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Commercial Loans Seen As the Next Big Problem

May 25th, 2009 @ 1:59 PM by Alden Smith

The National Association of Realtors is quoted as saying” commercial real estate is the hardest hit industry outside of the auto industry.   A recovery in commercial real estate always lags a general economic recovery but with the right policy prescriptions we can recover more quickly.” It appears there is little liquidity in the commercial loan market at present.   Right now it faces its worst challenge since the Great Depression.   According to Reuters, hundreds of billions of dollars in commercial loans will mature this year with over $1 trillion maturing in the next three years.   If there... more »