Posted by Arnold Balthazaar
Financial Institutions, Government
Friday, April 30th, 2010

Inflation is the one foe that is sought to be contained by economic regulators. Officially delegated to a Federal Reserve, inflation targeting is the bane of every Chairman’s existence. Academics have been known to be divided in their views pertaining to the functions of a Central Bank. Some adhere to the opinion that a Central [...]
Posted by Arnold Balthazaar
Bay Area, Featuread Area, Headlines, Market Updates
Friday, April 30th, 2010

Corporate lay-offs have plagued the United States ever since the onset of bad debts that reared their heads in late 2007, and Silicon Valley has of course been no exception. A poignant reminder of the sheer carnage inflicted upon the distressed commercial property market is found in the recent acquisition of the Sherman Clay Building [...]
Posted by Events
Industry Events
Thursday, April 29th, 2010
Omni Hotel – Bloomfield, Colorado | May 11 – May 15
Posted by Arnold Balthazaar
Nevada
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

Bastions of the banking industry such as Wells Fargo, apart from enduring the financial and credit crisis that plagued so many banks, have managed to use the fiscal cleansing of recent years to expand their operations. Initially committed to the West Coast alone Wells Fargo took the opportunity to acquire Wachovia Bank that has a [...]
Posted by Amitesh Kumar
Economic Updates
Monday, April 26th, 2010
Arising out of the gloomy situation in the country, where default by mortgage borrowers are rampant, there is heavier impact in the real estate market, more in respect of commercial properties rather than residential. Consequently, the percentage of defaults in commercial real estate loans – the basis behind Commercial Mortgage Based Securities (CMBS) – is [...]
Posted by Amitesh Kumar
Assisted Living, Bay Area, California
Monday, April 26th, 2010
Business has nothing to do with benevolence or even social responsibilities like caring for the elderly citizens. This is what comes to mind while finding that the foreclosure fiasco overwhelming the US country has not spared some elder-care homes and evicting the residents mercilessly – for no fault of theirs but the default of the [...]
Posted by Events
Industry Events
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center – National Harbor, Maryland | May 05 – May 07
Posted by Events
Industry Events
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Hotel Del Coronado – Coronado, California | May 02 – May 05
Posted by Events
Industry Events
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Hyatt Regency – Chicago, Illinois | Apr 25 – Apr 28
Posted by Arnold Balthazaar
Economic Updates, Government
Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Recessions are rarely predictable in shape, but there is no mandate that it be V-shaped. Therefore, the current economic climate plentiful with distressed property, commercial short sales and foreclosures, needs to be carefully nurtured to sponsor confidence in the broader economy. It is this reality that would prevent the immediate enactment of statutory regulation curtailing [...]