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Spanish and Italian commercial real estate markets meltdown
American Thinker ^ | 08/13/12 | Rick Moran

Posted on 08/14/2012 6:07:38 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

August 13, 2012

Spanish and Italian commercial real estate markets meltdown

Rick Moran

My jaw dropped when I read this Financial Times report on the commercial real estate markets in Spain and Italy:

The Spanish and Italian commercial property markets have all but collapsed with the number of transactions in both countries falling more than 90 per cent in the three months to July as investors worry about the future of the eurozone.

Only three property transactions were registered in Spain during the second quarter, down from 58 deals in the previous quarter. In Italy the slide was even more pronounced, with just two buildings being traded during the period, down from 56, according to data from Real Capital Analytics.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cre; economy; eu

1 posted on 08/14/2012 6:07:49 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; PAR35; AndyJackson; Thane_Banquo; nicksaunt; MadLibDisease; happygrl; ...

P!


2 posted on 08/14/2012 6:08:58 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

wow, on the brink! the world on the verge of global governance to save the day!


3 posted on 08/14/2012 6:26:53 AM PDT by nevermorelenore
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Stunned my beeber!
4 posted on 08/14/2012 7:00:20 AM PDT by razorback-bert (I'm in shape. Round is a shape isn't it?)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Don’t sweat it, they’re all backed by Credit Default Swaps.


5 posted on 08/14/2012 9:59:39 AM PDT by Wolfie
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To: TigerLikesRooster; Whenifhow; Cincinatus' Wife; familyop; blam; kristinn; M. Espinola; Zakeet; ...
You have not seen anything yet . . .

Chinese Pull Out of U.S. Stock Markets !

6 posted on 08/14/2012 6:36:09 PM PDT by ex-Texan (The Time to "Wake Up" is Over !)
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Then there is this . . .

Investors Prepare for Euro Collapse !

LOL !

7 posted on 08/14/2012 6:42:30 PM PDT by ex-Texan (The Time to "Wake Up" is Over !)
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