As Bills Loom, Developers Cry Bailout

Some $530B in commercial mortgages will need refinancing—and credit is tight
By Sarah Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 22, 2008 9:40 AM CST
As Bills Loom, Developers Cry Bailout
Retail space is available at a strip mall in Lawrence, Kan.   (AP Photo)

Developers worried about the health of the commercial real estate market want a piece of the bailout action, the Wall Street Journal reports. They say $530 billion in commercial mortgages will be up for refinancing in the next 3 years, but credit “simply is not available.” Without government help, trade groups predict a surge in bankruptcies and foreclosures.

Industry reps are asking to be included in a $200 billion program intended to boost the student- and car-loan markets—and some want a separate program just for them. “We’ve been urging Washington to put this as one of the top priorities,” one trade-group president said. Commercial delinquencies are already up, from 0.62% in September to 0.96% in November. (More commercial real estate stories.)

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