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26.09.26 - 18:21
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The Commercial Real Estate Crash Is Moving From Paper Losses To Realized Losses (ZeroHedge)
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The Commercial Real Estate Crash Is Moving From Paper Losses To Realized Losses
The great commercial real estate waiting game may finally be running out of time, according to Bloomberg.
For years after Covid fundamentally changed how Americans use office space, lenders and property owners managed to postpone much of the financial damage. Loans were modified, maturities were pushed out and buildings were given more time to recover. The basic assumption was that eventually interest rates would come down, employees would spend more time downtown and refinancing markets would reopen.
Instead, many owners are reaching the end of the runway with rates still elevated and buildings worth dramatically less than the debt sitting against them.
Chicago's Aon Center offers an almost absurd illustration. The 83-story skyscraper changed hands for $712 million in 2015 and was subsequently refinanced, with $536 million of debt eventually packaged into commercial mortgage-backed securities. Today, after losing...
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25.09.26 - 03:06
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Hong Kong catching up with Dubai in ′super-prime′ property sales amid Iran war (SCMP)
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Hong Kong has significantly narrowed Dubai's lead as the world's top market for “super-prime” residential property in recent months, as rising conflict weighs on activity in the Middle East market, according to Knight Frank.
Dubai retained first place for deals involving homes sold for US$10 million or more in the second quarter of the year, with 131 sales worth a combined US$2.17 billion, but the total value of those transactions fell 27 per cent compared with the previous quarter.
Hong Kong,......
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