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November 18, 2008

Commercial Real Estate: Past its Prime?

The recent moonshot in commercial real estate default risk indices makes it seem likely that the sector is finally tumbling, as it has seemed obvious for some time it would. Check the following graph (via Markit) of the CMBX to see the recent spike upward. It’s darn impressive.

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