Real estate: Investors turn crisis into opportunity

Fundraising among private equity firms for distressed real estate and debt investing has grown to record levels.

Real estate worldwide has suffered badly from the global economic downturn. Developers are under attack from a combination of falling property values and a credit freeze that has dramatically narrowed refinancing options. Real estate research firm Real Capital Analytics estimates that about $10 billion of commercial property worldwide has been foreclosed upon, with a further $72 billion in trouble. It comes as no surprise that global real estate sales last year fell 58% to $504 billion.

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