Commercial Links - 4/13/09

Commercial Property news and links for 2nd week of April 2009:

1. Rocklin door company slams shut - Sacramento

2. Job losses, real estate woes fuel a run-up in bankruptcies across state - Columbus

3. Florida bankruptcies are surging in Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa

4. U.S. financial system still on life support

5. REITs up 5% for week ended April 10

6. Dubai World offers plan to complete Las Vegas City Center

7. Track performance of U.S. and global real estate markets

8. Snipers Kill Pirates, Save Captain

9. Banks own growing number of Hawaii foreclosed homes

10. Private equity dries up - Portland

11. New accounting rules may boost banks’ bottom lines - Kansas City

Commercial Real Estate Links - 3/23/09

I was going through some information on Google Analytics (video on setting up your blog or website) for research on driving traffic and found out that my most loyal viewers want a return of the Monday morning Commercial Real Estate list:

1. The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) was −2.83 in February, up from −3.74 in January. 

2. St. Louis - Bad loans rise more than 160% at St. Louis banks

3. Denver - Home sale prices show dip in Denver area for first two months of ’09

4. Winston/Salem - N.C. foreclosure program runs into ‘significant obstacles’

5. San Antonio - About 14 percent of San Antonio homes face negative equity, study shows

6. Sacramento - Business bankruptcies soar

7. Orlando - Business bankruptcies more than double in Central Florida

8. Bloomberg - U.S. banks brace for rising commercial loan defaults

9. Commercial Property News - Commercial Lending Up in 2008

10. Time Magazine - Banks need to overcome CRE debt glut

11. WSJ Online - General Growth in talks with Bondholders

12. Minneapolis - Real estate TIC boom has busted, players say

13. Dallas - It’s a buyer’s market with office leasing