February 8 | Globe and Mail (Canada) | Soured New York City Deal Portends Property Storm | by Joanna Slater
February 5 | National Real Estate Investor Magazine | Jobless Rate Drops But Losses Still Hurt Commercial Real Estate | by Denise Kalette
January 25 | Marketplace | A Shakeout in Commercial Real Estate | Interview with Alisa Roth
January 25 | National Public Radio | Comments on Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town
January 20 | USA Today | Banking System Stronger, But Far From Recovered | By Paul Wiseman
January 6 | BusinessWeek | Commercial Property Is Biggest Risk, U.S. Bank Examiners Find | by Craig Torres
January 4 | CNBC | Is There Another Shoe to Drop in 2010? | by Maria Bartiromo
January 4 | Bloomberg & BusinessWeek | Construction Spending in U.S. Fell 0.6% in November | by Courtney Schlisserman
December 30 | USA Today | Apartment Renters Win as Vacancy Rate Climbs | by Paul Davidson
December 17 | Reuters | Commercial Real Estate Outlook for 2010: Interview with Sam Chandan | Video
December 16 | Bloomberg | Morgan Stanley to Transfer Five San Francisco Buildings | by Dan Levy
December 16 | Reuters | Life Insurers Cushioned on Commercial Real Estate | by Lilla Zuill
December 16 | Bloomberg | Insurers May Lose $10 Billion on Commercial Property | by Andrew Frye
December 10 | BusinessWeek | A Long Shadow Over Small Banks | by Elizabeth Hester and Linda Shen
December 6 | Tribune (Ireland) | US Trophies Come to Haunt Dubai World
December 2 | Bloomberg | Fed Says US Economic Conditions Improved Modestly | by Scott Lanman
December 1 | Financial Times | US Commercial Mortgage Default Rate at 3.4% | by Alan Rappeport
December 1 | Reuters | US Commercial Property Loan Defaults Soar | by Ilaina Jonas
December 1 | CNBC | Commercial Mortgage Default Rates Rise | Realty Check by Diana Olick
December 1 | Bloomberg | Commercial Mortgage Defaults at U.S. Banks Reach 3.4% | by Hui-yong Yu
Dr. Sam Chandan is President and Chief Economist of Real Estate Econometrics and an adjunct professor of real estate at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Visit the Real Estate Econometrics website to learn more about the firm and Dr. Chandan's leadership role in the multifamily and commercial real estate industry: www.reeconometrics.com
Current and Upcoming Speaking Events
February 4 | Distressed Real Estate Summit | Los Angeles | Dr. Chandan will join the keynote panel at the Distressed Real Estate Summit, accompanied by Robert Knakal and Rand Sperry
Current Highlights, Publications, and Policy Commentary
Read Dr. Chandan's commentary on commercial real estate and mortgage markets at the Huffington Post, GlobeSt, and the Commercial Observer.
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The National Economy and Commercial Real Estate Mortgage Markets in 2010
Journal of Real Estate Law and Industry | January 12 2009 | Volume 3, Number 1
Ben Bernanke's Reconfirmation
The Commercial Observer | January 29 2010
Seniors Housing Occupancy and Absorption Rise in the Third Quarter
GlobeSt | December 13 2009