Real Estate and the Financial Crisis: How Turmoil in the Capital Markets is Restructuring Real Estate Finance

by Anthony Downs, Urban Land Institute

Overview

Explaining that the current financial crisis began with an unprecedented flow of financial capital into commercial and housing markets, this study by a real estate insider describes the impact of the downturn and assesses the future for real estate markets. Topics of discussion include the credit crunch, problems with the flow of capital, the outlook for commercial property markets, and advice to individual investors for buying and selling while the market is down.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780874201192
Publisher:	Urban Land Institute
Publication date:	04/15/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Anthony Downs is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and the author of An Economic Theory of Democracy and Niagara of Capital. He lives in Washington, DC. Urban Land Institute is a nonprofit research and education organization dedicated to providing leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide.