If you’re a homeowner seeing property values plummet, look to the commercial real estate market for solace. It might tell you which areas will recover fastest – and which will likely remain weak.
The Urban Land Institute recently asked 700 real estate professionals to name the best (and worst) places to invest in commercial real estate [...]

In a battered housing market, flooded with inventory and foreclosures, homebuyers can rope in great deals on bank-owned homes. California posted 69,548 foreclosure filings during September, earning it the third highest foreclosure rate in the nation among states, according to Realtytrac(R). Buyers will have the
chance to purchase a variety of foreclosed homes at great values [...]

San Francisco may be 3,000 miles from Wall Street, but the crisis that has engulfed the country’s biggest financial institutions is putting even more pressure on the Bay Area’s real estate market, making it increasingly difficult for home buyers to get credit.
Cheap credit played a dramatic role in fueling the housing boom of the late [...]

Tracy Dearman has plenty of long-term perspective on the current real estate downturn. She runs a small San Francisco brokerage that was started by her grandmother on Haight Street more than 50 years ago. “We have seen many cycles in the real estate market, but nothing quite like this,” said Dearman, 46. “Our sales and [...]