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Independent mortgage lenders outperform banks
As online services such as Which and Money Supermarket offer consumers a wider range of choice, banks and building societies must become more creative
While banks remain a favourite for securing a mortgage, there are several other options for sourcing this type of home financing available to qualified consumers. Depending on the country involved, the range of lenders may almost seem intimidating. The th...
CapitaLand’s ’3+3+2′ strategic focus
The Singapore-based property company explains its success in picking up real estate investments, and describes why it is focusing on seven countries and one region in its growth plans
Property giant CapitaLand’s formula for achieving sustainable growth and profitability in the next decade lies in doing more in the markets it already has a presence in, before investing in new cities. Its latest ‘3+3+2’ strategic focus denotes the ...
Lawsuits over mortgage debt rattle bank shares
European banking shares on Friday dropped sharply in anticipation of US jobs data and a published report that the Federal Housing Finance agency is planning …
Commercial property markets: from economic storm to new growth
In its 2008 fourth quarter reporting, global real estate giant CB Richard Ellis announced a dramatic 94 percent drop in profit, as commercial property markets collapsed in the wake of the global credit crunch. The following quarter, the firm posted its first quarterly net loss since going public in 2004
Yet, just two years later, CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has bounced back spectacularly, maintaining its position as market leader. In the third quarter of 2010, the firm signed a record 19 new outsourcing contracts, and reported a year-on-year 361 percent incr...
For some people, CDOs aren’t a four-letter word
Collateralised debt obligations are as hard to love as they are to fathom. The scourge of the financial world, these complex subprime mortgage-linked securities caused hundreds of billions of dollars in losses for banks, hedge funds and insurers
But CDOs have been very good to Donald Puglisi, a retired University of Delaware finance professor who remains fond of them. In fact, he and others are still making decent money from the bundled securities, even though Wall Street long ago stopped churnin...
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Zimbabwe
234.1% of GDP, pariah of debt markets, but with hopes for a healthy twelve months ahead
Japan
197.5%, hard-hit by the tsunami, and reeling from the internal corruption allegations
Greece
142.8%, possibly heading for default, and considered one of many eurozone bad boys
Lebanon
133.8%, deceptively, has a strong banking sector, but little more in an ailing economy
Iceland
126%, hopelessly indebted banks and very little light at the end of a long and gloomy tunnel
Italy
119% of GDP, in need of reform, paying over 7% for its debt thanks to technocratic leadership
Singapore
106%, to many an idyllic investment destination, a great borrower, repayer, and long term option
Belgium
101%, no government for most of 2011 didn’t help a weak economy in dire need of stimulus
Egypt
90%, high but it’s recovering from a long and protracted revolution and aiming high
European Union
82%, stronger countries like Germany are contaminated by the weakest. It could go on…
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