<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[ FianceBoston: Blog]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog</link><description><![CDATA[ FianceBoston: Blog]]> </description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[ Investing for Green Cards ]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=31</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=31</guid><description><![CDATA[ The granting of a permanent residency visa, or Green Card, to foreign investors]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Interest Rate Update]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=30</guid><description><![CDATA[ We are securing very low interest rates on debt financing. ]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Student Housing]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=29</guid><description><![CDATA[ During the turmoil in the commercial real estate markets over the past few years there has been one shining star that continued to perform remarkably ]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Development is Back]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=28</guid><description><![CDATA[ Construction financing for development projects is making a comeback. ]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Real Estate Outlook 2011]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=25</guid><description><![CDATA[ I have given My assessment of the outlook for commercial real estate and residential real estate in 2011. ]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Real Estate Outlook 2011 - Residential extract]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=26</guid><description><![CDATA[ From our Real Estate Outlook for 2011, here is the Residential piece. ]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Real Estate Outlook 2011 - Commercial extract]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=27</guid><description><![CDATA[ From our Real Estate Outlook for 2011, here is the Commercial piece. ]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Covered Bonds]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=24</guid><description><![CDATA[ Covered Bonds could provide US banks with an alternative to Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS).]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Multifamily Development]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=23</guid><description><![CDATA[ One asset class that has continued to trade through the doldrums is multifamily housing (Apartments, Student Housing, and Assisted Living). ]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Young Graduate Renters]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=22</guid><description><![CDATA[ It is not surprising that a recent survey conducted by Apartments.com has highlighted a robust job market as being the number one concern for recent c]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ What Crash? ]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=21</guid><description><![CDATA[ Private equity funds and REITs have amassed huge war chests of cash in anticipation of an impending commercial real estate crash.  
]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Chasing the Money - Massive Decline in Lending]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=4</guid><description><![CDATA[ It will surprise nobody to hear that in 2009 bank lending had its sharpest decline since the Great Depression.  I am all too aware of this fact each d]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Commercial Real Estate Sales Rise from the Floor]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=20</guid><description><![CDATA[ December showed a 75% jump in commercial real estate sales over November.  This would normally be a headline grabbing statistic if taken out of contex]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Provisions and Reserves at Banks]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=5</guid><description><![CDATA[ You would be forgiven for thinking that banks are not lending any money right now.  Some actually are - you just need to know which ones.  Luckily for]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Banks' Debt Mountain]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=6</guid><description><![CDATA[ While grappling with pending debt maturities corporations are not alone in struggling to figure out where to refinance these debts.  Would you believe]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Massachusetts Home Sales on the Rise]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=7</guid><description><![CDATA[ October marked the fourth consecutive month for a rise in the volume of single family home sales in Massachusetts, which showed a 17.2% increase compa]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Stagnant Foreign Investment in US RE]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=8</guid><description><![CDATA[ 2009 will be one of the leanest years for foreign investment in US real estate.  It is estimated that it will close out the year with $5 billion inves]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Spanish banks]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=9</guid><description><![CDATA[ The past few years have seen the two largest Spanish banks (Santander & BBVA) become dominate players on the world stage as they have been on a shoppi]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ US banks "problem list" at a 15 year high]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=10</guid><description><![CDATA[ The number of US banks on the FDIC "problem list" has risen to its highest level in 15 years.  It now stands at 416 banks with $229.8 billion of asset]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Global real estate transactions on the rise]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=11</guid><description><![CDATA[ For the first time in 18 months global real estate transactions have risen quarter over quarter.  However the main contributor to this increase was fr]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ The end is nigh! ]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=12</guid><description><![CDATA[ The end is nigh! Of what you may ask; our economy, the financial system, sustained growth, or leverage?  How about the recession?  

There's a refre]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Home builders amassing land banks again.]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=13</guid><description><![CDATA[ In a sure sign of land prices bottoming out, home builders have begun to acquire land in prime locations to add to their land banks for future hosing ]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Latest from Boston commercial market]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=14</guid><description><![CDATA[ Boston office rents have seen steep declines to levels not seen since 2001.  The average office rent in Greater Boston now stands at $28.11 per square]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Commercial Real Estate is next!]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=15</guid><description><![CDATA[ What cliché should I use to describe the current situation with commercial real estate? 
 
"Waiting for the next shoe to drop"; or "The elephant in ]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP) Update]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=16</guid><description><![CDATA[ As a follow up to my last PPIP Blog I have had a lot of inquiries from clients as to how the PPIP could benefit them.  As it is currently structured t]]> </description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Commercial Real Estate, the next shoe to drop?]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=17</guid><description><![CDATA[ There are many opportunities created in down cycles and we must be poised to take them.  We may be over the worst in the housing market, but next up i]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Residential Housing]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=18</guid><description><![CDATA[ We have watched the housing market decline since mid 2006, probably one of the longest periods of declining prices in US history.  There appears to be]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP) - Geithner, Show me the Money!]]> </title><link>http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.financeboston.com/blog/view.aspx?id=19</guid><description><![CDATA[ The new Government program geared toward allowing the private sector to receive Government financial support for the purchase of so-called toxic asset]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
