year ago at this time, the 15-year FRM averaged 4.58 percent.

Five-year inde… Continue

Added by Your Property Path on August 28, 2010 at 4:55pm — No Comments

Your Property Path Mortgage Bankers Weekly Update: Mortgage Refinance Applications Continue to Increase

Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of 08/25/2010

Market Composite Index: (loan application volume) increased 4.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 4.5 percent compared with the previous week.

Refinance Index: increased 5.7 percent from the previous week and is at its highest level since May 1, 2009. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index
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Added by Your Property Path on August 28, 2010 at 4:54pm — No Comments

Linda Day Harrison Technology FAQ for Commercial Property or Facility Management

Q. How do I use technology to generate more business/client/traffic leads for my company or property/facility?

A. Notice, the word ‘leads’? Leads because they are opportunities for business. In this simple blog post, there is no way to tell you how to improve your business itself without knowing a whole lot more information about your business. Leads are simply people making your phone rin

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Added by Linda Day Harrison on August 25, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Your Property Path The Stock Market Looks At Real Estate


Well, we all have heard the bad news, housing sales down again, hugely - 23% in the quarter. NAR reports that sales are at their lowest since the sales series launched in 1999, and single family sales are at the lowest level since May of 1995. And it doesnt look much better in the near term either. Pending sales, a forward indicator of market activity, dropped 30% based on contracts signed on May and is almost 16% the May 09 numbers.

These reports are always about today. The sto… Continue

Added by Your Property Path on August 25, 2010 at 8:21pm — No Comments

CREOpoint Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate Launches Multilingual iForum on CREOpoint.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New York and London, August 24, 2010


OSCRE (Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate), a non-profit organization driving the development and adoption of e-business standards, is pleased to launch its multilingual iForum www.OSCREiForum.or

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Added by CREOpoint on August 24, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Ken Ashley No Parking on the Dance Floor

Please see the new blog post at The Commercial Tenant Resource in which we discuss today's parking needs: commercialtenantresource.wordpress.com Continue

Added by Ken Ashley on August 20, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Gunnar Branson Does Extend Mean Pretend? Six Challenges to Conventional Wisdom.

Just as the most brilliant among us have made decisions at the height of the bubble that we might want to take back, some unexamined assumptions may cause us to miss what is actually taking place.

In recent conversations with Bruce Cohen, CEO of

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Added by Gunnar Branson on August 20, 2010 at 11:54am — 1 Comment

Your Property Path Mortgage Bankers Weekly Update: Essentially Unchanged Despite Lowest Rates

Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of 08/11/2010

Market Composite Index: (loan application volume) increased 0.6 percent on a seaso
nally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 0.4 percent compared with the previous week.

Refinance Index: increased 0.6 percent from… Continue

Added by Your Property Path on August 14, 2010 at 5:01pm — No Comments

Your Property Path Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Update: Mortgage Rates Fall Again

30-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 4.44 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending August 12, 2010, down from last week when it averaged 4.49 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.29 percent.

The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged a record low of 3.92 percent with an average 0.6 point, down from last week when it averaged 3.95 percent. A year ago at this time, the 15-… Continue

Added by Your Property Path on August 14, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Your Property Path The Rental Sector Is Looking Up


June vacancy rates in the largest 64 markets in the country averaged 6.6%, down from 8.2% at the end of 2009, according to MPF Research. We certainly see the increase in rental demand in 2010, and it's been a little more, frankly, than most apartment experts had anticipated," said Mark Obrinsky, chief economist for the National Multi Housing Council.

This may be the brightest sector and only strong story in a dismal market. There is a real sense… Continue

Added by Your Property Path on August 11, 2010 at 8:44pm — No Comments

Your Property Path Mortgage Bankers Weekly Update: Mortgage Applications Increase

Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of 07/28/2010

Market Composite Index: (loan application volume) increased 1.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier.

Refinance Index: increased 1.3 percent from the previous week
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Added by Your Property Path on August 5, 2010 at 8:38pm — No Comments

Your Property Path Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Update: Mortgage Rates Down Again


30-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 4.49 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending August 5, 2010, down from last week when it averaged 4.54 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.22 percent.

The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged a record low of 3.95 percent with an average 0.6 point, down from last week when it averaged 4.00 percent. A… Continue

Added by Your Property Path on August 5, 2010 at 8:37pm — No Comments

Bob Thompson Workplace or Workspace



Depending upon your standpoint, buildings may be viewed in many different ways. Simplistically, an
architect may have primarily an aesthetic view. An investor may have a view of a building described by the characteristics of the return it generates. From a research perspective I tend to see buildings as economic capacity.


It is clear that commercial buildings do not exist merely to protect t

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Added by Bob Thompson on August 5, 2010 at 9:21am — 1 Comment

Gunnar Branson debt for growth: "no surge, but you can eat again"

Right now, conventional wisdom declares that debt can only be found from insurance companies and some banks in a tight range of 50% to 65% loan-to-value (“LTV”), and can only be had for the most “perfect” assets. CMBS is just starting to happen, but forget about value-add, or distressed asset acquisitions - the only action right now is in stabilized institutional quality properties. As such, there is fierce competition and fast sinking cap rates for those few deals. Everywhere else, the marke

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Added by Gunnar Branson on August 3, 2010 at 10:57am — No Comments

Your Property Path Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Update: Rates Inch Downward to Another New Low

30-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 4.54 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending July 29, 2010, down from last week when it averaged 4.56 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.25 percent.

The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged a record low of 4.00 percent with an average 0.7 point , down from last week when it averaged 4.03 percent. A year ago at this time, the 15-y… Continue

Added by Your Property Path on July 31, 2010 at 10:43pm — No Comments

Your Property Path Mortgage Bankers Weekly Update: Mortgage Applications Decrease

Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of 07/28/2010

Market Composite Index: (loan application volume) decreased 4.4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier

Refinance Index: decreased 5.9 percent from the previous week.

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Added by Your Property Path on July 31, 2010 at 10:43pm — No Comments

Your Property Path Real Estate Markets: Whats The Catalyst

The number of homeowners missing their first payment on their mortgage declined from May to June and number of loans in foreclosure was flat at nearly 2 million. Delinquencies and Foreclosures remain stable but elevated with two loans deteriorating for every one that has improved. see chart here

So Whats The Catalyst… Continue

Added by Your Property Path on July 28, 2010 at 11:03pm — No Comments

Your Property Path Mortgage Bankers Weekly Update: Mortgage Refinance Applications Increase

Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of 07/07/2010

Market Composite Index: (loan
application volume) increased 6.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis
from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 6.5
percent compared with the previous week.

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Added by Your Property Path on July 18, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Your Property Path Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Update: Mortgage Drops Slightly to Create Another New Low



30-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 4.57 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending July 8, 2010, down from last week when it averaged 4.58 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 5.20 percent. This rate is yet another all-time low in Freddie Mac’s 39-year survey.

The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 4.07 percent with an average 0.… Continue

Added by Your Property Path on July 18, 2010 at 6:29pm — No Comments

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