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June 2008

The Option Arm Explosion

Posted by John Bremner on June 10th, 2008 8:29 PM

OIL !!!

Posted by John Bremner on June 7th, 2008 2:52 PM

May 2012

Dinosaurs may have caused extinction with flatulence

Posted by John Bremner on May 8th, 2012 8:50 AM

Clouds’ Effect on Climate Change Is Last Bastion for Dissenters

Posted by John Bremner on May 7th, 2012 6:50 AM

How McDonald’s Came Back Bigger Than Ever

Posted by John Bremner on May 6th, 2012 6:27 AM

Yogurt diet leads to ‘swaggering’ mice with larger testicles

Posted by John Bremner on May 5th, 2012 7:25 AM

Target, Unhappy With Being an Amazon Showroom, Will Stop Selling Kindles

Posted by John Bremner on May 4th, 2012 6:57 AM

Retirement, Slipping Farther and Farther Away

Posted by John Bremner on May 3rd, 2012 7:27 AM

Kings of the carnivores

Posted by John Bremner on May 2nd, 2012 8:07 AM

Once poster child of crisis, Iceland recovers

Posted by John Bremner on May 1st, 2012 7:10 AM

April 2012

In Hopeful Sign, Health Spending Is Flattening Out

Posted by John Bremner on April 30th, 2012 7:46 AM

Farmers Foil Indian Utilities Using Cell Phones to Access Solar

Posted by John Bremner on April 29th, 2012 8:08 AM

At 92, a Bandit to Hollywood but a Hero to Soldiers

Posted by John Bremner on April 27th, 2012 11:52 AM

Low-ball offers decline in some housing markets

Posted by John Bremner on April 23rd, 2012 7:27 AM

Facts, 360 B.C.-A.D. 2012

Posted by John Bremner on April 22nd, 2012 6:28 AM

Are Most People in Denial About Their Weight?

Posted by John Bremner on April 21st, 2012 7:37 AM

Orwell, Kafka and Ai Weiwei

Posted by John Bremner on April 19th, 2012 8:29 AM

America's Dumbest Tax Loophole: The Florida Rent-a-Cow Scam

Posted by John Bremner on April 18th, 2012 6:59 AM

Don’t Expect Another Midyear Swoon in 2012

Posted by John Bremner on April 17th, 2012 10:52 AM

Why You Should Drink at Work

Posted by John Bremner on April 16th, 2012 7:59 AM

The Battle for a Comic-Book Empire That Archie Built

Posted by John Bremner on April 15th, 2012 8:57 AM

Healthy, Nutritious Food Would Have Saved The Titanic

Posted by John Bremner on April 14th, 2012 7:42 AM

Sam Spade at Starbucks

Posted by John Bremner on April 13th, 2012 10:40 AM

Facebook is scared of the internet

Posted by John Bremner on April 12th, 2012 8:00 AM

A Lie Races Across Twitter Before the Truth Can Boot Up

Posted by John Bremner on April 11th, 2012 7:47 AM

CEOs and the Candle Problem

Posted by John Bremner on April 10th, 2012 6:59 AM

A growing answer to rising seas: floating homes

Posted by John Bremner on April 9th, 2012 7:00 AM

Call That a Budget?

Posted by John Bremner on April 7th, 2012 8:10 AM

Just One More Game ...

Posted by John Bremner on April 6th, 2012 7:02 AM

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decline to 357,000

Posted by John Bremner on April 5th, 2012 6:55 AM

The Shaky Science of Online Dating

Posted by John Bremner on April 4th, 2012 7:44 AM

The End Is Coming: January 1, 2013

Posted by John Bremner on April 3rd, 2012 8:52 AM

Suu Kyi’s Party Declares Landslide as Myanmar Opens Up

Posted by John Bremner on April 2nd, 2012 7:17 AM

The Era of Big Box Retail Dominance Is Coming to an End

Posted by John Bremner on April 1st, 2012 7:37 AM

March 2012

Lawyers Opposing Health Care Law Cite Kids-With-Pre-Existing-Conditions-Can-Go-Fuck-Themselves Clause

Posted by John Bremner on March 30th, 2012 7:41 AM

Finally, an Espresso Machine for the Car

Posted by John Bremner on March 29th, 2012 7:06 AM

Florida’s New Election Law Blunts Voter Drives

Posted by John Bremner on March 28th, 2012 6:47 AM

The Wall Street multibillion scandal no one is talking about

Posted by John Bremner on March 27th, 2012 9:32 AM

Paranoia Strikes Deeper

Posted by John Bremner on March 26th, 2012 7:34 AM

Please Stop Apologizing

Posted by John Bremner on March 24th, 2012 7:30 AM

The Housing Market Bottom?

Posted by John Bremner on March 23rd, 2012 8:35 AM

As Cars Are Kept Longer, 200,000 Is New 100,000

Posted by John Bremner on March 22nd, 2012 8:30 AM

Ready to Rebound

Posted by John Bremner on March 21st, 2012 8:03 AM

Unmired at last

Posted by John Bremner on March 20th, 2012 8:06 AM

How David Beats Goliath

Posted by John Bremner on March 19th, 2012 7:02 AM

In Sit-Down Restaurants, an Economic Indicator

Posted by John Bremner on March 18th, 2012 9:10 AM

Bleak outlook for US newspapers

Posted by John Bremner on March 17th, 2012 9:13 AM

What Isn’t for Sale?

Posted by John Bremner on March 16th, 2012 7:30 AM

Retail Sales in U.S. Rose in February by Most in Five Months

Posted by John Bremner on March 13th, 2012 8:02 AM

Prices Up, Cap Rates Down

Posted by John Bremner on March 12th, 2012 7:26 AM

Banks foreclosing on US churches in record numbers

Posted by John Bremner on March 11th, 2012 8:05 AM

Employment Report Summary and Discussion

Posted by John Bremner on March 10th, 2012 7:56 AM

The myth of the eight-hour sleep

Posted by John Bremner on March 9th, 2012 8:20 AM

Finding Your Book Interrupted ... By the Tablet You Read It On

Posted by John Bremner on March 7th, 2012 7:12 AM

Vatican Dispatches Elite Team Of Bishops To Sabotage Contraceptive Manufacturer

Posted by John Bremner on March 6th, 2012 9:46 AM

A fall to cheer

Posted by John Bremner on March 5th, 2012 7:49 AM

Oceans Acidifying Fastest in 300 Million Years Due to Emissions

Posted by John Bremner on March 3rd, 2012 7:58 AM

Cash Hoard Expands by $187 Billion in Untaxed Offshore Corporate Accounts

Posted by John Bremner on March 2nd, 2012 8:18 AM

Blue States Are the Providers, Red States Are the Parasites

Posted by John Bremner on March 1st, 2012 7:22 AM

February 2012

Incompetent People Too Ignorant to Know It

Posted by John Bremner on February 29th, 2012 7:50 AM

Blurred Line Between Espionage and Truth

Posted by John Bremner on February 28th, 2012 7:45 AM

Measures of well-being

Posted by John Bremner on February 27th, 2012 7:46 AM

Rents Keep Rising, Even as Housing Prices Fall

Posted by John Bremner on February 26th, 2012 9:24 AM

Fears grow for protracted war in Syria

Posted by John Bremner on February 25th, 2012 8:57 AM

What Led The Once Dominant Commercial Real Estate Firm Grubb & Ellis Into Bankruptcy?

Posted by John Bremner on February 24th, 2012 8:48 AM

America's First Great Financial Journalist

Posted by John Bremner on February 23rd, 2012 7:03 AM

The Worse the Economy, the Longer People Live

Posted by John Bremner on February 22nd, 2012 8:36 AM

Apartment, Office Properties Record Strongest CRE Pricing Recovery In 2011

Posted by John Bremner on February 21st, 2012 7:54 AM

How Companies Learn Your Secrets

Posted by John Bremner on February 17th, 2012 8:49 AM

New Breeding Program Aimed At Keeping Moderate Republicans From Going Extinct

Posted by John Bremner on February 16th, 2012 7:28 AM

Total Health Care Costs Fall When Poor Are Provided Insurance

Posted by John Bremner on February 15th, 2012 7:09 AM

Mortgage settlement is great — for politicians and banks

Posted by John Bremner on February 13th, 2012 7:12 AM

Drug Quickly Reverses Alzheimer's Symptoms in Mice

Posted by John Bremner on February 12th, 2012 8:34 AM

As ‘Yuck Factor’ Subsides, Treated Wastewater Flows From Taps

Posted by John Bremner on February 11th, 2012 8:40 AM

Feeling Better About the Economy

Posted by John Bremner on February 10th, 2012 8:16 AM

The impact of changes in the participation rate on the unemployment rate

Posted by John Bremner on February 8th, 2012 8:41 AM

The Housing Bottom is Here

Posted by John Bremner on February 7th, 2012 8:58 AM

Huggies Price Cut Shows Why Bond Market Backing Bernanke Considering QE3

Posted by John Bremner on February 6th, 2012 10:09 AM

Look before you leap, Mr Zuckerberg

Posted by John Bremner on February 3rd, 2012 8:19 AM

January Downshift Shouldn’t Be Surprise.

Posted by John Bremner on February 2nd, 2012 8:58 AM

Where’s the Capital?

Posted by John Bremner on February 1st, 2012 9:18 AM

January 2012

Greece and the Euro - An Economy Crumbles

Posted by John Bremner on January 31st, 2012 8:16 AM

What Debt Did for Romney

Posted by John Bremner on January 30th, 2012 7:01 AM

Is Our Economy Healing?

Posted by John Bremner on January 28th, 2012 8:21 AM

Romneymania Sweeps America

Posted by John Bremner on January 26th, 2012 7:42 AM

No End To Complications

Posted by John Bremner on January 25th, 2012 8:31 AM

The Caging of America

Posted by John Bremner on January 24th, 2012 7:57 AM

Fox News viewers less informed about current events than those who don’t watch news at all

Posted by John Bremner on January 23rd, 2012 8:24 AM

Michigan commercial real estate market has 'begun our recovery'

Posted by John Bremner on January 19th, 2012 9:05 AM

The great hedge fund humbling of 2011

Posted by John Bremner on January 18th, 2012 9:09 AM

The Truth Wears Off

Posted by John Bremner on January 17th, 2012 8:24 AM

Everything You Need to Know About Wall Street, in One Brief Tale

Posted by John Bremner on January 14th, 2012 9:03 AM

Remittances to Mexico Rebound

Posted by John Bremner on January 13th, 2012 7:49 AM

Banks Plan to Increase CRE Allocations in 2012

Posted by John Bremner on January 12th, 2012 8:27 AM

Mafia now "Italy's No.1 bank"

Posted by John Bremner on January 11th, 2012 8:28 AM

M.I.T. Game-Changer: Free Online Education For All

Posted by John Bremner on January 10th, 2012 8:09 AM

How Wall Street Turned a Crisis Into a Cartel

Posted by John Bremner on January 9th, 2012 7:24 AM

Summary for Week ending January 6th

Posted by John Bremner on January 8th, 2012 8:46 AM

Crazy aunt on the loose

Posted by John Bremner on January 7th, 2012 9:00 AM

Harder for Americans to Rise From Lower Rungs

Posted by John Bremner on January 6th, 2012 8:00 AM

Why All Is Not (Uniformly) Rosy in the Apartment Sector

Posted by John Bremner on January 5th, 2012 7:41 AM

Rising Small Business Optimism Fuels Broadening of CRE Recovery

Posted by John Bremner on January 4th, 2012 7:32 AM

Happy Days Are Here Again!

Posted by John Bremner on January 2nd, 2012 8:52 AM

December 2011

The bursting of the global housing bubble is only halfway through

Posted by John Bremner on December 31st, 2011 10:58 AM

Completed Foreclosure Sales in 2011 Fall Well Below 2010

Posted by John Bremner on December 30th, 2011 9:42 AM

How Banks Cheat Taxpayers

Posted by John Bremner on December 28th, 2011 8:34 AM

The accidental universe:

Posted by John Bremner on December 23rd, 2011 9:20 AM

The State of the Investment Environment

Posted by John Bremner on December 22nd, 2011 8:36 AM

How Facebook Can Hurt Your Credit Rating

Posted by John Bremner on December 19th, 2011 7:57 AM

Fire Bernanke? Not So Fast, Mr. Gingrich

Posted by John Bremner on December 17th, 2011 8:07 AM

Amid the Gloom, U.S. Economy Quietly Improves

Posted by John Bremner on December 16th, 2011 10:43 AM

In Hunt for Securities Fraud, a Timid S.E.C. Misses the Big Game

Posted by John Bremner on December 16th, 2011 10:43 AM

China's housing bubble is losing air

Posted by John Bremner on December 13th, 2011 4:22 PM

More on those secret Federal Reserve loans to banks

Posted by John Bremner on December 12th, 2011 8:26 AM

A Holiday Parody Sampler

Posted by John Bremner on December 11th, 2011 9:31 AM

Despite law against it, stealth commercials frequently masquerade as TV news

Posted by John Bremner on December 8th, 2011 7:52 AM

Advice From the 1%: Lever Up, Drop Out

Posted by John Bremner on December 5th, 2011 8:10 AM

Police Officers Find That Dissent on Drug Laws May Come With a Price

Posted by John Bremner on December 4th, 2011 8:02 AM

Nation's Undiscovered Pedophile Coaches Getting Extremely Nervous

Posted by John Bremner on December 3rd, 2011 8:35 AM

U.S. Unemployment Rate Falls To Lowest Level In Nearly Three Years

Posted by John Bremner on December 2nd, 2011 8:02 AM

November 2011

CoreLogic: 10.7 Million U.S. Properties with Negative Equity in Q3

Posted by John Bremner on November 30th, 2011 7:44 AM

Traditional Lenders Continue to Finance Retail, But Focus on Top Product

Posted by John Bremner on November 25th, 2011 8:37 AM

Older, Suburban and Struggling, ‘Near Poor’ Startle the Census

Posted by John Bremner on November 24th, 2011 8:36 AM

Federal agents say 88-year-old Saratoga man's invention is being used by meth labs

Posted by John Bremner on November 23rd, 2011 8:48 AM

Saved from the pot

Posted by John Bremner on November 21st, 2011 7:22 AM

Teaching Good Sex

Posted by John Bremner on November 19th, 2011 7:45 AM

CRE Pricing Recovery Continues

Posted by John Bremner on November 18th, 2011 9:22 AM

The Face of Modern Slavery

Posted by John Bremner on November 17th, 2011 8:14 AM

U.S. Economy Shows Signs Of Momentum On Rising Retail Sales

Posted by John Bremner on November 16th, 2011 7:42 AM

State by state exports to Europe

Posted by John Bremner on November 15th, 2011 7:22 AM

Debt By Degrees

Posted by John Bremner on November 14th, 2011 7:38 AM

Summary for Week Ending Nov 11th

Posted by John Bremner on November 13th, 2011 8:14 AM

The Deleveraging Myth

Posted by John Bremner on November 10th, 2011 12:11 PM

Israel May Lack Capability for Effective Strike on Iran Nuclear Facilities

Posted by John Bremner on November 9th, 2011 7:46 AM

Europe, the International System and a Generational Shift

Posted by John Bremner on November 8th, 2011 8:12 AM

U.S. Commercial-Property Lending Rises to Highest Since 2007

Posted by John Bremner on November 7th, 2011 8:57 AM

Japan Revives a Sea Barrier That Failed to Hold

Posted by John Bremner on November 6th, 2011 8:19 AM

Mike Bloomberg's Marie Antoinette Moment

Posted by John Bremner on November 4th, 2011 8:42 AM

Ferrari sees 'one of best years' despite downturn

Posted by John Bremner on November 3rd, 2011 8:00 AM

Honda Withdraws Earnings Guidance On Currency Markets, Thai Floods

Posted by John Bremner on November 2nd, 2011 8:43 AM

October 2011

How cognitive illusions blind us to reason

Posted by John Bremner on October 31st, 2011 7:20 AM

U.S. Consumer Confidence Rises in Sign Americans Will Keep Recovery Intact

Posted by John Bremner on October 29th, 2011 9:01 AM

Strengths Outnumber Weaknesses, But CRE Recovery Will be a Grind in 2012

Posted by John Bremner on October 27th, 2011 6:51 AM

If You’re Happy and You Know It, Must I Know, Too?

