http://www.iqrealestate.com/blog/index.cfm Real Estate Blog covering all aspects of the real estate market from agent education through market conditions and investing and the bubble status. Official Blog of IQRealEstate.com en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:26:17 -0500 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:04:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss webmaster@iqrealestate.com webmaster@iqrealestate.com http://www.iqrealestate.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/2/13/Commercial-real-estate-buyers-a-bit-like-home-shoppers-may-have-pushed-prices-up-too-fast Homebuyers have been pilloried for their aggressive buying habits in recent years. And recent sluggishness in the housing market may be fair payback for previous overindulgences. Big shot investors, meanwhile, have been having their own feeding frenzy on commercial real estate. Recent months have seen billion-dollar deals become routine. Buyers of trophy properties run from established real estate players  including Irvine Co. boss Don Bren  to Wall Street's hyperactive "private equity" pools of cash. My gosh, Mills Corp. the financially ailing operator of malls including The Block in Orange  is in play, no less. [More] The Bubble Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:04:00 -0500 http://www.iqrealestate.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/2/13/Commercial-real-estate-buyers-a-bit-like-home-shoppers-may-have-pushed-prices-up-too-fast