Mortgage Banking

Building confidence.

Portfolio - Editorial

Harvard Joint Center releases report on State of the Nation's Housing.

Business Alert

Residential mortgage delinquencies fall in QI.

Business Alert - Quarterly information - Seasonally adjusted deliquency rate

American Equity acquires Integrity Mortgage.

Business Alert - Brief Article

MBA testifies in support of raising FHA loan limits.

Business Alert - Mortgage Bankers Association of America - Federal Housing Administration - Brief Article

Mortgage Select and Terra.com launch online mortgage channel.

Business Alert - Brief Article

U.S. supply of foreclosed properties reaches highest level of 2004.

Business Alert - Brief Article

BofA and RE/MAX form alliance.

Business Alert - Brief Article

John Robbins Jr. nominated as MBA vice chair-elect.

Business Alert - Brief Article

Countrywide's Mozilo honored as 2004 Housing Person of the Year.

Business Alert - Angelo Mozilo receives award from National Housing Conference - Brief Article

FTC wins temporary restraining order against Colorado brokers.

Business Alert - Federal Trade Commission

The ticker.

Illustration

What's normal about a $2 trillion market?

Executive Suite - Column

Calendar of events.

Calendar

Comeback city: New York City has fully awakened from its Sept. 11, 2001, nightmare, with more than 11.5 million square feet of office space under construction or planned--and that's just in Manhattan. Rental and condo buildings are popping up everywhere, and multibillion-dollar waterfront projects are in the works.

Cover Story

GE Real Estate's realm: exceedingly smart management, a mega-balance sheet and great global strategy combine to make GE Real Estate a force to be reckoned with around the world.

Cover Report: Commercial / Multifamily - Company Profile

Rental reality: despite a persistent homebuyers' market, multifamily continues to serve its niche. The trend by young and old renters of moving to urban downtowns is fueling condo conversions and renovation of older buildings.

Cover Report: Commercial / Multifamily

Storm watch: various commercial property types will fare much differently given different economic scenarios. Here's the outlook from the real estate research corporation on how to prepare for the changing market conditions ahead.

Cover Report: Commercial/Multifamily

The industrial recovery: there's no question that industrial real estate is enjoying a strong rebound. Three especially hot markets are Northern New Jersey, Chicago and the greater Los Angeles industrial market.

Cover Report: Commercial/Multifamily

Motor city real estate: the hotel market in central Detroit boasts a mere 55.8 percent occupancy rate, yet retail appears to be a bright spot. Overall, Detroit's commercial property markets are still somewhat soft in a market over-shadowed by the auto industry's prospects.

Cover Report: Commercial/Multifamily - Campus Martius

International opportunities in nonperforming loans: in the global NPL battle, banks are making progress in resolving bad loans, but it's too early to proclaim victory.

Cover Report: Commercial/Multifamily - Nonperforming loans

Collateral damage: a lack of insurance coverage and growing litigation put lenders at risk when serious mold problems are discovered in buildings. But construction lenders could be part of the solution.

Cover Report: Commercial/Multifamily

Examining balloon risk: this new analysis offers deeper insight into the variables that contribute to the probability of default under different financing scenarios.

Cover Report: Commercial / Multifamily - Commercial Mortgage Metrics

Top 200 lenders: first-quarter 2004 (by $ amount).

Rankings - Illustration

American Equity Mortgage.

People - Appointments - Brief Article

Banc of America Securities LLC (BAS).

People - Appointments - Brief Article

David G. Hellhake has been named executive vice president for Mortgage-Hub in Conshohoken, Pennsylvania.

DeepGreen Financial - Appointments - Brief Article

Esther Santos has been named senior vice president--national operations manager for BankUnited Financial Corporation in Coral Gables, Florida.

People - Appointments - Brief Article

Irwin Bank & Trust Co.

People - Appointments - Brief Article

Jennifer Kitchen has been promoted to vice president of field research for CoStar Group Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland.

People - FlexPoint Funding Corporation - Brief Article