Posted by John Bremner on October 26th, 2011 7:39 AM

Global warming confirmed by independent study

Posted by John Bremner on October 24th, 2011 6:26 AM

Divisions Grow on Federal Reserve’s Policy Committee

Posted by John Bremner on October 23rd, 2011 7:30 AM

California Adopts Limits on Greenhouse Gases

Posted by John Bremner on October 22nd, 2011 6:53 AM

The Stock Market Is NOT Cheap

Posted by John Bremner on October 21st, 2011 8:57 AM

Commercial Real Estate Deals Decline in U.S. as Rebound Cools

Posted by John Bremner on October 20th, 2011 12:37 PM

Insurers See an Opening in Commercial Mortgages

Posted by John Bremner on October 19th, 2011 7:13 AM

Home Short Sales Rise in ‘Dramatic Shift’ That May Boost Prices

Posted by John Bremner on October 18th, 2011 7:00 AM

Nation Waiting For Protesters To Clearly Articulate Demands Before Ignoring Them

Posted by John Bremner on October 13th, 2011 8:26 AM

Seepage From Europe Affects U.S. Commercial Real Estate Debt

Posted by John Bremner on October 7th, 2011 9:40 AM

Ask what your country can do for you

Posted by John Bremner on October 5th, 2011 7:49 AM

Swiss Head for Bunkers in Case of Euro Fall-Out

Posted by John Bremner on October 4th, 2011 6:48 AM

September 2011

Fish known as wrasses are found to use tools

Posted by John Bremner on September 29th, 2011 11:57 AM

As Federal Crime List Grows, Threshold of Guilt Declines .

Posted by John Bremner on September 28th, 2011 7:07 AM

REPORT: Economists Shut Out Of Debt-Ceiling Debate

Posted by John Bremner on September 26th, 2011 8:17 AM

Gunning for Wall Street, With Faulty Aim

Posted by John Bremner on September 25th, 2011 7:49 AM

Harvard To Fund Triple Net Lease Venture

Posted by John Bremner on September 23rd, 2011 10:37 AM

SF Fed expects commercial real estate prices to rebound

Posted by John Bremner on September 21st, 2011 7:32 AM

Distressed Nation Turns To Poet Laureate For Solace

Posted by John Bremner on September 19th, 2011 9:59 AM

Is It Weird Enough Yet?

Posted by John Bremner on September 18th, 2011 11:28 AM

State Unemployment Rates "little changed" in August

Posted by John Bremner on September 17th, 2011 6:56 AM

U.S. Economic Recovery Resting On Man Currently Perusing Sears Power Tools Section

Posted by John Bremner on September 15th, 2011 7:12 AM

Massive default is best way to fix the economy

Posted by John Bremner on September 14th, 2011 7:48 AM

Fatherhood Leads to Drop in Testosterone

Posted by John Bremner on September 13th, 2011 8:25 AM

Excellence for fewer

Posted by John Bremner on September 12th, 2011 8:00 AM

Gyms Working Out for Landlords

Posted by John Bremner on September 9th, 2011 8:43 AM

Cryptocurrency

Posted by John Bremner on September 8th, 2011 8:21 AM

The Great Casual-Dining Upheaval

Posted by John Bremner on September 7th, 2011 10:58 AM

The Limping Middle Class

Posted by John Bremner on September 6th, 2011 8:52 AM

August 2011

Failing U.S. Economy No Reason At All To Stop Investing In Print Media, All Experts Agree

Posted by John Bremner on August 31st, 2011 8:44 AM

Why America Is Likely to See a ‘Manufacturing Renaissance’

Posted by John Bremner on August 30th, 2011 7:53 AM

University of the People

Posted by John Bremner on August 27th, 2011 9:32 AM

Boomer Retirement: Headwinds for U.S. Equity Markets?

Posted by John Bremner on August 23rd, 2011 8:29 AM

Blindfolds and Bullet Trains

Posted by John Bremner on August 22nd, 2011 8:37 AM

Analysts: CRE nears bottom, making market ripe for investors

Posted by John Bremner on August 21st, 2011 7:33 AM

Revisions to Economic Forecasts

Posted by John Bremner on August 20th, 2011 8:05 AM

The explosive truth behind Fukushima's meltdown

Posted by John Bremner on August 18th, 2011 7:41 AM

Visa Exposed As Massive Credit Card Scam

Posted by John Bremner on August 17th, 2011 8:43 AM

How Bad Is It?

Posted by John Bremner on August 16th, 2011 8:24 AM

Markets will take any help they can get

Posted by John Bremner on August 14th, 2011 7:41 AM

On the Road, and Out of the Red

Posted by John Bremner on August 12th, 2011 10:18 AM

New GOP Strategy Involves Reelecting Obama, Making His Life Even More Miserable

Posted by John Bremner on August 11th, 2011 8:28 AM

A Speculator Takes Blame for Mortgage Mess

Posted by John Bremner on August 10th, 2011 7:06 AM

Feds Turn To Hackers

Posted by John Bremner on August 9th, 2011 7:28 AM

Beefed-up Burgernomics

Posted by John Bremner on August 6th, 2011 7:25 AM

July 2011

Evolution Right Under Our Noses

Posted by John Bremner on July 27th, 2011 7:52 AM

Commercial real estate outlook improving

Posted by John Bremner on July 26th, 2011 8:32 AM

Congress Continues Debate Over Whether Or Not Nation Should Be Economically Ruined

Posted by John Bremner on July 25th, 2011 7:45 AM

This Hero Didn’t Stand a Chance

Posted by John Bremner on July 24th, 2011 8:28 AM

Homeowners in Denial About Value of Properties

Posted by John Bremner on July 23rd, 2011 7:52 AM

Bonuses for Billionaires

Posted by John Bremner on July 22nd, 2011 6:37 AM

It Isn't Easy Being Green in Europe

Posted by John Bremner on July 21st, 2011 7:49 AM

Japan Bans Radioactive Cattle From Near Nuclear Plant as Pollution Spreads

Posted by John Bremner on July 20th, 2011 7:33 AM

Rising Sales Volume, Deal Value Show Continued Investor Faith In CRE

Posted by John Bremner on July 20th, 2011 7:22 AM

Home remodeling up to highest level since 2004

Posted by John Bremner on July 19th, 2011 7:21 AM

Belle of the Ball

Posted by John Bremner on July 14th, 2011 6:01 AM

ECONOMIC PREDICTIONS FOR YEAR-END 2011

Posted by John Bremner on July 13th, 2011 7:30 AM

Answer for Invasive Species: Put It on a Plate and Eat It

Posted by John Bremner on July 12th, 2011 7:26 AM

The CRE Recovery Continues

Posted by John Bremner on July 11th, 2011 7:59 AM

Somehow, the Unemployed Became Invisible

Posted by John Bremner on July 10th, 2011 7:23 AM

Lenders Increase Financing Volume, But Only for Low-Risk Properties

Posted by John Bremner on July 9th, 2011 6:55 AM

Big Business Leaves Deficit to Politicians

Posted by John Bremner on July 8th, 2011 8:14 AM

Apartment Vacancy Rate falls to 6% in Q2

Posted by John Bremner on July 7th, 2011 8:49 AM

Easing Headwinds Mean Smoother Sailing in Second Half

Posted by John Bremner on July 6th, 2011 7:27 AM

Special servicers: The back-office power brokers of commercial real estate

Posted by John Bremner on July 5th, 2011 9:41 AM

The D.A. Stole His Life, Justices Took His Money

Posted by John Bremner on July 3rd, 2011 11:48 AM

Goldman Sachs: Five Hopeful Signs for the Second Half

Posted by John Bremner on July 2nd, 2011 7:03 AM

JPMorgan Scores Victory for Repeat Offenders

Posted by John Bremner on July 1st, 2011 6:38 AM

June 2011

The Supreme Court’s continuing defense of the powerful

Posted by John Bremner on June 30th, 2011 7:22 AM

Elders Offer Help at Japan’s Crippled Reactor

Posted by John Bremner on June 28th, 2011 8:42 AM

Five economic lessons from Sweden, the rock star of the recovery

Posted by John Bremner on June 27th, 2011 6:46 AM

Upside to CRE Market Has Begun

Posted by John Bremner on June 25th, 2011 8:24 AM

As Greece Ponders Default, Lessons From Argentina

Posted by John Bremner on June 24th, 2011 7:43 AM

Shadow Inventory Continues to Decline

Posted by John Bremner on June 23rd, 2011 6:37 AM

At least Weiner was a distraction

Posted by John Bremner on June 22nd, 2011 8:43 AM

The Illusions of Psychiatry

Posted by John Bremner on June 21st, 2011 7:39 AM

Report: Massive Wildfires, Geopolitical Crises, AIDS, Human Rights Violations, Deadly Shootings, Africa, Trapped Travelers, Ethical And Moral Issues, Child Labor, Drug Wars

Posted by John Bremner on June 20th, 2011 8:02 AM

The Banking Miracle

Posted by John Bremner on June 19th, 2011 7:52 AM

State Unemployment Rates Little Changed in May

Posted by John Bremner on June 18th, 2011 7:40 AM

Corrupt officials took $124B out of China

Posted by John Bremner on June 17th, 2011 7:48 AM

As CRE Loan Stress Peaks, Debt Investment and Modification Strategies Change

Posted by John Bremner on June 16th, 2011 6:38 AM

Vouchercare Is Not Medicare

Posted by John Bremner on June 15th, 2011 8:11 AM

Will Cap Rates Rise or Fall in 2011 and 2012?

Posted by John Bremner on June 14th, 2011 6:51 AM

Small Banks, Big Banks, Giant Differences

Posted by John Bremner on June 13th, 2011 8:42 AM

Economy’s I-Told-You-So Naysayers Hold a Reunion

Posted by John Bremner on June 12th, 2011 10:26 AM

Making the US Economy ‘Scream’

Posted by John Bremner on June 11th, 2011 7:07 AM

Budget Mix-Up Provides Nation's Schools With Enough Money

Posted by John Bremner on June 9th, 2011 8:01 AM

The Rage of the 'Indignants'

Posted by John Bremner on June 8th, 2011 7:05 AM

Comparing Payroll Job Growth in 2011 to 2010

Posted by John Bremner on June 7th, 2011 7:48 AM

When a Nobel Prize Isn’t Enough

Posted by John Bremner on June 6th, 2011 7:42 AM

A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself

Posted by John Bremner on June 5th, 2011 8:21 AM

We should end our disastrous war on drugs

Posted by John Bremner on June 4th, 2011 8:11 AM

Investment Sales Volume Shows Strong Momentum as Credit Flows

Posted by John Bremner on June 2nd, 2011 7:50 AM

Groundwater Depletion Is Detected From Space

Posted by John Bremner on June 1st, 2011 6:50 AM

May 2011

Hitler and the Chinese Internet generation

Posted by John Bremner on May 31st, 2011 8:31 AM

Money for CRE Deals Starting To Flow

Posted by John Bremner on May 28th, 2011 8:09 AM

Forever Young? In Some Ways, Yes

Posted by John Bremner on May 27th, 2011 9:33 AM

Spike in Distressed Property Sales Is A Healthy Sign

Posted by John Bremner on May 26th, 2011 6:53 AM

Steady Decline in Major Crime Baffles Experts

Posted by John Bremner on May 25th, 2011 7:51 AM

U.S. Commercial Real Estate Prices Decline to Post-Crash Low

Posted by John Bremner on May 24th, 2011 6:46 AM

Saturday Night Live - The Strauss-Kahn Eurozone Crisis

Posted by John Bremner on May 23rd, 2011 6:25 AM

Needed: Plain Talk About the Dollar

Posted by John Bremner on May 22nd, 2011 8:40 AM

How to spot a psychopath

Posted by John Bremner on May 21st, 2011 7:30 AM

Artificial Light

Posted by John Bremner on May 20th, 2011 6:49 AM

Operation Seduction

Posted by John Bremner on May 17th, 2011 11:13 AM

The Coming Euro Crack-Up

Posted by John Bremner on May 16th, 2011 11:27 AM

In Prison Reform, Money Trumps Civil Rights

Posted by John Bremner on May 15th, 2011 9:36 AM

Fountains of Optimism for Life Way Out There

Posted by John Bremner on May 10th, 2011 8:16 AM

Budget Mix-Up Provides Nation's Schools With Enough Money To Properly Educate Students

Posted by John Bremner on May 9th, 2011 7:11 AM

The DeVos Family: Super-Wealthy Working to Kill Public Education

Posted by John Bremner on May 8th, 2011 8:31 AM

Barking about the dogs of war

Posted by John Bremner on May 7th, 2011 6:47 AM

Employment Summary, Part Time Workers, and Unemployed over 26 Weeks

Posted by John Bremner on May 6th, 2011 8:04 AM

Bin Laden’s Death Ends ‘Favorite Excuse’ of Leaders to Crush Arab Spring

Posted by John Bremner on May 5th, 2011 6:38 AM

CoStar Sees Stability in U.S. Retail Scene

Posted by John Bremner on May 4th, 2011 8:11 AM

Is E-Commerce the Shopping Center Industry’s Friend or Foe?

Posted by John Bremner on May 2nd, 2011 8:15 AM

Law Students Lose the Grant Game as Schools Win

Posted by John Bremner on May 1st, 2011 7:52 AM

April 2011

A Few Takeaways From Bernanke Press Briefing

Posted by John Bremner on April 28th, 2011 8:25 AM

Starbucks Recaptures its Position at the Head of the U.S. Coffee Market

Posted by John Bremner on April 27th, 2011 7:16 AM

Increasing Liquidity For Commercial Real Estate Loans Bodes Well for the Industry

Posted by John Bremner on April 26th, 2011 1:14 PM

The Really Smart Phone

Posted by John Bremner on April 25th, 2011 9:13 AM

Starbucks Targets Coffee Drinkers Who Wouldn’t Be Caught Dead at Starbucks

Posted by John Bremner on April 24th, 2011 7:45 AM

Multigenerational Housing Is a Real Estate Growth Niche

Posted by John Bremner on April 23rd, 2011 9:01 AM

Mitt Romney Haunted By Past Of Trying To Help Uninsured Sick People

Posted by John Bremner on April 22nd, 2011 8:22 AM

China’s $3 trillion dilemma: What to do with all that cash?

Posted by John Bremner on April 21st, 2011 7:46 AM

Las Vegas jobless rate dips to 13.3 percent in March

Posted by John Bremner on April 20th, 2011 8:06 AM

The Double Irish and the Dutch Sandwich

Posted by John Bremner on April 19th, 2011 7:24 AM

Euro vs. Invasion of the Zombie Banks

Posted by John Bremner on April 18th, 2011 12:01 PM

Buyers Are Back

Posted by John Bremner on April 17th, 2011 7:42 AM

Why economists stubbornly stick to their guns

Posted by John Bremner on April 16th, 2011 7:43 AM

Rating Agencies Repeatedly Caved To Banks' Demands And Helped Cause Crisis

Posted by John Bremner on April 15th, 2011 8:37 AM

Commercial Real Estate Surges, Needs Corporate Hiring To Continue

Posted by John Bremner on April 14th, 2011 7:26 AM

Why 2011 Is Like 2000 and 2007

Posted by John Bremner on April 13th, 2011 8:21 AM

Will Commercial Real Estate Provide a Good Hedge Against Inflation?

Posted by John Bremner on April 12th, 2011 8:26 AM

Apartment Vacancies in U.S. Fall to Three-Year Low as Rental Demand Climbs

Posted by John Bremner on April 11th, 2011 7:09 AM

Peggy Sue Got Old

Posted by John Bremner on April 10th, 2011 7:33 AM

Big Banks Have a Powerful New Opponent

Posted by John Bremner on April 9th, 2011 7:18 AM

Lessons Learned

Posted by John Bremner on April 8th, 2011 7:30 AM

Budgets and Political Grandstanding

Posted by John Bremner on April 7th, 2011 7:51 AM

Breakthrough: Polymer Nanoparticles Detect and Destroy MRSA

Posted by John Bremner on April 6th, 2011 7:42 AM

Office Market in U.S. Begins Recovery as Vacancy Rate Declines

Posted by John Bremner on April 5th, 2011 8:28 AM

Foreign currency trading is easy — an easy way to lose money

Posted by John Bremner on April 4th, 2011 7:53 AM

Why The Middle-Aged Are Missing Out On New Jobs

Posted by John Bremner on April 3rd, 2011 8:54 AM

Continued Existence Of Edible Arrangements Disproves Central Tenets Of Capitalism

Posted by John Bremner on April 2nd, 2011 7:30 AM

Convenient Arguments

Posted by John Bremner on April 1st, 2011 8:12 AM

March 2011

Obama's Fatal Addiction to Corporate Hustlers

Posted by John Bremner on March 31st, 2011 6:52 AM

Arriving as Pregnant Tourists, Leaving With American Babies

Posted by John Bremner on March 30th, 2011 7:46 AM

U.S. Queen Bees Work Overtime to Save Hives

Posted by John Bremner on March 29th, 2011 8:05 AM

Real estate: It's time to buy again

Posted by John Bremner on March 28th, 2011 8:42 AM

A Nation of Dropouts Shakes Europe .

Posted by John Bremner on March 27th, 2011 8:54 AM

In Prison for Taking a Liar Loan

Posted by John Bremner on March 26th, 2011 8:09 AM

Stand-Alone Retail Properties Generating Renewed Interest from Investors-- Hinting at Broader Recovery To Come

Posted by John Bremner on March 24th, 2011 7:41 AM

New Civil War Erupts, Led by Super Rich & GOP

Posted by John Bremner on March 23rd, 2011 7:22 AM

The Plight of Boomtowns … Humbled After the Bust

Posted by John Bremner on March 22nd, 2011 8:32 AM

Coffee lowers stroke risk: Is it the new green tea?

Posted by John Bremner on March 21st, 2011 8:34 AM

Commercial Real Estate Debt Levels Fall — Again

Posted by John Bremner on March 20th, 2011 8:22 AM

The Recovery Will Be Bifurcated

Posted by John Bremner on March 19th, 2011 8:18 AM

Wider trade gap sign of better recovery

Posted by John Bremner on March 18th, 2011 8:15 AM

Not Quite Heaven, but 2011 Offers Hope

Posted by John Bremner on March 17th, 2011 7:27 AM

Hidden energy crisis in the Middle East

Posted by John Bremner on March 16th, 2011 9:07 AM

Is Happiness Overrated?

Posted by John Bremner on March 15th, 2011 8:37 AM

Okun’s Confounding Law … Here We Go Again

Posted by John Bremner on March 14th, 2011 7:35 AM

From ‘End of History’ Author, a Look at the Beginning and Middle

Posted by John Bremner on March 13th, 2011 7:36 AM

Bond king’s Lear-like Treasuries renunciation

Posted by John Bremner on March 12th, 2011 8:18 AM

Rustbelt Recovery

Posted by John Bremner on March 11th, 2011 6:25 AM

The Myth of Japan's 'Lost Decades'

Posted by John Bremner on March 10th, 2011 8:23 AM

Discovered: The Happiest Man in America

Posted by John Bremner on March 9th, 2011 10:41 AM

Where Should Investors Place Their Real Estate Bets in 2011?

Posted by John Bremner on March 8th, 2011 7:56 AM

Prime numbers - Commercial property has bounced back, but only in the best locations

Posted by John Bremner on March 7th, 2011 7:15 AM

Armies of Expensive Lawyers, Replaced by Cheaper Software

Posted by John Bremner on March 6th, 2011 9:59 AM

Labor Force Participation Rate

Posted by John Bremner on March 5th, 2011 8:19 AM

Employment Summary and Part Time Workers, Unemployed over 26 Weeks

Posted by John Bremner on March 4th, 2011 7:42 AM

Excess Capital Spurs Buyers Into Purchases for Fear of Missing Deals

Posted by John Bremner on March 3rd, 2011 8:09 AM

Commercial Real Estate Breathes Life Into a Moribund Market

Posted by John Bremner on March 2nd, 2011 9:17 AM

Commercial Property Deals May Double in U.S. as Blackstone Bets on Rebound

Posted by John Bremner on March 1st, 2011 8:40 AM

February 2011

Will 'Chindia' rule the world in 2050, or America after all?

Posted by John Bremner on February 28th, 2011 7:56 AM

Commercial Real Estate Finds Path, Still In Woods

Posted by John Bremner on February 26th, 2011 8:15 AM

It's the Inequality, Stupid

Posted by John Bremner on February 25th, 2011 8:55 AM

Dollar Stores Set for More Growth

Posted by John Bremner on February 24th, 2011 7:40 AM

Hartford’s McGreevey Wagers on Commercial Real Estate Rebound

Posted by John Bremner on February 23rd, 2011 8:02 AM

10 Signs the Economy Is on the Upswing

Posted by John Bremner on February 22nd, 2011 8:00 AM

Wisconsin Power Play

Posted by John Bremner on February 21st, 2011 7:40 AM

U.S. Apartment Construction Climbs With More Renters

Posted by John Bremner on February 20th, 2011 8:47 AM

Colbert on Clarence Thomas

Posted by John Bremner on February 19th, 2011 8:40 AM

Latest Repeat Sales Analysis Finds CRE Pricing Holding to SeeSaw Pattern

Posted by John Bremner on February 18th, 2011 5:24 AM

Banks Push Home Buyers to Put Down More Cash

Posted by John Bremner on February 17th, 2011 8:40 AM

All You Need to Know About Why Things Fell Apart: Michael Lewis

Posted by John Bremner on February 16th, 2011 8:06 AM

Retail Sales Increased 0.3% in January

Posted by John Bremner on February 15th, 2011 8:08 AM

Sputnikonomics

Posted by John Bremner on February 13th, 2011 8:29 AM

The Real Estate Washout That Wasn't

Posted by John Bremner on February 12th, 2011 8:43 AM

Ranking Economic Data

Posted by John Bremner on February 11th, 2011 7:46 AM

What's This Nonsense About Being Able To Laugh At One's Self?

Posted by John Bremner on February 10th, 2011 8:41 AM

More people choosing to rent, not buy, their home

Posted by John Bremner on February 9th, 2011 7:54 AM

Commercial Real Estate Coming Back, but Unevenly

Posted by John Bremner on February 8th, 2011 7:51 AM

Pent-Up Shopping Demand Fuels Surge In Retail Leasing

Posted by John Bremner on February 7th, 2011 7:59 AM

Commercial Property Recovers in U.S. as `Tsunami of Distress' Fails to Hit

Posted by John Bremner on February 6th, 2011 8:06 AM

Learning the art of greasing the wheels

Posted by John Bremner on February 5th, 2011 12:32 PM

Devil’s Bargain

Posted by John Bremner on February 3rd, 2011 7:30 AM

In 2011, Bid and Ask Pricing for Commercial Real Estate Will Converge

Posted by John Bremner on February 2nd, 2011 8:30 AM

Investors Tap Cash on the Sideline as Sales Velocity Begins to Rise

Posted by John Bremner on February 1st, 2011 8:06 AM

January 2011

Commercial Real Estate Recovery Has Legs

Posted by John Bremner on January 31st, 2011 8:01 AM

Housing Woes Fuel Apartment Surge

Posted by John Bremner on January 30th, 2011 8:43 AM

The Phantom 15 Million

Posted by John Bremner on January 29th, 2011 8:12 AM

Recovery in U.S. Warehouse Leasing Gaining Speed

Posted by John Bremner on January 28th, 2011 8:00 AM

Retail Investment Sales Surge in the Fourth Quarter

Posted by John Bremner on January 26th, 2011 8:06 AM

Moody's: Commercial Real Estate Prices increased 0.6% in November

Posted by John Bremner on January 25th, 2011 8:32 AM

More Hiring Expected as Gloom Starts to Lift .

Posted by John Bremner on January 24th, 2011 8:36 AM

Bye Bye Blackbird: USDA acknowledges a hand in mass bird death

Posted by John Bremner on January 23rd, 2011 9:04 AM

American Fast Food: From Supersize to Downsized

Posted by John Bremner on January 22nd, 2011 8:37 AM

The Deficit We Want

Posted by John Bremner on January 21st, 2011 8:04 AM

Break Out the Shovels: Major Ramp-Up In Apartment Development Expected in 2011

Posted by John Bremner on January 20th, 2011 9:17 AM

Apartment Rent Cuts Return to Orange County

Posted by John Bremner on January 19th, 2011 8:35 AM

D.C. Area Offices Bought at Market Bottom, Sold Again for 57.5 Percent More

Posted by John Bremner on January 18th, 2011 8:54 AM

Hedge funds bet China is a bubble close to bursting

Posted by John Bremner on January 17th, 2011 8:09 AM

That guy who called the big one? Don’t listen to him.

Posted by John Bremner on January 16th, 2011 8:30 AM

The Economic Cycle

Posted by John Bremner on January 15th, 2011 7:55 AM

Unemployment Still Dogging Commercial Real Estate

Posted by John Bremner on January 14th, 2011 5:12 AM

Commercial Property Transactions Soar 109% in 2010

Posted by John Bremner on January 13th, 2011 7:44 AM

The Curious Case of Vanishing Retail Properties

Posted by John Bremner on January 12th, 2011 8:18 AM

Fresh Signs of Life in Office Market .

Posted by John Bremner on January 11th, 2011 7:54 AM

Mass Animal Deaths: An Environmental Whodunit

Posted by John Bremner on January 10th, 2011 7:50 AM

Summary for Week ending January 8th

Posted by John Bremner on January 9th, 2011 8:35 AM

Bubbles Galore to Make 2011 Year to Remember

Posted by John Bremner on January 8th, 2011 8:23 AM

CRE Sales Deal Volume Returning to 'Normal' Levels

Posted by John Bremner on January 7th, 2011 8:19 AM

For Apartments, a Hot Winter .

Posted by John Bremner on January 6th, 2011 8:38 AM

Looking back, looking forward

Posted by John Bremner on January 5th, 2011 8:35 AM

Top 10 Mistakes in making Behavioral Changes

Posted by John Bremner on January 4th, 2011 8:37 AM

The Jobs Crisis

Posted by John Bremner on January 3rd, 2011 7:18 AM

Extend and pretend: A good idea?

Posted by John Bremner on January 2nd, 2011 8:52 AM

Solar Storms Could Bring Northern Lights South

Posted by John Bremner on January 1st, 2011 8:37 AM

December 2010

A Year In Nine Pictures

Posted by John Bremner on December 31st, 2010 7:47 AM

Fixing the economy the scientific way

Posted by John Bremner on December 30th, 2010 7:43 AM

China cuts rare earth export quotas

Posted by John Bremner on December 29th, 2010 8:20 AM

Dollar Stores Hold On to the Trade-Down Set .

Posted by John Bremner on December 28th, 2010 8:13 AM

AIA: Architecture Billings Index shows expansion in November

Posted by John Bremner on December 27th, 2010 7:48 AM

Where Are CRE Values?

