
Did the December slow down affect the overall growth of 2011? Read more to find out what happenened with each sector.
Randyl Drummer | CoStar
Powered by continuing gains in apartments and growing momentum in the office sector, the CoStar Commercial Repeat Sale Indices (CCRSI) National Composite Index ended 2011 significantly above its cyclical low last March, despite a relatively flat fourth quarter for pricing.

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Does a new year mean new optimism among lenders? Read this article to see what what is being seen in the lending market.
Beth Mattson | National Real Estate Investor
The volume of multifamily and commercial real estate lending is a far cry from the frothy days of 2005 through 2007. Yet the flow of capital is growing and both borrowers and lenders are optimistic that financing will continue to improve in 2012.

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Slowing banks are becoming more confident in the commercial real estate market. Find out more about the types of deals that are getting done and how banks are helping.
In what appears to be a sign of things to come, U.S. Bank recently closed on an $18 million construction loan for NoBe Bay, a 98-unit waterfront condominium project.

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Will 2012 bring access to more commercial real estate loans? Economist, Dr. Chandan, discusses the effects of legacy distress on the market.
Dr. Sam Chandan | GlobeSt.com
As reported in our most recent Bank Default and Lending Report, the combined default rate on banks’ commercial and multifamily mortgage loans fell to 3.75 percent in the third quarter of 2011.

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Read more about the strength in the Panama City market by clicking on the article below.
Chris Segal | News Herald
While the downturn in residential real estate sales grabs most of the public’s attention, driving past rows of empty commercial properties along thoroughfares like U.S. 98 serves as a reminder that the commercial real estate market also has seen tough times.

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Florida commercial real estate markets are attractive. Don’t allow opportunities to pass you by…they won’t last.
Offshore investors are flocking to Florida’s distressed real estate prices as major companies with ties to Hong Kong, Spain, Argentina and Malaysia are snapping up properties sensing the local market has bottomed.

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