chase: If Dominick’s Is Out, Who’s Moving In? - 12/27/13 07:41 AM
One of Chicagland’s most well known grocers, Dominick’s, is in its final 2 weeks of existence.  This begs the question, who will take over these stores?
For many of the Dominick’s location it is more than just a grocer, it is “anchor tenant” for many of the real estate centers that house it.  This is a problem for many of the businesses attached to or surrounding those locations as they rely heavily on the traffic to provide additional business.  Additionally, many of these grocery-anchored shopping centers have tenancy and co-tenancy clauses that stipulate smaller retailers may break their lease if an … (0 comments)

chase: 41% drop in pre-foreclosures in 2012 - 05/30/13 10:31 PM
The 5 major lenders report their 2012 pre-foreclosure rate has dropped a whopping 41%!  The Big Five looked at their combined notice of default, (NOD) and notices of trustee sales, (NTS) and compared them to that of a year ago according to Reality Track.
Bank of America reports a 63% reduction from last year.  Citi is showing a 40% reduction from last year’s totals.  However, when comparing the numbers of pre-foreclosure filings in judicial states vs. non-judicial states there seems to be an increase.  Collectively, Bank of America, Citi, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, and Ally are showing a 26% increase … (0 comments)

chase: Another Idea to Reduce the Shadow Inventory - 08/16/11 03:47 PM

 
Brainstorming Idea #5 on how to reduce the shadow inventory
 
 
 
Ok, how about this one.  Since the money-center banks really are not true lending banks, they are servicing banks. 
Quick point of education:  When you go to your neighborhood bank, such as Bank of Main Street that is not a multi-branch bank, and then they provide you a mortgage, they keep the mortgage on their books in their vault.  They own the mortgage.  When you go to a Chase or Bank of America branch, they originate your mortgage, then they package it and sell it off … (1 comments)

 
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