Posted by John Bremner on December 24th, 2010 8:03 AM

Why I Don't Want an iPad for Christmas

Posted by John Bremner on December 23rd, 2010 8:44 AM

German Business Confidence Unexpectedly Rises to Record

Posted by John Bremner on December 22nd, 2010 7:54 AM

Santaleaks

Posted by John Bremner on December 21st, 2010 7:53 AM

Moody's expects commercial real estate prices to remain 'choppy'

Posted by John Bremner on December 20th, 2010 8:11 AM

QE2 And Exploding Mortgage Rates

Posted by John Bremner on December 19th, 2010 8:49 AM

Next year's economy: Good enough may be as good as it gets

Posted by John Bremner on December 18th, 2010 8:42 AM

California's economy will pick up somewhat in 2011, forecasts say

Posted by John Bremner on December 17th, 2010 8:52 AM

Investors Plunge Into the Heartland

Posted by John Bremner on December 16th, 2010 7:58 AM

Retailers Outbid Real Estate Investors for Vacant Big Boxes

Posted by John Bremner on December 15th, 2010 8:33 AM

Retail Sales increase 0.8% in November

Posted by John Bremner on December 14th, 2010 8:06 AM

Economists Predict Growth in 2011 .

Posted by John Bremner on December 13th, 2010 8:10 AM

Why the Tax Deal Confirms the Republican Worldview

Posted by John Bremner on December 11th, 2010 9:24 AM

Latest CRE Price Analysis Reverses Positive Direction in October

Posted by John Bremner on December 10th, 2010 6:04 AM

Prospects for Multifamily Sector Improve Greatly

Posted by John Bremner on December 9th, 2010 7:45 AM

Deloitte: Commercial Real Estate Generating Momentum for Long-Term Recovery

Posted by John Bremner on December 8th, 2010 8:53 AM

Medical marijuana gives Boulder commercial real estate a boost

Posted by John Bremner on December 7th, 2010 8:44 AM

China's credit bubble on borrowed time as inflation bites

Posted by John Bremner on December 6th, 2010 8:19 AM

Commercial Real Estate: Where Is All the Distressed Property?

Posted by John Bremner on December 5th, 2010 8:19 AM

Billions in Bank Profits Not Yet Turning into New Lending

Posted by John Bremner on December 4th, 2010 8:01 AM

Shopper Splurge Buoys Hopes .

Posted by John Bremner on December 3rd, 2010 8:00 AM

After Three Years on the Brink, Retail Real Estate is Set to Recover in 2011

Posted by John Bremner on December 2nd, 2010 8:28 AM

NAR predicts commercial vacancies to fall in 2011 as market stabilizes

Posted by John Bremner on December 1st, 2010 7:05 AM

November 2010

Restaurant Performance Index - highest in three years

Posted by John Bremner on November 30th, 2010 9:42 AM

The Big Uneasy

Posted by John Bremner on November 29th, 2010 7:48 AM

Top 8 Mistakes Landlords Make on Leasing Their Commercial Space

Posted by John Bremner on November 28th, 2010 8:44 AM

Eating the Irish

Posted by John Bremner on November 27th, 2010 8:04 AM

A Spanish Bailout Would Test Europe’s Strained Finances

Posted by John Bremner on November 26th, 2010 8:07 AM

GOP Puts the `Lame' Back in Lame-Duck Session

Posted by John Bremner on November 25th, 2010 8:10 AM

Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Decrease Sharply

Posted by John Bremner on November 24th, 2010 8:15 AM

The truth about California

Posted by John Bremner on November 23rd, 2010 7:45 AM

Shadow Housing Inventory pushes total unsold inventory to 6.3 million units

Posted by John Bremner on November 22nd, 2010 8:22 AM

Could She Reach the Top in 2012? You Betcha

Posted by John Bremner on November 21st, 2010 8:30 AM

Roubini Maps Out Nightmare Scenario of Domino Debt Collapse in Europe

Posted by John Bremner on November 20th, 2010 8:51 AM

The Housing Bust: Is it time to start looking for the end?

Posted by John Bremner on November 19th, 2010 8:03 AM

Retail Investment Sales Climate Firmed Up in Third Quarter

Posted by John Bremner on November 18th, 2010 8:08 AM

Experts weigh in: Can the economy be saved?

Posted by John Bremner on November 16th, 2010 7:10 AM

U.S. Retail Sales Post Biggest Gain in 7 Months

Posted by John Bremner on November 15th, 2010 7:55 AM

As Glaciers Melt, Scientists Seek New Data on Rising Seas

Posted by John Bremner on November 14th, 2010 8:49 AM

Commercial property lending coming back to life

Posted by John Bremner on November 13th, 2010 8:57 AM

Fed Efforts to Revive Economy Find Critics

Posted by John Bremner on November 12th, 2010 9:00 AM

Wal-Mart Says ‘Try This On’: Free Shipping

Posted by John Bremner on November 11th, 2010 7:38 AM

If You Blink, You Might Miss the Retail Turnaround

Posted by John Bremner on November 10th, 2010 7:06 AM

A tale of two housing busts: Why is California recovering and Florida still struggling?

Posted by John Bremner on November 9th, 2010 9:07 AM

Irish Debt Woes Revive Concern About Europe

Posted by John Bremner on November 8th, 2010 7:36 AM

Our Banana Republic

Posted by John Bremner on November 7th, 2010 8:11 AM

Steady Improvement Predicted for Commercial Real Estate Market

Posted by John Bremner on November 6th, 2010 8:13 AM

The Looming Rare Earths Train Wreck

Posted by John Bremner on November 5th, 2010 8:10 AM

U.S. Multifamily Market Strengthens in Third Quarter On Rising Demand, Falling Vacancy

Posted by John Bremner on November 4th, 2010 9:08 AM

Retail Vacancy Rates Fall

Posted by John Bremner on November 3rd, 2010 8:10 AM

Will QE2 Lead to High Inflation?

Posted by John Bremner on November 2nd, 2010 8:36 AM

Race to Replace China's Rare Earths May Take Decade, Germany Says

Posted by John Bremner on November 1st, 2010 7:51 AM

October 2010

Leasing, Absorption Improves for U.S. Retail Market Amid Mixed Economic Signals

Posted by John Bremner on October 31st, 2010 8:58 AM

Boy Believed To Be Next Reincarnation Of Regional KFC Manager Discovered In Chatfield, MN

Posted by John Bremner on October 30th, 2010 7:42 AM

Bank Credit Freeze Shows Signs of Thawing

Posted by John Bremner on October 29th, 2010 7:49 AM

Commercial Property Prices in U.S. Decline to Eight-Year Low, Moody's Says

Posted by John Bremner on October 28th, 2010 8:55 AM

Markets Smell Recovery as Consumers Drive Retail Sales

Posted by John Bremner on October 27th, 2010 8:07 AM

U.S. Infrastructure Spending: No Time to Get Cheap

Posted by John Bremner on October 26th, 2010 7:20 AM

Winning the World Series with Math

Posted by John Bremner on October 24th, 2010 8:22 AM

Moody's: Commercial property conditions improve

Posted by John Bremner on October 23rd, 2010 9:16 AM

Forget ‘Location, Location, Location,’ It’s Now ‘Timing, Timing, Timing’

Posted by John Bremner on October 22nd, 2010 8:27 AM

Warehouse Market Sees Gains As Absorption Increases, Vacancies Improve

Posted by John Bremner on October 21st, 2010 8:54 AM

Drugstores Offer Prescription for Low-Risk Investors

Posted by John Bremner on October 20th, 2010 8:59 AM

Housing starts at 5-month high

Posted by John Bremner on October 19th, 2010 8:23 AM

Retail Sales Up 7% from Sept. ‘09

Posted by John Bremner on October 18th, 2010 8:51 AM

Income Inequality: Too Big to Ignore

Posted by John Bremner on October 17th, 2010 9:24 AM

U.S. growth forecasts slide after summer weakness

Posted by John Bremner on October 16th, 2010 8:20 AM

Lessons From Pecora Were Ignored

Posted by John Bremner on October 15th, 2010 8:43 AM

For Fed, Risks of Goosing Market Are Worth It

Posted by John Bremner on October 14th, 2010 8:08 AM

Commercial Mortgages: Getting more money flowing to real-estate projects

Posted by John Bremner on October 13th, 2010 8:39 AM

Hey, Small Spender

Posted by John Bremner on October 12th, 2010 8:47 AM

Number of the Week: Consumers in China, Brazil Discover Debt

Posted by John Bremner on October 11th, 2010 7:46 AM

Facebook Politicians Are Not Your Friends

Posted by John Bremner on October 10th, 2010 9:03 AM

American People Hire High-Powered Lobbyist To Push Interests In Congress

Posted by John Bremner on October 9th, 2010 7:52 AM

Jon Stewart on the Foreclosure Mess

Posted by John Bremner on October 8th, 2010 8:15 AM

Old-fashioned deal is hot again

Posted by John Bremner on October 7th, 2010 8:10 AM

US apartment vacancy rate drops sharply in 3rd qtr

Posted by John Bremner on October 6th, 2010 7:10 AM

As Storm Clouds Lift, Commercial Real Estate Transitions to Sustainable Growth

Posted by John Bremner on October 5th, 2010 8:02 AM

Year on Track for $11Bln of CMBS Issuance; Next Year Could See $35Bln

Posted by John Bremner on October 4th, 2010 8:10 AM

Lenders gaining speed in going after commercial foreclosures

Posted by John Bremner on October 3rd, 2010 8:20 AM

Las Vegas death ray roasts hotel guests

Posted by John Bremner on October 2nd, 2010 7:40 AM

Taking On China

Posted by John Bremner on October 1st, 2010 8:39 AM

September 2010

Banks and Insurers Face the Killing Yields

Posted by John Bremner on September 30th, 2010 8:48 AM

No Fits, Just Starts: Apartment development ramps up

Posted by John Bremner on September 29th, 2010 8:34 AM

Running on Empty

Posted by John Bremner on September 27th, 2010 8:33 AM

Help wanted: experience with P&L track record a plus, thick skin a must

Posted by John Bremner on September 26th, 2010 8:10 AM

No Illusion: Retailers Expanding Like Crazy

Posted by John Bremner on September 25th, 2010 8:08 AM

Rebounding Fundamentals Boost Multifamily Sales

Posted by John Bremner on September 24th, 2010 8:36 AM

I'm rich; tax me more

Posted by John Bremner on September 23rd, 2010 7:28 AM

Retail Investment Sales Volume May Be Poised to Surge

Posted by John Bremner on September 22nd, 2010 7:23 AM

In Praise Of Inflation

Posted by John Bremner on September 21st, 2010 7:06 AM

No time for U.S. to be timid

Posted by John Bremner on September 20th, 2010 8:02 AM

10 Habits of Highly Effective Real Estate Investors

Posted by John Bremner on September 19th, 2010 8:16 AM

3G May Take a Bite of Burger King’s Real Estate to Generate Returns

Posted by John Bremner on September 18th, 2010 9:08 AM

CMBS Industry Welcomes Landmark Court Decision

Posted by John Bremner on September 17th, 2010 7:45 AM

August Retail Sales Up 0.4%, Best In Five Months

Posted by John Bremner on September 16th, 2010 7:52 AM

CB Richard Ellis forecasts incremental rebound for commercial real estate

Posted by John Bremner on September 15th, 2010 7:51 AM

Buffett, Ballmer predict bright economic future

Posted by John Bremner on September 14th, 2010 9:04 AM

Troubled commercial loans may be near the peak: Real Capital

Posted by John Bremner on September 13th, 2010 8:12 AM

Keeping up appearances

Posted by John Bremner on September 12th, 2010 7:50 AM

RETAILERS – REALITY CHECK TIME

Posted by John Bremner on September 11th, 2010 8:38 AM

Study slashes estimated rates of ice loss from Greenland, West Antarctica

Posted by John Bremner on September 10th, 2010 7:25 AM

Green Building: A Real Estate Revolution?

Posted by John Bremner on September 9th, 2010 8:11 AM

Retailers Post Stronger Than Expected Same-Store Sales In August

Posted by John Bremner on September 8th, 2010 7:50 AM

Psychics and Fortune Tellers Being Regulated to Reduce Fraud

Posted by John Bremner on September 7th, 2010 7:56 AM

Ancient Brew Masters Tapped Antibiotic Secrets

Posted by John Bremner on September 6th, 2010 8:16 AM

Wendy's To Phase Out Unpopular Hamburger Sandwich

Posted by John Bremner on September 5th, 2010 7:48 AM

U.S. Retail Sales Top Estimates on Tax Holidays, Discounts

Posted by John Bremner on September 4th, 2010 8:32 AM

Inland Empire Makes Strides as Multifamily Market Improves

Posted by John Bremner on September 3rd, 2010 7:03 AM

CoStar Repeat Sale Indices: Distress Contributing to a 'Shaky Bottom' for CRE Sales, Pricing

Posted by John Bremner on September 2nd, 2010 8:01 AM

Real Estate Premium Near Record - U.S. Bonds Signal Time to Buy Property

Posted by John Bremner on September 1st, 2010 11:30 AM

August 2010

Banks Grow Wary of Environmental Risks

Posted by John Bremner on August 31st, 2010 7:30 AM

US consumers split into two camps

Posted by John Bremner on August 30th, 2010 7:09 AM

The Fuzzy Unemployment Picture and Commercial Real Estate

Posted by John Bremner on August 29th, 2010 8:03 AM

Public Pensions and Our Fiscal Future

Posted by John Bremner on August 28th, 2010 10:10 AM

Widespread Fear Freezes Housing Market

Posted by John Bremner on August 28th, 2010 9:04 AM

Moodys/REAL Retail Index Takes a Dive in Second Quarter

Posted by John Bremner on August 27th, 2010 7:44 AM

Covert Operations - The Billionaire Koch Brothers Who Are Waging A War Against Obama - Part Three

Posted by John Bremner on August 26th, 2010 7:28 AM

Covert Operations - The Billionaire Brothers Who Are Waging A War Against Obama - Part Two

Posted by John Bremner on August 25th, 2010 6:56 AM

Covert Operations - The Billionaire Brothers Who Are Waging A War Against Obama - Part One

Posted by John Bremner on August 24th, 2010 7:30 AM

Housing Slide in U.S. Threatens to Drag Economy Into Recession

Posted by John Bremner on August 23rd, 2010 7:48 AM

How Fox Betrayed Petraeus

Posted by John Bremner on August 22nd, 2010 7:54 AM

Tensions Rise in Greece as Austerity Measures Backfire

Posted by John Bremner on August 21st, 2010 8:00 AM

2008 Bailout Counter-Factual

Posted by John Bremner on August 20th, 2010 8:03 AM

Is the Slow-covery in Trouble?

