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

by Anthony Downs, Urban Land Institute

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.

180 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2009