Quoting Green Street Advisors, Bloomberg says commercial real estate is facing a "reckoning." ...

Hypo Real Estate Holding was rescued over the weekend. This is an ominous sign for commercial real estate because Hypo was a big player in financing the sector. At least part of the problem seems to be how Hypo was funding itself as opposed to...

In the retail sector, vacancy rates have climbed and rent increases have slowed for the past year. The vacancy rate at malls in the top 76 U.S. markets rose to 6.6% in the third quarter, up from 6.3% in the previous quarter, to its highest level...

Despite the worsening credit crisis, some REITs seem to have been able to line up fairly significant financing packages. So it seems not everybody can get a loan these days, but the market isn't completely frozen either. ...