Posted by John Bremner on August 19th, 2010 7:55 AM

Improved Apartment Absorption Fuels Rent Growth

Posted by John Bremner on August 18th, 2010 7:51 AM

2 Zombies to Tolerate for a While

Posted by John Bremner on August 17th, 2010 9:18 AM

China Passes Japan as Second-Largest Economy

Posted by John Bremner on August 16th, 2010 7:27 AM

Gordon Gekko Reborn

Posted by John Bremner on August 15th, 2010 11:30 AM

The Power Trip

Posted by John Bremner on August 14th, 2010 8:11 AM

A Nation That Won't Be Fooled Again

Posted by John Bremner on August 13th, 2010 8:59 AM

Californians' Income Falls For First Time Since WWII

Posted by John Bremner on August 12th, 2010 8:44 AM

Barnes & Noble Contemplates Alternatives

Posted by John Bremner on August 11th, 2010 8:18 AM

The Best Fiscal Stimulus: Trust

Posted by John Bremner on August 10th, 2010 8:30 AM

The Scales Fall

Posted by John Bremner on August 9th, 2010 8:45 AM

2 Top Economists Differ Sharply on Risk of Deflation

Posted by John Bremner on August 8th, 2010 12:31 PM

Unofficial Problem Bank List Increases to 811 Institutions

Posted by John Bremner on August 8th, 2010 7:54 AM

The Housing Market Is On The Cliffs of Insanity

Posted by John Bremner on August 7th, 2010 7:49 AM

Fed Research Supports Mortgage Cram Downs

Posted by John Bremner on August 6th, 2010 7:27 AM

You Scream, I Scream ... at the Price of Ice Cream

Posted by John Bremner on August 5th, 2010 10:02 AM

Apartment Sales Rise 70% in First Half of 2010

Posted by John Bremner on August 4th, 2010 7:15 AM

Here Be Dragons

Posted by John Bremner on August 3rd, 2010 7:19 AM

As a Hedge Against Inflation, Commercial Real Estate Investment Remains a Smart Play

Posted by John Bremner on August 2nd, 2010 10:18 AM

HOW THE GREAT RECESSION WAS BROUGHT TO AN END

Posted by John Bremner on August 1st, 2010 8:17 AM

July 2010

Population Research Presents a Sobering Prognosis

Posted by John Bremner on July 31st, 2010 8:53 AM

Blame Games

Posted by John Bremner on July 30th, 2010 7:39 AM

The political genius of supply-side economics

Posted by John Bremner on July 29th, 2010 7:48 AM

Legalize Pot

Posted by John Bremner on July 28th, 2010 7:13 AM

Course of Economy Hinges on Fight Over Stimulus

Posted by John Bremner on July 27th, 2010 8:31 AM

The Gray And The Brown: The Generational Mismatch

Posted by John Bremner on July 26th, 2010 8:15 AM

U.S. Industrial Real Estate Markets Now In Recovery

Posted by John Bremner on July 25th, 2010 7:29 AM

Die young, live fast: The evolution of an underclass

Posted by John Bremner on July 24th, 2010 7:00 AM

Too many laws, too many prisoners

Posted by John Bremner on July 23rd, 2010 6:58 AM

China Tops U.S. in Energy Use

Posted by John Bremner on July 22nd, 2010 6:57 AM

June Unemployment Rates, by State: Most Regions Show Improvement

Posted by John Bremner on July 21st, 2010 7:59 AM

Moody's: Commercial Real Estate Price Index increases in May

Posted by John Bremner on July 20th, 2010 6:21 AM

10,300 jobs gone in June

Posted by John Bremner on July 19th, 2010 9:10 AM

Moody's: Commercial Real Estate Market Improving

Posted by John Bremner on July 18th, 2010 8:33 AM

U.S. Commercial Property Sales Trail Six-Year Average

Posted by John Bremner on July 17th, 2010 8:43 AM

It is time to face down the threat of deflation

Posted by John Bremner on July 16th, 2010 7:45 AM

Why Retail Valuations Will Not Return to Peak Levels Until After 2016

Posted by John Bremner on July 15th, 2010 7:15 AM

Wall St. Hiring in Anticipation of an Economic Recovery

Posted by John Bremner on July 14th, 2010 8:20 AM

Zell Bullish on Commercial Real Estate

Posted by John Bremner on July 13th, 2010 7:11 AM

The vanishing American consumer and the coming trade war

Posted by John Bremner on July 11th, 2010 10:25 AM

10 Brands That May Disappear in 2011

Posted by John Bremner on July 10th, 2010 8:55 AM

Keynes & Co. have lost the stimulus argument

Posted by John Bremner on July 9th, 2010 8:32 AM

Commercial Property Sales Below Average as Supply Is Limited

Posted by John Bremner on July 8th, 2010 7:09 AM

Office Tenants and Landlords Battle for Upper Hand

Posted by John Bremner on July 7th, 2010 9:16 AM

Office Vacancy Rate Keeps Climbing

Posted by John Bremner on July 6th, 2010 7:27 AM

China Fears Consumer Impact on Global Warming

Posted by John Bremner on July 5th, 2010 8:50 AM

How to Make an American Job Before It's Too Late: Andy Grove

Posted by John Bremner on July 4th, 2010 8:29 AM

Myths of Austerity

Posted by John Bremner on July 3rd, 2010 8:34 AM

Investors Snap Up High-Quality Multifamily Properties as Rents, Occupancy Improve

Posted by John Bremner on July 2nd, 2010 6:57 AM

Beijing's ICBC to enter U.S. real estate loan market

Posted by John Bremner on July 1st, 2010 8:31 AM

June 2010

The High Budgetary Cost of Incarceration

Posted by John Bremner on June 30th, 2010 7:38 AM

The truth about jobs, the market and U.S. socialism

Posted by John Bremner on June 29th, 2010 7:18 AM

Housing Supply Metrics

Posted by John Bremner on June 29th, 2010 6:41 AM

Betting Who’s Right on Home Prices

Posted by John Bremner on June 28th, 2010 7:08 AM

Commercial real estate's road to recovery

Posted by John Bremner on June 27th, 2010 8:55 AM

As Demand for Space Increases, Retailers Ask for Fewer Handouts

Posted by John Bremner on June 26th, 2010 9:10 AM

Price Waterhouse Study Finds Investors Frustrated by Lack of Deals

Posted by John Bremner on June 25th, 2010 8:57 AM

Apartments Stage a Comeback as Renters Return in Surprising Numbers

Posted by John Bremner on June 24th, 2010 7:20 AM

Distressed CRE Drops by 11%

Posted by John Bremner on June 23rd, 2010 9:08 AM

Commercial Real Estate Prices Increase in April

Posted by John Bremner on June 22nd, 2010 7:48 AM

The Red-Light Accounting District

Posted by John Bremner on June 21st, 2010 10:25 AM

Commercial Real Estate Investors See Less Risk in Q210

Posted by John Bremner on June 21st, 2010 8:05 AM

Payback Time - In Budget Crisis, States Take Aim at Pension Costs

Posted by John Bremner on June 20th, 2010 7:43 AM

Suffering Blue Whales Plead With Environmentalists To Let Them Go Extinct Already

Posted by John Bremner on June 19th, 2010 7:39 AM

Deals Are On the Rise, as Capital Returns to the Market

Posted by John Bremner on June 18th, 2010 8:54 AM

Drop the Puck!

Posted by John Bremner on June 17th, 2010 9:09 AM

The Regulation Crisis

Posted by John Bremner on June 16th, 2010 7:21 AM

When will the Fed raise rates?

Posted by John Bremner on June 15th, 2010 7:25 AM

Waste on Freight Cars Gains Most Since ’94 Confirming Rebound

Posted by John Bremner on June 14th, 2010 7:36 AM

Wasn't commercial real estate supposed to crash?

Posted by John Bremner on June 12th, 2010 10:43 PM

Worst may be over for commercial real estate

Posted by John Bremner on June 10th, 2010 7:30 AM

Consider the Replacement Cost

Posted by John Bremner on June 10th, 2010 6:54 AM

Will The Shadow Market Depress Apartment Rent Growth?

Posted by John Bremner on June 9th, 2010 6:40 AM

Pension Investments Threatened by California’s Troubles

Posted by John Bremner on June 8th, 2010 7:22 AM

Laissez-Faire Meets the Oil Spill

Posted by John Bremner on June 7th, 2010 7:09 AM

Commercial Deals Abound but Loans Are Scarce

Posted by John Bremner on June 6th, 2010 9:08 AM

States Shrink ‘Unaffordable’ Benefits to Bridge $1 Trillion Gap

Posted by John Bremner on June 5th, 2010 7:10 AM

CRE Revisited, or Learning To Love the Collapse

Posted by John Bremner on June 4th, 2010 7:46 AM

Auto sales tick higher but caution lingers

Posted by John Bremner on June 3rd, 2010 7:32 AM

Does Washington care about unemployment?

Posted by John Bremner on June 2nd, 2010 8:06 AM

Answers on Credit Ratings Long Overdue

Posted by John Bremner on June 1st, 2010 7:37 AM

More Bank-Owned Homes Likely to Hit the Market

Posted by John Bremner on June 1st, 2010 7:23 AM

May 2010

The Pain Caucus

Posted by John Bremner on May 31st, 2010 8:03 AM

Gross Domestic Income shows more sluggish recovery

Posted by John Bremner on May 29th, 2010 7:15 AM

Dearth of Properties Spurs Fund Givebacks

Posted by John Bremner on May 28th, 2010 8:00 AM

Empty Desks May Slow Upturn in Real Estate

Posted by John Bremner on May 27th, 2010 6:58 AM

Prostitutes Blamed For Property Bulge

Posted by John Bremner on May 26th, 2010 6:47 AM

Figures Suggest Japan’s Recovery Is Gaining Strength

Posted by John Bremner on May 25th, 2010 6:39 AM

Commercial Property Values Drop as Rebound Stalls

Posted by John Bremner on May 24th, 2010 7:47 AM

Fading of inflation helps buyers and borrowers

Posted by John Bremner on May 23rd, 2010 8:04 AM

Texas schools board rewrites US history with lessons promoting God and guns

Posted by John Bremner on May 22nd, 2010 7:54 AM

Southern California housing market holds its ground

Posted by John Bremner on May 21st, 2010 7:01 AM

Europe’s Debt Crisis Is Casting a Shadow Over China

Posted by John Bremner on May 20th, 2010 8:38 AM

Housing market diagnosis: Bipolar

Posted by John Bremner on May 19th, 2010 8:27 AM

Commercial Real Estate Delivers First Positive Return in 18 Months

Posted by John Bremner on May 18th, 2010 8:31 AM

Bubble, Bubble, China's in Trouble

Posted by John Bremner on May 17th, 2010 8:05 AM

Why The Fed Owns A Mall In Oklahoma City

Posted by John Bremner on May 16th, 2010 7:44 AM

The Productivity Myth

Posted by John Bremner on May 15th, 2010 7:34 AM

Euro Breakup Talk Increases

Posted by John Bremner on May 14th, 2010 8:00 AM

Mind Reading

Posted by John Bremner on May 13th, 2010 7:00 AM

Hiring, Job Openings Rise in March

Posted by John Bremner on May 12th, 2010 8:10 AM

Ignoring the Elephant in the Bailout

Posted by John Bremner on May 11th, 2010 7:35 AM

Intelligent Design?

Posted by John Bremner on May 10th, 2010 9:28 AM

Scarcity Premium Seen Driving Current Cap Rate Compression

Posted by John Bremner on May 10th, 2010 7:00 AM

Cashing In on a Real-Estate Boom

Posted by John Bremner on May 9th, 2010 7:31 AM

Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds

Posted by John Bremner on May 8th, 2010 7:53 AM

The Predators' Boneyard: A Conversation with James Kenneth Galbraith

Posted by John Bremner on May 7th, 2010 7:44 AM

Zell, Fascitelli See Market Return by 2012

Posted by John Bremner on May 6th, 2010 8:07 AM

Lending Crisis Ebbs

Posted by John Bremner on May 5th, 2010 8:53 AM

Lack of Supply Leads to Increased Sales Activity on Prime Retail Assets

Posted by John Bremner on May 5th, 2010 7:21 AM

Goldman Lawsuit Eerily Like Drexel Burnham Scandal

Posted by John Bremner on May 4th, 2010 8:10 AM

All Signs Point to Improving Commercial Real Estate Investment Market

Posted by John Bremner on May 3rd, 2010 9:10 AM

Investment Contributions to GDP: Leading and Lagging Sectors

Posted by John Bremner on May 3rd, 2010 7:58 AM

The Feds vs. Goldman

Posted by John Bremner on May 2nd, 2010 7:50 AM

Macro Overview: Economy & Markets

Posted by John Bremner on May 1st, 2010 6:31 AM

April 2010

First Quarter Bank Results: Potential for CRE Armageddon Fading

Posted by John Bremner on April 30th, 2010 7:03 AM

Q1 CRE Sales: Change in Attitude

Posted by John Bremner on April 29th, 2010 6:54 AM

ABACUS Spells More Trouble for Rating Agencies

Posted by John Bremner on April 28th, 2010 7:14 AM

Fingers on the Trigger: Foreign Investors Are Ready to Buy

Posted by John Bremner on April 27th, 2010 7:28 AM

Bond Traders Declare Inflation Dead After Yields Fall

Posted by John Bremner on April 26th, 2010 7:41 AM

Interview with the Proverbial ‘Greater Fool’

Posted by John Bremner on April 25th, 2010 7:39 AM

Commercial Real Estate Market Starts To Perk Up

Posted by John Bremner on April 23rd, 2010 8:24 AM

Bill Moyers Journal

Posted by John Bremner on April 22nd, 2010 9:14 AM

Moody's: CRE Prices Decline 2.6% in February

Posted by John Bremner on April 21st, 2010 7:16 AM

When Wall Street Deals Resemble Casino Wagers

Posted by John Bremner on April 20th, 2010 7:07 AM

First, define the problem

Posted by John Bremner on April 19th, 2010 7:42 AM

Is apartment market near its bottom?

Posted by John Bremner on April 18th, 2010 8:36 AM

Quotes from Private Home Building’s Trenches

Posted by John Bremner on April 17th, 2010 8:27 AM

US military warns oil output may dip causing massive shortages by 2015

Posted by John Bremner on April 16th, 2010 7:19 AM

Multifamily Market’s Nascent Recovery Will Drive Up Pricing, Transactions

Posted by John Bremner on April 15th, 2010 7:28 AM

Apartment Rents Rise as Sector Stabilizes

Posted by John Bremner on April 14th, 2010 7:58 AM

Timing the Recovery

Posted by John Bremner on April 13th, 2010 7:06 AM

Multifamily Fundamentals Bouncing Back

Posted by John Bremner on April 12th, 2010 7:39 AM

Why So Glum? Numbers Point to a Recovery

Posted by John Bremner on April 11th, 2010 8:59 AM

Debtor States

Posted by John Bremner on April 10th, 2010 7:26 AM

Up in the Air

Posted by John Bremner on April 9th, 2010 7:21 AM

Small Banks Quickly Shed Commercial Real Estate Risk

Posted by John Bremner on April 8th, 2010 7:37 AM

Rise in Key Borrowing Rate Has Two Interpretations

Posted by John Bremner on April 7th, 2010 7:45 AM

Medical Office Investors Mobilize as Health Reform Becomes Law

Posted by John Bremner on April 6th, 2010 7:41 AM

The Recovery That No One Wants to Believe In

Posted by John Bremner on April 5th, 2010 7:42 AM

10 Signs of Speculative Mania in China

Posted by John Bremner on April 4th, 2010 7:11 AM

Treasury Bonds: The Pimco Outlook

Posted by John Bremner on April 3rd, 2010 8:24 AM

The War on WikiLeaks and Why It Matters

Posted by John Bremner on April 2nd, 2010 7:37 AM

Reassessing Distress

Posted by John Bremner on April 1st, 2010 7:01 AM

March 2010

Free-spending teens return to malls

Posted by John Bremner on March 31st, 2010 7:57 AM

The Commercial Real Estate Pretend and Extend Strategy Continues

Posted by John Bremner on March 30th, 2010 7:16 AM

Health Care Reform: Boon for Commercial Real Estate?

Posted by John Bremner on March 29th, 2010 7:06 AM

Don't Short Obama

Posted by John Bremner on March 28th, 2010 8:30 AM

Will it float? Not anytime soon for underwater homes

Posted by John Bremner on March 27th, 2010 7:41 AM

Fed’s Yellen Plays Down Inflation Risks From Deficit, Fed Purchases

Posted by John Bremner on March 26th, 2010 8:07 AM

The Bears Are Dead Wrong

Posted by John Bremner on March 25th, 2010 8:20 AM

Net Lease Deals Become a Bright Spot in a Slow Sales Market

Posted by John Bremner on March 24th, 2010 8:20 AM

The Misinformed Tea Party Movement

Posted by John Bremner on March 23rd, 2010 7:36 AM

The Big Mac Index

Posted by John Bremner on March 22nd, 2010 8:10 AM

Lessons Learned From 25 Years of Forecasting the US Economy

Posted by John Bremner on March 21st, 2010 8:12 AM

See the Tragedy of the Commons

Posted by John Bremner on March 20th, 2010 7:51 AM

Housing Recovery Is Spelled R-E-O

Posted by John Bremner on March 19th, 2010 7:29 AM

PricewaterhouseCoopers: Apartment Sector to Lead Rising Property Sales in 2010

Posted by John Bremner on March 18th, 2010 8:25 AM

Braving A Dismal Apartment Market

Posted by John Bremner on March 17th, 2010 8:42 AM

REIT Stocks Jump as Investors Bet on Recovery

Posted by John Bremner on March 16th, 2010 8:22 AM

The Housing Bust Is Essentially Over

Posted by John Bremner on March 15th, 2010 8:39 AM

The two sides on the debate over spending

Posted by John Bremner on March 14th, 2010 8:17 AM

Public Pension Funds Are Adding Risk to Raise Returns

Posted by John Bremner on March 13th, 2010 7:39 AM

Office Rents Will Bottom Sooner Than Expected

Posted by John Bremner on March 12th, 2010 7:48 AM

The Great Prostate Mistake

Posted by John Bremner on March 11th, 2010 7:26 AM

Signs of Hope Seen in Investment Sales Activity

Posted by John Bremner on March 10th, 2010 7:13 AM

No Meaningful Recovery in Commercial Real Estate Before 2011

Posted by John Bremner on March 9th, 2010 8:29 AM

Home Prices Will Not go up Anytime Soon, Say Analysts

Posted by John Bremner on March 8th, 2010 7:35 AM

Part 4: A Course of Action

Posted by John Bremner on March 7th, 2010 8:51 AM

Part 3: Whatever Your Feelings on Global Warming, Fossil Fuels Are Running Out

Posted by John Bremner on March 6th, 2010 8:35 AM

Part 2: A Theory That Works

Posted by John Bremner on March 5th, 2010 7:04 AM

Part 1: Why Are We So Rich?

Posted by John Bremner on March 4th, 2010 9:22 AM

Credit Suisse: $1 trillion worth of ARMs still face resets

Posted by John Bremner on March 4th, 2010 8:15 AM

All Eyes Ahead

Posted by John Bremner on March 3rd, 2010 7:47 AM

Warren Buffett Says U.S. Housing Will Recover by Next Year

Posted by John Bremner on March 2nd, 2010 7:36 AM

Global Commercial Property Sales Surge 85% In Fourth Quarter

Posted by John Bremner on March 1st, 2010 7:00 AM

February 2010

Rent Trends Remain a Hot Topic Among Retail REIT Execs

Posted by John Bremner on February 28th, 2010 8:34 AM

The Outlook for the Economy and Monetary Policy

Posted by John Bremner on February 27th, 2010 9:11 AM

Quiznos Leads List of Retailers Looking to Expand

Posted by John Bremner on February 26th, 2010 8:24 AM

Risky or Not, Lenders Slowly Opening Vaults to CRE Lending Again

Posted by John Bremner on February 25th, 2010 8:33 AM

US Commercial Real Estate Prices Increase

Posted by John Bremner on February 24th, 2010 7:30 AM

Falling Retail Cap Rates Indicate Growing Investment Opportunities

Posted by John Bremner on February 22nd, 2010 9:48 PM

Casinos lost money for second time in history

Posted by John Bremner on February 22nd, 2010 7:12 AM

Expect Tight Credit Conditions To Persist As Commercial Mortgage Defaults Rise

Posted by John Bremner on February 21st, 2010 8:11 AM

Risky CRE Lending Deadly for Banks

Posted by John Bremner on February 20th, 2010 8:37 AM

Conduit Shops Open, But GSEs Still Dominate

Posted by John Bremner on February 19th, 2010 8:13 AM

Among Buyers, Who Will Step Up?

Posted by John Bremner on February 18th, 2010 8:25 AM

Commercial Real Estate Lenders Looking to Rebuild Portfolios

Posted by John Bremner on February 17th, 2010 8:48 AM

The Lean Years

Posted by John Bremner on February 16th, 2010 8:33 AM

Mortgage Rates Poised to Jump as Fed Cuts Funds

Posted by John Bremner on February 15th, 2010 10:52 AM

The Greek Tragedy That Changed Europe

Posted by John Bremner on February 14th, 2010 8:50 AM

Retail Sales Increase 0.5% in January

Posted by John Bremner on February 13th, 2010 9:54 AM

Store Closings Could Keep Piling Up Throughout First Half of 2010

Posted by John Bremner on February 12th, 2010 8:06 AM

No Exit in Sight for U.S. As Fannie, Freddie Flail

Posted by John Bremner on February 11th, 2010 8:00 AM

In Praise of Mammoth Deficits

Posted by John Bremner on February 10th, 2010 1:36 PM

Building A Case for a Second-Half Recovery in 2010

Posted by John Bremner on February 9th, 2010 9:32 AM

Castle in the Air

Posted by John Bremner on February 8th, 2010 8:20 AM

Fiscal Scare Tactics

Posted by John Bremner on February 7th, 2010 8:55 AM

Deficits May Alter U.S. Politics and Global Power

Posted by John Bremner on February 6th, 2010 8:49 AM

Housing Stock and Flow

Posted by John Bremner on February 5th, 2010 8:48 AM

Multifamily Lenders Share Their Biggest Concerns For The Road Ahead

Posted by John Bremner on February 3rd, 2010 10:13 PM

China Property Market ‘Bubble’ Set to Burst

Posted by John Bremner on February 3rd, 2010 8:56 AM

In Packaging of Loans, a Bust With a Pedigree

Posted by John Bremner on February 2nd, 2010 8:05 AM

Institutions Once Bitten, But Not So Shy

Posted by John Bremner on February 1st, 2010 7:41 AM

January 2010

High-Beta Markets May Provide Opportunities as Market Recovers

Posted by John Bremner on January 30th, 2010 8:39 AM

‘Tranche Warfare’ Erupts as Property Owners Slide Into Default

Posted by John Bremner on January 28th, 2010 9:42 PM

Commercial Real Estate: Hey, Save a Piece of Stimulus Pie for Me!

Posted by John Bremner on January 28th, 2010 8:31 AM

Profiting from Record-Breaking Distress in Multifamily Properties

Posted by John Bremner on January 27th, 2010 8:12 AM

Joseph Stiglitz: "We're More Strict With Our Poor Than With Our Banks"

Posted by John Bremner on January 26th, 2010 8:32 AM

Digging Out of Debt

Posted by John Bremner on January 25th, 2010 8:07 AM

Housing Starts, Vacant Units and the Unemployment Rate

Posted by John Bremner on January 22nd, 2010 8:23 PM

Rents, Occupancy Fall in 4th Quarter

Posted by John Bremner on January 22nd, 2010 7:57 AM

Marcus & Millichap Ranks Retail Markets

Posted by John Bremner on January 22nd, 2010 7:42 AM

Moody's: Commercial Real Estate Investor Demand to Grow in 2010

Posted by John Bremner on January 21st, 2010 9:14 AM

Underwater CRE Loan Maturities High and Still Rising

Posted by John Bremner on January 21st, 2010 8:31 AM

Even More Room at the Inn

Posted by John Bremner on January 20th, 2010 7:55 AM

Buying Landmarks? Easy. Keeping Them? Maybe Not.

Posted by John Bremner on January 19th, 2010 7:46 AM

Capital Market Recovery Will Take Time, but Could Start in 2010

Posted by John Bremner on January 18th, 2010 8:05 AM

Treasury Investors Most Bearish in 2 Years on Supply

Posted by John Bremner on January 17th, 2010 8:55 AM

Britain's recession the steepest for 88 years

Posted by John Bremner on January 16th, 2010 9:01 AM

Vacancies Rise, Rents Fall at Malls and Shopping Centers

Posted by John Bremner on January 15th, 2010 7:18 AM

Fed Missed This Bubble. Will It See a New One?

Posted by John Bremner on January 14th, 2010 7:36 AM

Shrinking U.S. Labor Force Keeps Unemployment Rate From Rising

Posted by John Bremner on January 13th, 2010 8:10 AM

U.S. Now a Renters' Market

Posted by John Bremner on January 12th, 2010 8:55 AM

Foreclosureville, USA

Posted by John Bremner on January 11th, 2010 8:24 AM

That Sinking Feeling: CRE Flood Set to Start in '10

Posted by John Bremner on January 10th, 2010 9:15 AM

Why I’m Overthrowing the Government!

Posted by John Bremner on January 9th, 2010 8:28 AM

To lose one decade may be misfortune...

Posted by John Bremner on January 8th, 2010 9:15 AM

Bernanke Blames Weak Regulation for Financial Crisis

Posted by John Bremner on January 7th, 2010 8:22 AM

Pimco's Bill Gross Sees 2010 as Year of Reckoning

Posted by John Bremner on January 6th, 2010 8:05 AM

It’s Always the End of the World as We Know It

Posted by John Bremner on January 5th, 2010 9:14 AM

Why Buying Loan Notes Isn’t the Same As Buying Real Estate

Posted by John Bremner on January 4th, 2010 8:04 AM

Why We’ll Always Have More Money Than Sense

Posted by John Bremner on January 2nd, 2010 9:50 AM

December 2009

U.S. Commercial Property Falls to Lowest in 7 Years

Posted by John Bremner on December 31st, 2009 9:00 AM

2010 Promises Great Buying Opportunities

Posted by John Bremner on December 30th, 2009 8:41 AM

How to Avoid Mirages in a Desert of Distress

Posted by John Bremner on December 29th, 2009 8:32 AM

As Loan Delinquencies Rise, A Tale of Two Apartment Markets Emerges

Posted by John Bremner on December 28th, 2009 8:38 AM

AIG executives' promises to return bonuses have gone largely unfulfilled

Posted by John Bremner on December 24th, 2009 8:28 AM

4 Big Mortgage Backers Swim in Ocean of Debt

Posted by John Bremner on December 23rd, 2009 9:52 AM

Big Decision Looms on Fannie, Freddie

Posted by John Bremner on December 22nd, 2009 8:50 AM

Housing Crash Leads to a Falloff in Divorces

Posted by John Bremner on December 21st, 2009 8:00 AM

That Tap Water Is Legal but May Be Unhealthy

Posted by John Bremner on December 19th, 2009 8:12 AM

Distressed Commercial Real Estate Soars to $180 Billion

Posted by John Bremner on December 18th, 2009 8:53 AM

Banks to Spend 2010 Coping with Commercial Mortgage Maturities

Posted by John Bremner on December 17th, 2009 8:11 AM

CMBS Activity Picks Up, but Caution Remains

Posted by John Bremner on December 16th, 2009 10:49 AM

Mobility bust bad for Vegas

Posted by John Bremner on December 15th, 2009 8:44 AM

U.S. apartment occupancy, rent to stay weak in 2010

Posted by John Bremner on December 14th, 2009 7:49 AM

‘Wake up, gentlemen’

Posted by John Bremner on December 12th, 2009 8:49 AM

Expected Mortgage Rates

Posted by John Bremner on December 10th, 2009 8:34 AM

Retail Real Estate Should Begin Its Healing Process in 2010

Posted by John Bremner on December 9th, 2009 8:52 AM

Bankers had cashed in before the music stopped

Posted by John Bremner on December 8th, 2009 8:19 AM

Systemic Risk and Fannie Mae

Posted by John Bremner on December 7th, 2009 7:49 AM

The Fed’s Market’s Guy Eyes Asset Sales and Rate Increases

Posted by John Bremner on December 4th, 2009 9:54 AM

Anatomy of a Government-Abetted Fraud: Why Indymac/OneWest Always Forecloses

Posted by John Bremner on December 3rd, 2009 7:58 AM

FDIC’s Recommendations for Commercial Real Estate Loans Begin to Ease Borrowers’ Woes

Posted by John Bremner on December 2nd, 2009 9:01 AM

Delay and…We All Pay More Later

Posted by John Bremner on December 1st, 2009 8:30 AM

November 2009

To Buy or Not to Buy — Moody’s Weighs In on Real Estate Outlook

Posted by John Bremner on November 30th, 2009 8:28 AM

The Nation of Futurity

Posted by John Bremner on November 26th, 2009 9:30 AM

Fannie, Freddie Woes To Hurt Apartments?

