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April Interest Rate on SBA 504 Loans Declines to Record Low – 5.25%

April 15, 2009 in Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying, News

The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 504 loan program is currently providing long-term, fixed rate financing for commercial real estate at the lowest interest rate since the program’s inception. The SBA’s lending partners, Certified Development Companies (CDCs) are busy working with small business borrowers who are taking advantage of this record low interest rate to finally purchase or build their new facilities.

(Vocus/PRWEB ) April 14, 2009 — NADCO, the trade association for the nation’s Certified Development Companies (CDCs), reports that the interest rate for a 20-year SBA 504 loan has hit a record low for the projects funded in April 2009. This rate is the lowest it has been since the program’s inception in 1986. The April debentures that funded this month’s SBA 504 loans were sold to investors at an interest rate of 4.31%. This low rate, coupled with the new fee reductions provided by the Congressional stimulus bill, led to an effective interest rate – including servicing fees – of only 5.25% for this month.

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French Property Market Update – April 2009

April 14, 2009 in Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying, News

A moderate price reduction but no risk of a property crash

The last market review published by the Fédération Nationale de l’Immobilier (FNAIM), which is the French National Federation of Real Estate Agents, confirmed the general trend with price reductions during the 1st quarter of 2009 but emphasise on the fact there is no risk of a property crash.

According to an internal survey carried out by the FNAIM (260 estate agents participated to it), their turnover for the 1st quarter of 2009 is down by an average 30% compared to the 1st quarter of 2008. An article published in the French newspaper “Le Monde” (mentioning the FNAIM market report and a report from the French notaires) indicates that the notaires activity in 2008 decreased by 20% compared to the previous year. The whole resale market decreased by 17%, from 802,000 in 2007 to 667,000 in 2008. New build sales dropped by 37.6% (79,400 in 2008 against 127,300 in 2007).

As a consequence, the major French property developers decided price reductions on most of their developments during the 4th quarter of 2008 and the 1st quarter of 2009 by 10 to 20%. Read the rest of this entry →

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