http://www2.cohen.06.thirdwavellc.com/content.cfm/blog?topic=industry-trends en-us 2012-02-04T00:01:16-06:00 http://www2.cohen.06.thirdwavellc.com/content.cfm/blog-2011-02-24 <p> At the beginning of the month, over 3,000 professionals from capital providers and mortgage banking firms descended on San Diego for the annual MBA-CREF convention. Guarded optimism prevailed with most people believing that the worst is behind us, values have bottomed and have started to recover, abundant capital exists for the &ldquo;right deals&rdquo; and interest rates are on the rise. <a href="/content.cfm/blog-2011-02-24">read more</a></p> Joseph N. Hevey, Jr. Capital Markets Finance, Industry Trends 2011-02-24T13:58:00-06:00 http://www2.cohen.06.thirdwavellc.com/content.cfm/blog-2011-01-11 <p>Our newest edition of Financing Notes is now available. Jack M. Cohen discusses: The ongoing capital distribution problem The availability of capital for trophy real estate and dearth of capital for everyone else Jobs! What effect they have on CRE The lasting impact of this economic cycle on CRE Political risk Surgery anyone? Who will be the first to take the remaining losses needed for everyone to move forward? <a href="/content.cfm/blog-2011-01-11">read more</a></p> Jack M. Cohen Capital Markets Finance, Industry Trends 2011-01-11T13:11:00-06:00 http://www2.cohen.06.thirdwavellc.com/content.cfm/blog2010-08-29 <p> Recently, I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Michael Murray with the Mortgage Bankers Association. We discussed how a job-less recovery could eventually lead to a loss of value in commercial real estate and what some possible outcomes may be for a return of a CMBS marketplace. <a href="/content.cfm/blog2010-08-29">read more</a></p> Jack M. Cohen Capital Markets Finance, Industry Trends 2010-08-29T17:34:00-06:00 http://www2.cohen.06.thirdwavellc.com/content.cfm/blog2010-07-26 <p>On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill. The two questions that come to mind for me are “Can you legislate against greed or stupidity?” and, “If you could, why would you want to?” <a href="/content.cfm/blog2010-07-26">read more</a></p> Jack M. Cohen Capital Markets Finance, Industry Trends 2010-07-26T17:34:00-06:00 http://www2.cohen.06.thirdwavellc.com/content.cfm/blog2010-07-07 <p> At 5:38am on Friday June 25th, Congress finished up their proposed legislation for Financial Reform. Since then, I have looked eagerly at what the media had to say about the efforts of Congress. I remain disappointed. <a href="/content.cfm/blog2010-07-07">read more</a></p> Jack M. Cohen Capital Markets Finance, Industry Trends 2010-07-07T09:55:00-06:00 http://www2.cohen.06.thirdwavellc.com/content.cfm/blog2010-06-25 <p>It occurs to me that everyone, naturally so, is in a hurry for things to return to “normal”. Funny thing, this “normal” thing. Who defines it? Is normal really the flow of business we experienced from 2004 to 2007? If not, then what is? And, how do we know given the “rose colored glasses” of normalcy we wear today? Can any of us truly give up our mental memory of the future? <a href="/content.cfm/blog2010-06-25">read more</a></p> Jack M. Cohen Capital Markets Finance, Industry Trends 2010-06-25T06:43:00-06:00