Municipal Liens as Asset Class

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Yield-seekers once again face the

And the Winner Is….

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If you paid any attention to financial news headlines, you are aware that in 2014

Former Lehman Traders Look to CRE

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Could it be that commercial real estate presents

Fannie Freddie Common Security: Even Bigger?

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Housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

BlackRock vs. Blackstone: Who Did Better?

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When Blackstone chief Stephen Schwarzman compared

Listed Real Estate as Portfolio Mainstay

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Publicly traded real estate

JP Morgan Highbridge Housing Revival Portfolio

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The recovery of construction from the slump

Cerberus Looks to Raise Construction Stake

Cerberus chief Stephen Feinberg must be convinced that construction activity is on the way to a robust recovery. He just won’t give up

JP Morgan Highbridge Housing Bet

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Will JP Morgan’s $26 billion hedge fund business Highbridge Capital

Who Will Pay for Bad Mortgages?

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The good news is that the US economy continues to grow despite panic rounds caused by the European debt crisis. The not so good news: housing losses continue to drag the economy while regulators, banks, investors and homeowners battle over who will bear the brunt of the real estate bust.

The problem is how to allocate the losses, said Joseph Tracy, executive vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,

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