Posted by John Bremner on November 25th, 2009 8:37 AM

Despite Slower Deal Volume, Commercial Banks Continue to Lend, Reis Reports

Posted by John Bremner on November 24th, 2009 8:35 AM

The Worst Is Yet to Come: Unemployed Americans Should Hunker Down for More Job Losses

Posted by John Bremner on November 23rd, 2009 7:42 AM

The Breast Brouhaha

Posted by John Bremner on November 21st, 2009 8:12 AM

Deutsche Bank Drowning in Vegas on Costliest Bank-Owned Casino

Posted by John Bremner on November 20th, 2009 7:45 AM

Jellyfish Swarm Northward in Warming World

Posted by John Bremner on November 19th, 2009 8:44 AM

The FHA's Nose Dive

Posted by John Bremner on November 18th, 2009 8:12 AM

The Debt Economy

Posted by John Bremner on November 17th, 2009 7:30 AM

Two Points of View

Posted by John Bremner on November 16th, 2009 7:47 AM

Did Christianity Cause the Crash?

Posted by John Bremner on November 14th, 2009 9:07 AM

Commercial Real Estate Loans A Growing Problem For Banks

Posted by John Bremner on November 13th, 2009 8:23 AM

Stiglitz Says U.S. Is Paying for Failure to Nationalize Banks

Posted by John Bremner on November 12th, 2009 7:45 AM

States Are Pondering Fraud Suits Against Banks

Posted by John Bremner on November 11th, 2009 8:27 AM

Two Economists See Red Flags Again For Stock Market

Posted by John Bremner on November 10th, 2009 8:28 AM

CMBS Savior? Developers Diversified Deal Is Nearer

Posted by John Bremner on November 9th, 2009 7:27 AM

Commercial property market to hit bottom in 2010, report says

Posted by John Bremner on November 7th, 2009 7:13 AM

Silicon Valley: Lowest Distressed Property Rate

Posted by John Bremner on November 6th, 2009 7:20 AM

Through a Glass Less Darkly

Posted by John Bremner on November 5th, 2009 8:57 AM

Boom and Gloom

Posted by John Bremner on November 4th, 2009 7:18 AM

Real Estate Downturn of the Early ’90s Differs From Today’s Crash In Important Ways

Posted by John Bremner on November 3rd, 2009 7:47 AM

Bankers Expect Rising Bonus Pay to Break Records in Global Poll

Posted by John Bremner on November 2nd, 2009 8:29 AM

October 2009

The Impact of the Recovery Act on Economic Growth

Posted by John Bremner on October 31st, 2009 10:57 AM

Troubled CMBS Loans Skyrocket as Special Servicers Wrestle with Backlog

Posted by John Bremner on October 30th, 2009 10:17 AM

Seaports Ready to Catch Wave of Growth

Posted by John Bremner on October 28th, 2009 9:08 PM

Retail Cap Rates Leap in Third Quarter

Posted by John Bremner on October 28th, 2009 9:22 AM

WaMu: Hometown Bank Turned Predatory - Part Two

Posted by John Bremner on October 27th, 2009 8:07 AM

Reckless Strategies Doomed WaMu - Part One

Posted by John Bremner on October 25th, 2009 8:37 PM

Apartment Market Moving On Up - Or Not?

Posted by John Bremner on October 22nd, 2009 8:34 AM

Commercial Real Estate Debt Won't Be the Next Shoe to Drop, Economists Say

Posted by John Bremner on October 21st, 2009 9:55 AM

Where the Wild Things Are

Posted by John Bremner on October 20th, 2009 8:42 AM

How Moody's sold its ratings -- and sold out investors

Posted by John Bremner on October 18th, 2009 12:52 PM

Foreclosures: 'Worst three months of all time'

Posted by John Bremner on October 17th, 2009 12:08 PM

Insurers Drop Chinese Drywall Victims

Posted by John Bremner on October 16th, 2009 8:49 AM

Foreign Investment in U.S. Property Revives after Bad Fall

Posted by John Bremner on October 15th, 2009 8:40 AM

F.H.A. Problems Raising Concern of Policy Makers

Posted by John Bremner on October 14th, 2009 8:16 AM

Economy Still Exceedingly Fragile

Posted by John Bremner on October 13th, 2009 8:32 AM

Job competition toughest since recession began

Posted by John Bremner on October 12th, 2009 8:34 AM

What's With All The Zombies Lately?

Posted by John Bremner on October 10th, 2009 8:55 AM

Latvian Hookers Signal No Recovery

Posted by John Bremner on October 9th, 2009 8:32 AM

Worst May be Over for Warehouse Market

Posted by John Bremner on October 8th, 2009 8:05 AM

Cap Rate Spreads: Indicator of Opportunity?

Posted by John Bremner on October 7th, 2009 8:17 AM

Winning Hand: A Full House Beats the Recession

Posted by John Bremner on October 6th, 2009 7:46 AM

Rational Irrationality

Posted by John Bremner on October 5th, 2009 8:00 AM

The true fiscal cost of stimulus

Posted by John Bremner on October 4th, 2009 10:24 AM

The Real Estate Drag on GE

Posted by John Bremner on October 3rd, 2009 9:57 AM

Pimco’s Gross Buys Treasuries Amid Deflation Concern

Posted by John Bremner on October 2nd, 2009 7:40 AM

Is A Market Bottom Imminent?

Posted by John Bremner on October 1st, 2009 8:10 AM

September 2009

Sarah Palin's Secret Diary

Posted by John Bremner on September 30th, 2009 7:11 AM

Go East, Young Man (Oh, You Already Are)

Posted by John Bremner on September 28th, 2009 7:18 PM

VIEWPOINT: You’d Think the Fed Was the Bastille

Posted by John Bremner on September 27th, 2009 8:11 PM

Volcker Sees ‘Long Slog’ for U.S. Economy

Posted by John Bremner on September 26th, 2009 10:06 AM

Wealthy Families Face Bankruptcy on Real Estate Crash

Posted by John Bremner on September 25th, 2009 8:08 AM

The Real Cause Of The Crash

Posted by John Bremner on September 24th, 2009 9:35 AM

Ratings Downgrade

Posted by John Bremner on September 23rd, 2009 8:44 AM

Moody's bearish on housing recovery

Posted by John Bremner on September 22nd, 2009 7:25 AM

U.S. Government Finds $20 Trillion Buried By Absentminded Reagan In 1987

Posted by John Bremner on September 21st, 2009 8:17 AM

Simon Says: Real Estate Rebound Will Reap ‘04 Prices

Posted by John Bremner on September 20th, 2009 11:37 AM

The Scourge Persists

Posted by John Bremner on September 19th, 2009 11:46 AM

Commercial Mortgage Defaults to Continue to Rise

Posted by John Bremner on September 19th, 2009 8:26 AM

Treasury Report Doesn't Support Market's Optimism

Posted by John Bremner on September 18th, 2009 8:05 AM

Apartment Firms Report Slight Upticks in Occupancy

Posted by John Bremner on September 17th, 2009 8:14 AM

Coffee - a Market Indicator

Posted by John Bremner on September 16th, 2009 8:56 AM

How The Lehman Bankruptcy Broke the Buck - Missing $63 Billion

Posted by John Bremner on September 15th, 2009 8:11 AM

CRE Sales Will Pick Up

Posted by John Bremner on September 14th, 2009 8:22 AM

The Lehman Bankruptcy - The Missing Lesson of The Shakeout

Posted by John Bremner on September 13th, 2009 9:52 AM

Inflated Fears

Posted by John Bremner on September 11th, 2009 7:58 AM

For Commercial Real Estate, Hard Times Have Just Begun

Posted by John Bremner on September 9th, 2009 10:02 PM

California's Real Death Panels

Posted by John Bremner on September 9th, 2009 8:52 AM

We all want a deal -- that's what's scary

Posted by John Bremner on September 8th, 2009 8:43 AM

How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?

Posted by John Bremner on September 5th, 2009 10:10 AM

Democracy is dead ... lobbyists rule America

Posted by John Bremner on September 4th, 2009 8:20 AM

Commercial Real Estate Lurks as Next Potential Mortgage Crisis

Posted by John Bremner on September 3rd, 2009 7:52 AM

Savvy buyers use self-directed IRA to buy homes

Posted by John Bremner on September 2nd, 2009 7:43 AM

July pending home sales rise to 2-year high

Posted by John Bremner on September 1st, 2009 8:36 AM

August 2009

Even higher taxes coming for Californians

Posted by John Bremner on August 31st, 2009 8:39 AM

The Rhyming of History – Bloomberg and the RFC?

Posted by John Bremner on August 30th, 2009 8:16 AM

Market Doldrums Force Brokers to Hone Their Skills

Posted by John Bremner on August 29th, 2009 7:23 AM

California Government May Squeeze Retailers and Retail Real Estate Owners

Posted by John Bremner on August 27th, 2009 9:33 PM

We're Open for Business

Posted by John Bremner on August 26th, 2009 10:41 PM

A Comment on Housing Prices

Posted by John Bremner on August 26th, 2009 8:26 AM

Status-Quo Anxiety

Posted by John Bremner on August 25th, 2009 8:16 AM

In Appraisal Shift, Lenders Gain Power and Critics

Posted by John Bremner on August 24th, 2009 8:53 AM

The Women's Crusade - Part 2

Posted by John Bremner on August 22nd, 2009 1:39 PM

The Women's Crusade - Part One

Posted by John Bremner on August 21st, 2009 9:22 AM

Next Bubble to Burst Is Banks’ Big Loan Values

Posted by John Bremner on August 20th, 2009 8:27 AM

Unemployment Spike Compounds Foreclosure Crisis

Posted by John Bremner on August 19th, 2009 7:26 AM

The tragedy of the Internet

Posted by John Bremner on August 18th, 2009 7:26 AM

Tough times in the porn industry

Posted by John Bremner on August 17th, 2009 7:37 AM

Europe’s Surge Signals Hope for Economic Recovery

Posted by John Bremner on August 15th, 2009 6:58 PM

Weekly Unemployment Claims Show Small Increase

Posted by John Bremner on August 13th, 2009 10:47 PM

A Recovery Only a Statistician Can Love

Posted by John Bremner on August 13th, 2009 8:03 AM

Is the Worst Behind Us?

Posted by John Bremner on August 12th, 2009 7:23 AM

Slump in Property Values May Be Nearly Over

Posted by John Bremner on August 11th, 2009 8:56 AM

Faltering Property Values Hamper Commercial Mortgage Refinancing Efforts

Posted by John Bremner on August 10th, 2009 8:22 AM

The Prisoners of Drywall

Posted by John Bremner on August 8th, 2009 11:41 AM

‘Underwater’ Mortgages to Hit 48%, Deutsche Bank Says

Posted by John Bremner on August 7th, 2009 8:11 AM

Keeping Their Eggs in Their Backyard Nests

Posted by John Bremner on August 6th, 2009 8:16 AM

Apartment Market Conditions Stabilizing, But Not Improving

Posted by John Bremner on August 5th, 2009 8:17 AM

Reform, Demographics Bode Well for Medical Office Investors

Posted by John Bremner on August 4th, 2009 8:18 AM

Favoring Franchises

Posted by John Bremner on August 3rd, 2009 7:09 AM

Lucrative Fees May Deter Efforts to Alter Loans

Posted by John Bremner on August 1st, 2009 8:35 AM

July 2009

Outlook for the U.S. Economy and Community Banks

Posted by John Bremner on July 31st, 2009 7:18 AM

Housing: Remember the Two Bottoms!

Posted by John Bremner on July 30th, 2009 9:35 AM

Option ARM Defaults Shrink Recast Wave

Posted by John Bremner on July 29th, 2009 7:12 AM

New U.S. Home Sales Rise Sharply as Prices Fall

Posted by John Bremner on July 27th, 2009 8:50 AM

Commercial Loans Failing at Rapid Pace

Posted by John Bremner on July 25th, 2009 11:42 AM

Hotel Experts Anticipate ‘Day of Reckoning’ as Market Slides

Posted by John Bremner on July 24th, 2009 8:14 AM

At N.Y. Fed, Blending In Is Part of the Job

Posted by John Bremner on July 23rd, 2009 9:23 AM

Why Toxic Assets Are So Hard to Clean Up

Posted by John Bremner on July 22nd, 2009 8:13 AM

Fifty Ways To Kill Recovery

Posted by John Bremner on July 21st, 2009 7:02 AM

The Most Misunderstood Man in America

Posted by John Bremner on July 20th, 2009 7:42 AM

Mounting Job Losses Will Hurt Consumption, Housing, Banks’ Balance Sheets, Public Finances and Lead to Protectionist Pressures

Posted by John Bremner on July 18th, 2009 9:07 AM

Would you pledge your soul as loan collateral?

Posted by John Bremner on July 17th, 2009 8:33 AM

Wary Of Realizing Losses, Lenders "Pretend and Extend"

Posted by John Bremner on July 16th, 2009 7:31 AM

Goldman's Back, and Why We Should Be Worried

Posted by John Bremner on July 15th, 2009 8:46 AM

Apartment Sales Hit All-Time Low in May

Posted by John Bremner on July 14th, 2009 7:31 AM

Let's Treat Borrowers Like Adults

Posted by John Bremner on July 13th, 2009 9:06 AM

The Man Who Crashed the World

Posted by John Bremner on July 9th, 2009 10:14 PM

U.S. apartment vacancies near historic high

Posted by John Bremner on July 9th, 2009 8:52 AM

In Search of Dignity

Posted by John Bremner on July 8th, 2009 7:14 AM

US office market continues to spiral down

Posted by John Bremner on July 7th, 2009 10:05 AM

Fifty Herbert Hoovers

Posted by John Bremner on July 6th, 2009 7:41 AM

A Forecast With Hope Built In

Posted by John Bremner on July 4th, 2009 9:06 AM

Q&A with Steve Bram: Shortfall of Supply When Recession Ends in 2011

Posted by John Bremner on July 3rd, 2009 9:09 AM

For Those with Money: "You Won't Find a Better Time to Be a Buyer"

Posted by John Bremner on July 2nd, 2009 8:09 AM

States brace for shutdowns

Posted by John Bremner on July 1st, 2009 8:07 AM

June 2009

Madoff may not have benefited most in scam

Posted by John Bremner on June 30th, 2009 10:21 AM

Betraying the Planet

Posted by John Bremner on June 29th, 2009 7:22 AM

California to see record number of hotel foreclosures

Posted by John Bremner on June 28th, 2009 9:05 AM

U.S. commercial property market thawing

Posted by John Bremner on June 26th, 2009 8:39 AM

Not Paying the Mortgage, Yet Stuck With the Keys

Posted by John Bremner on June 25th, 2009 8:57 AM

Bringing Down the House

Posted by John Bremner on June 24th, 2009 8:49 AM

No recovery for U.S. property markets until 2017

Posted by John Bremner on June 23rd, 2009 8:08 AM

UCLA Anderson Forecast - Economy Healing But Not Out of Hospital Yet

Posted by John Bremner on June 22nd, 2009 8:01 AM

The Obama Haters’ Silent Enablers

Posted by John Bremner on June 20th, 2009 7:42 AM

What’s Next for Idled Southern California Car Dealerships?

Posted by John Bremner on June 19th, 2009 7:09 AM

A TARP/TALF Primer for Multifamily Borrowers

Posted by John Bremner on June 18th, 2009 7:37 AM

FDIC Report on Government Support Programs

Posted by John Bremner on June 17th, 2009 7:26 AM

U.S. Pushes a Troubled Citigroup to Heal Itself

Posted by John Bremner on June 16th, 2009 7:29 AM

The Big Hate

Posted by John Bremner on June 15th, 2009 7:41 AM

Happy Like God

Posted by John Bremner on June 14th, 2009 4:35 PM

Europe Lags as U.S. Economy Shows Signs of Recovery

Posted by John Bremner on June 13th, 2009 12:38 PM

Bondholders Face Losses From Commercial Mortgages

Posted by John Bremner on June 12th, 2009 8:30 AM

Report From California State Controller

Posted by John Bremner on June 11th, 2009 8:54 AM

Bank Profits From Accounting Rules Masking Looming Loan Losses

Posted by John Bremner on June 10th, 2009 8:04 AM

Why Home Prices May Keep Falling

Posted by John Bremner on June 9th, 2009 8:14 AM

Capital Markets’ Distress Mingles with Hints of Improvement

Posted by John Bremner on June 8th, 2009 8:20 AM

Retail Real Estate Investors Remain Parked on the Sidelines

Posted by John Bremner on June 4th, 2009 8:10 AM

Bernanke Testimony (Prepared) Before House Budget Committee 6/3/09

Posted by John Bremner on June 3rd, 2009 8:28 AM

The Summer Home Bust

Posted by John Bremner on June 2nd, 2009 8:32 AM

The World Economy

Posted by John Bremner on June 1st, 2009 9:45 AM

May 2009

Restaurant Industry Outlook Continues to Improve: Restaurant Performance Index Hits Highest Level

Posted by John Bremner on May 30th, 2009 9:10 AM

The Big Inflation Scare

Posted by John Bremner on May 29th, 2009 8:46 AM

Unemployment Claims at Record 6.79 Million

Posted by John Bremner on May 28th, 2009 8:21 AM

Yes, You Can Buy Real Estate

Posted by John Bremner on May 27th, 2009 8:25 AM

Good Buy or Bad Buy? Look No Further Than Rent Rolls

Posted by John Bremner on May 26th, 2009 8:28 AM

Brokerages Report Losses

Posted by John Bremner on May 23rd, 2009 8:49 AM

US housing market to stabilize this summer -- Sam Zell

Posted by John Bremner on May 22nd, 2009 9:58 AM

Shopping Centers Activity- Private Buyers Pounce

Posted by John Bremner on May 21st, 2009 9:08 AM

Concerns About A False Bottom In Housing

Posted by John Bremner on May 20th, 2009 8:52 AM

Most U.S. homeowners think a bottom has been reached: Zillow

Posted by John Bremner on May 19th, 2009 9:18 AM

Cities brace for shutdown of auto dealerships

Posted by John Bremner on May 18th, 2009 8:06 AM

A Bank Is Survived by Its Loans

Posted by John Bremner on May 16th, 2009 11:42 AM

Commercial RE Braces For a Surge in Defaults

Posted by John Bremner on May 15th, 2009 8:50 AM

Credit Card Write-Offs Ahead

Posted by John Bremner on May 14th, 2009 9:14 AM

A Sucker's Rally?

Posted by John Bremner on May 13th, 2009 8:08 AM

The Harlem Miracle

Posted by John Bremner on May 11th, 2009 7:52 AM

Monsters Inc.

Posted by John Bremner on May 8th, 2009 8:55 AM

Chrysler won't repay bailout money

Posted by John Bremner on May 7th, 2009 8:24 AM

We Can't Subsidize the Banks Forever

Posted by John Bremner on May 6th, 2009 8:59 AM

Chinese ordered to smoke more to boost economy

Posted by John Bremner on May 5th, 2009 8:46 AM

Depression Scares Are Hardly New

Posted by John Bremner on May 4th, 2009 8:39 AM

The Wages of Sin

Posted by John Bremner on May 3rd, 2009 10:36 AM

Phoenix Leads the Way Down in Home Prices

Posted by John Bremner on May 2nd, 2009 9:58 AM

Apartment Market Still Suffering Downturn, Though Pace Is Decelerating

Posted by John Bremner on May 1st, 2009 8:40 AM

April 2009

To Kill An American

Posted by John Bremner on April 30th, 2009 7:26 AM

Deepening woes for the Imperial Valley

Posted by John Bremner on April 29th, 2009 9:37 AM

U.S. pressured BofA to complete Merrill deal

Posted by John Bremner on April 28th, 2009 7:59 AM

A New Class of Haves and Have Nots

Posted by John Bremner on April 27th, 2009 9:33 AM

A Glimmer of Hope?

Posted by John Bremner on April 26th, 2009 9:49 AM

O.C. industrial rents in steepest fall since 1993

Posted by John Bremner on April 24th, 2009 8:23 AM

Option ARM Resets Delayed

Posted by John Bremner on April 23rd, 2009 8:45 AM

Bank Profits Appear Out of Thin Air

Posted by John Bremner on April 22nd, 2009 9:46 AM

What Good Are Economists Anyway?

Posted by John Bremner on April 20th, 2009 7:34 AM

Discount Days

Posted by John Bremner on April 18th, 2009 4:21 PM

A Thought for Tax Day: The Real Fiscal Crisis Is Yet to Come

Posted by John Bremner on April 17th, 2009 9:09 AM

Apartments and Industrial Property Are Best Bets

Posted by John Bremner on April 15th, 2009 8:45 AM

10 ways the new economy will look different

Posted by John Bremner on April 14th, 2009 10:12 AM

Economy Falling Years Behind

Posted by John Bremner on April 13th, 2009 12:51 PM

Lender Initiated Fraud as a Cause of the Financial Crisis

Posted by John Bremner on April 10th, 2009 8:20 AM

Apartment Vacancy Rates Hit Three Year High

Posted by John Bremner on April 9th, 2009 8:47 AM

How to Clean a Dirty Bank

Posted by John Bremner on April 8th, 2009 11:21 AM

Why this will not be a normal cyclical recovery

Posted by John Bremner on April 7th, 2009 8:26 AM

U.S. Mortgage Problems Increasing

Posted by John Bremner on April 6th, 2009 10:03 AM

Record Downgrade of Corporate Debt

Posted by John Bremner on April 2nd, 2009 11:36 AM

March 2009

Property Sales Volume Ticks Up

Posted by John Bremner on March 31st, 2009 10:46 AM

Roubini Says Stocks Will Drop

Posted by John Bremner on March 30th, 2009 11:49 AM

Novice Investors Turn Repos Into Rentals

Posted by John Bremner on March 27th, 2009 8:59 AM

Wall Streeters Face Bitterness—And Shock

Posted by John Bremner on March 25th, 2009 10:20 PM

Home Buyers Stir Hope in California

Posted by John Bremner on March 25th, 2009 8:39 AM

Krugman - Financial Policy Despair

Posted by John Bremner on March 24th, 2009 9:05 AM

Rising Cap Rates - Landlords in Survival Mode

Posted by John Bremner on March 22nd, 2009 6:32 PM

Technical and Fundamental Aspect of Stock Market

Posted by John Bremner on March 20th, 2009 11:30 AM

Rated F for Failure

Posted by John Bremner on March 17th, 2009 8:33 AM

The Mark To Market Babble

Posted by John Bremner on March 12th, 2009 12:06 PM

Real estate woes seep into malls, office towers

Posted by John Bremner on March 11th, 2009 8:32 AM

Bad Bear Markets

Posted by John Bremner on March 10th, 2009 8:50 AM

Is Now the Best Time to Invest in Apartments?

Posted by John Bremner on March 6th, 2009 12:49 PM

On Real Estate and Other Risks to the Economic Outlook

Posted by John Bremner on March 5th, 2009 9:52 AM

Vanishing Buyers for Triple Net Lease Deals

Posted by John Bremner on March 4th, 2009 8:25 AM

Hidden Pension Fiasco May Foment Another $1 Trillion Bailout

Posted by John Bremner on March 3rd, 2009 9:45 AM

Apartment Landlords Lower Rents

Posted by John Bremner on March 2nd, 2009 9:06 AM

February 2009

Opportunity Funds Won’t Strike Until Second Half of 2009

Posted by John Bremner on February 27th, 2009 9:55 AM

Bailout Hearings

Posted by John Bremner on February 26th, 2009 8:30 AM

Four Bad Bear Markets

Posted by John Bremner on February 25th, 2009 8:19 AM

Commercial Mortgage Defaults Rise as Large Loans Sour, S&P Says

Posted by John Bremner on February 24th, 2009 9:10 AM

A Florida Court's 'Rocket Docket' Blasts Through Foreclosure Cases

Posted by John Bremner on February 22nd, 2009 9:09 AM

The TARP

Posted by John Bremner on February 20th, 2009 11:10 AM

TALF Expansion Bodes Well for CMBS Market

Posted by John Bremner on February 18th, 2009 12:05 PM

Failed Banks Pose Test for Regulators

Posted by John Bremner on February 17th, 2009 12:03 PM

Market Participants Assess Distressed Debt Opportunities

Posted by John Bremner on February 14th, 2009 1:35 PM

Hazardous Materials?

Posted by John Bremner on February 13th, 2009 10:53 AM

Multifamily and Commercial Loan Originations Plunge 80 Percent

Posted by John Bremner on February 12th, 2009 11:15 AM

Bottom in Sight?

Posted by John Bremner on February 11th, 2009 12:43 PM

More than 1,000 banks may fail, analyst estimates

Posted by John Bremner on February 10th, 2009 4:28 PM

Sam Zell’s Empire, Underwater in a Big Way

Posted by John Bremner on February 9th, 2009 4:38 PM

The Economic Outlook for 2009 and Community Banks - Janey Yellen, President SF Federal Reserve Bank

Posted by John Bremner on February 7th, 2009 11:34 AM

Why Be a Nation of Mortgage Slaves?

Posted by John Bremner on February 5th, 2009 8:06 AM

Swedish Banking Lessons

Posted by John Bremner on February 4th, 2009 8:55 AM

The Good News Is The Prices Are Falling Fast

Posted by John Bremner on February 3rd, 2009 8:49 AM

Big Risks for U.S. in Trying to Value Bad Bank Assets

Posted by John Bremner on February 2nd, 2009 10:23 AM

January 2009

How To Wreck Your Credit Score

Posted by John Bremner on January 31st, 2009 12:39 PM

Cleaner and Faster

Posted by John Bremner on January 30th, 2009 9:19 AM

Economic Cures Are Like Booze for an Alcoholic

Posted by John Bremner on January 29th, 2009 9:38 AM

For Fed Policy-Making, Murky Era Lies Ahead

Posted by John Bremner on January 27th, 2009 4:02 PM

Conditions Remain Cloudy for Apartments

Posted by John Bremner on January 23rd, 2009 10:47 AM

Foreign Investors Plan to Increase Stake in US Real Estate

Posted by John Bremner on January 20th, 2009 11:11 AM

Wall Street Voodoo

Posted by John Bremner on January 19th, 2009 8:43 AM

Financial scoundrels have little to fear from the law

Posted by John Bremner on January 13th, 2009 10:27 AM

Top 10 US Rental Markets

Posted by John Bremner on January 12th, 2009 8:54 AM

Roubini Projects Two Year Recession

Posted by John Bremner on January 9th, 2009 9:32 AM

Commercial Real Estate Outlook Dampened

Posted by John Bremner on January 8th, 2009 2:48 PM

December 2008

The Fed's Big Experiment

Posted by John Bremner on December 23rd, 2008 11:02 AM

Recession Will End in Second Half of 2009

Posted by John Bremner on December 22nd, 2008 9:08 AM

Foreclosed Properties Face Negative Stigma

Posted by John Bremner on December 19th, 2008 10:45 AM

Life's Not Fair

Posted by John Bremner on December 18th, 2008 7:45 AM

NY Times: Commercial Real Estate Future

Posted by John Bremner on December 17th, 2008 3:16 PM

What Happened to Mervyn's Leases in Bankruptcy?

Posted by John Bremner on December 17th, 2008 2:58 PM

The 4.5% Loan

Posted by John Bremner on December 17th, 2008 2:45 PM

The Case for Apartments

Posted by John Bremner on December 14th, 2008 10:07 AM

The Next Wave of Foreclosures in 2009

Posted by John Bremner on December 12th, 2008 11:13 AM

Distressed Commercial Real Estate

Posted by John Bremner on December 10th, 2008 8:54 AM

Commercial Mortgage Troubles in the Future

Posted by John Bremner on December 10th, 2008 8:21 AM

Dismal Short Term Outlookm - Real Capital Analytics

Posted by John Bremner on December 8th, 2008 11:15 AM

Re-Default Rates on Modified Loans

Posted by John Bremner on December 8th, 2008 10:35 AM

Fed's 4.5% Mortgage Proposal

Posted by John Bremner on December 4th, 2008 10:33 AM

November 2008

The Retail Outlook for 2009

Posted by John Bremner on November 25th, 2008 3:11 PM

How To Be Happy During A Recession

Posted by John Bremner on November 19th, 2008 5:15 PM

Commercial and Multifamily Lending Activity Contracts 53%

Posted by John Bremner on November 19th, 2008 3:26 PM

Commercial Real Estate Sectors Disrupted By Credit Squeeze, Weak Economy

Posted by John Bremner on November 17th, 2008 9:04 AM

The End Is In Sight!

Posted by John Bremner on November 13th, 2008 4:39 PM

Retail Sales Worst in Decades

Posted by John Bremner on November 11th, 2008 9:06 AM

CB Richard Ellis: Steep Revenue Drop in the Third Quarter

Posted by John Bremner on November 7th, 2008 2:41 PM

October 2008

Professor Roubini's Predictions

Posted by John Bremner on October 31st, 2008 10:33 AM

Trends in Commercial Real Estate

Posted by John Bremner on October 30th, 2008 11:12 AM

Who Could Have Known?

Posted by John Bremner on October 27th, 2008 2:21 PM

Worst Real Estate Downturn Since 1991-1992, ULI Report Concludes

Posted by John Bremner on October 21st, 2008 3:54 PM

Which Markets Will Recover First?

Posted by John Bremner on October 8th, 2008 3:54 PM

Make Money on the Buy Side

Posted by John Bremner on October 3rd, 2008 1:40 PM

August 2008

Rental Sticker Shock

Posted by John Bremner on August 18th, 2008 10:01 AM

Interesting Times