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Commercial real estate’s slow recovery will continue in 2013, according to the Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2013 report released today by PwC and the Urban Land Institute at the ULI Fall Conference taking place in Denver.  The report, generated by surveys and interviews with 900 real estate investors, developers, service providers and lenders, shows expectations that trends that have materialized in recent years will continue in 2013.  read entire article….  Author:  David Bodamer, Source:  National Real Estate Investor

While a majority of America is keenly aware of the housing bubble, and at least somewhat familiar with the unraveling of the European Markets, little energy is being focused on what may very well be the nation’s next looming fiscal crisis:  the large volume of commercial real estate debt maturing over the next seven years.  read entire article…  Author:  Nicholas Coburn, Source:  National Real Estate Investor.

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Florida community banks and credit unions said regulatory compliance was their biggest obstacle, event greater than economic problems, according to a survey by the Florida Chamber of Commerce and Florida CFO Jeff Atwater.  Author:  Brian Bandell, Source:  Orlando Business Journal.  read entire article….

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Title VII of the Dodd Frank Act, much of which will take effect next month, requires over-the-counter derivatives to trade through central counter-parties.  Author:  Aron Gottesman, Source:  American Banker. read entire article…