real estate sector

• Commercial Real Estate Activity Mixed Across Districts: Fed

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  January 17, 2013

  Though a little weaker than residential real estate, reports on sales and leasing of nonresidential real estate are still mostly positive.

• Kinecta CEO Sees Signs of Mortgage Recovery

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  February 5, 2012

  California’s $3.1 billion Kinecta Federal Credit Union, party to a delayed mega-merger with the $1.1 billion NuVision CU, is in recovery mode this month, tending to a battered mortgage portfolio.

• Commercial Real Estate Market Has Few Bright Spots

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  December 11, 2011

  With just a few weeks left in 2011, it may not be a shocking development that the commercial real estate sector will end the year in a state of stagnation.

• Onsite Coverage: Commercial Real Estate Among Hot Topics

  By Michelle Samaad  |  August 1, 2011

  Group takes on the question of commercial real estates and credit unions.

• CRE Weakness Continues to Drag Recovery

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  February 4, 2011

  High vacancy rates and low property values in the commercial real estate sector continues to hamper overall growth in the economy, one top banking official testified today.

• As the Bubble Burst, Other Lenders Were Hit Hardest

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  December 22, 2010

  It was a little more than a year ago when the NCUA threw its support behind an advisory that encouraged workouts on commercial real estate loans.

• Top 10 Stories of 2010 Countdown

  March 26, 2010

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• Commercial Real Estate Still Weak in all Fed Districts

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  January 14, 2010

  Rising vacancy rates and falling rents continue to be the main culprits behind the struggling commercial real estate sector, the Federal Reserve Board reported in its just-released Beige Book.