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2009
September	Industrial sales down through first half of 2009 In this edition of MarketWatch we look at industrial investment sales activity in five major regions in the United States.
August	Office sales down through the first half of 2009 In this edition, we look at office investment sales activity in major regions throughout the United States.
June	Perspectives on corporate credit markets Accessing capital through corporate real estate This paper discusses the challenging credit markets and options for corporate sellers to raise cash.
May	Silver lining or just clouds on the horizon? Strained lending conditions within capital markets have forced retail real estate players to make paradigm shifts to their business models.
April	Feeling the full effects of the credit markets seizing up As the financial crisis accelerated and reached its zenith by early in the fourth quarter, industrial property transactions felt the full effects of the seizing-up of credit markets.
March	Growing economic state hurts national office sales Our capital markets experts indicate that the office user market deteriorated substantially by the end of 2008 because 400,000 of the 2 million job losses occurred in the office-using sector.
2008
October	Industrial sales weaken as a result of the credit crunch Similar to the market slowdown experienced by other property types, the industrial sector has felt the effect of the current economic conditions thus far in 2008.
September	Multifamily assets see solid demand Contrary to the market slowdown experienced by other property types, the multifamily sector has comparatively benefited from the current economic conditions thus far in 2008.
July	Current economic state hurts national office sales As credit concerns and a sluggish economy adversely affect both asset pricing and tenant demand, the U.S. commercial real estate investment market continues to struggle.
June	Retail buyers and sellers wait for stability As we approach the end of the second quarter, 2008 has proven to be a challenging period for retail real estate. Nationally, retail investment sales are down nearly 80% from a year earlier and less than half of the properties marketed in the last 12 months have successfully transacted.
May	Will retail weather the perfect storm? With a combination of low interest rates, lack of affordable credit and a retreat by Wall Street financial institutions, the perfect storm is brewing in the retail investment world.