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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (87211)	8/27/2007 11:17:22 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

One week into the Fed's effort to grease the wheels of the US credit system, Wall Street is wondering just who needs the money because there is no line at the window. Federal Reserve data released late Thursday reveals only a modest increase in direct Fed loans to banks, apart from funds borrowed by five major institutions in what was seen as a symbolic gesture. None of the five - Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wachovia and Germany's Deutsche Bank - said they needed the money. The identities of other borrowers is not known. "The window is open, but nobody came," said Lawrence Dyer, interest rate strategist at HSBC Securities USA, in New York. gulf-news.com

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (87211)	8/27/2007 11:20:22 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

The credit crunch that's been roiling the stock market is now starting to put a chill on Manhattan's red-hot commercial rental market. The potential for crisis is particularly acute because financial-services firms, which account for one-third of such space, could drive prices lower across the board, according to a report today in Crain's New York Business. In a sign of what might be more to come if the financial crisis spreads, Lehman Brothers last week opted not to take an additional 70,000 to 80,000 square feet at 399 Park Ave. Meanwhile, GVA Williams, for instance, started negotiating for an office lease in Midtown a couple of months ago for about $60 a square foot. But now the parties are looking at something in the low-$50s range, GVA Vice Chairman Mark Friedman told Crain's. What's more, the cooling off of the market is happening at a time when bankers are requesting - and getting - more equity from buyers. As The Post's Lois Weiss reported this month, one broker said a buyer on a $100 million deal copped out after talking with "40 banks" because he couldn't put down the 40 percent of the cost the banks demanded. nypost.com