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Bank Lending Trends - 1Q 2010 Estimates
Foresight Analytics presents its preliminary estimates for Residential Mortgage, Commercial Mortgage, Construction Loan and C&I Loan Delinquency Rates. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Construction Lending Activity - 4Q 2009
Foresight Analytics has released updated figures on construction lending for 4Q 2009, showing estimates of amounts outstanding and delinquency rates by real estate product type. Click here for highlights in Adobe Acrobat format.

Bank Lending Trends - 4Q 2009 Estimates
Foresight Analytics presents its preliminary estimates for Residential Mortgage, Commercial Mortgage, Construction Loan and C&I Loan Delinquency Rates. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Construction Lending Activity - 3Q 2009
Foresight Analytics has released updated figures on construction lending for 3Q 2009, showing estimates of amounts outstanding and delinquency rates by real estate product type. Click here for highlights in Adobe Acrobat format.

Bank Lending Trends - 3Q 2009 Estimates
Foresight Analytics presents its preliminary estimates for Residential Mortgage, Commercial Mortgage, Construction Loan and C&I Loan Delinquency Rates. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Office Market Mid-Year 2009 Outlook
Foresight Analytics has released its mid-year 2009 outlook for the office market. This study examines the impact that job losses and new construction will have on vacancies and rents in 39 major office markets during 2009. Click here for more information, including how to order the report. Click here for summary findings in Adobe Acrobat format.

Construction Lending Activity - 2Q 2009
Foresight Analytics has released updated figures on construction lending for 2Q 2009, showing estimates of amounts outstanding and delinquency rates by real estate product type. Click here for highlights in Adobe Acrobat format.

Bank Lending Trends - 2Q 2009 Estimates
Foresight Analytics presents its preliminary estimates for Residential Mortgage, Commercial Mortgage and Construction Loan Delinquency Rates. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Metro Area Home Prices 1Q 2009 - Bottoming Out
Foresight Analytics presents results from its "De-smoothed" version of FHFA's Home Price Index. Results for 1Q 2009 suggest that many of the boom-bust markets are bottoming out, as low prices and affordable mortgage payments attract bargain hunters. Most markets in California and Florida in particular have seen marked improvement. Still, the magnitude of cumulative price declines from earlier peaks implies that recovery will likely take several years. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Construction Lending Activity - 1Q 2009
Foresight Analytics has released updated figures on construction lending for 1Q 2009, showing estimates of amounts outstanding and delinquency rates by real estate product type. Click here for highlights in Adobe Acrobat format.

Legacy Loan Program - Mind the Gap
Foresight Analytics presents its analysis of the Legacy Loans Program component of the Public Private Investment Program. Foresight's calculations indicate a remaining gap between buyers and sellers. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Bank Lending Trends - 1Q 2009 Estimates
Foresight Analytics presents its preliminary estimates for Residential Mortgage, Commercial Mortgage and Construction Loan Delinquency Rates. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Construction Lending Activity - 4Q 2008
Foresight Analytics has released updated figures on construction lending for 4Q 2008, showing estimates of amounts outstanding and delinquency rates by real estate product type. Click here for highlights in Adobe Acrobat format.

Office Market Outlook 2009
Foresight Analytics has released its 2009 outlook for the office market. This study examines the impact that job losses and new construction will have on vacancies and rents in 42 major office markets during 2009. Click here for more information, including how to order the report. Click here for summary findings in Adobe Acrobat format.

Bank Lending Trends - 4Q 2008 Estimates
Foresight Analytics presents its preliminary estimates for Residential Mortgage, Commercial Mortgage and Construction Loan Delinquency Rates. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Construction Lending Activity - 3Q 2008
Foresight Analytics has released updated figures on construction lending for 3Q 2008, showing estimates of amounts outstanding and delinquency rates by real estate product type. Click here for highlights in Adobe Acrobat format.

Bank Lending Trends - 3Q 2008 Estimates
Foresight Analytics presents its preliminary estimates for Residential Mortgage, Commercial Mortgage and Construction Loan Delinquency Rates. Construction loan delinquencies have surged in the third quarter, while residential mortgage delinquencies have increased at a slower rate, potentially indicating that we are nearing a peak. Commercial mortgage delinquencies rose at an accelerated rate, but remain modest in comparison to residential and construction loan delinquencies. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Metro Area Home Prices 2Q 2008 - Back to the Future
Foresight Analytics presents results from its "De-smoothed" version of OFHEO's Home Price Index. The latest data indicate a substantial weakening across a broad swath of housing markets. The downturn has resulted in prices for many markets being set back to levels from several years ago. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Construction Lending Activity - 2Q 2008
Foresight Analytics has released updated figures on construction lending for 2Q 2008, showing estimates of amounts outstanding and delinquency rates by real estate product type. Click here for highlights in Adobe Acrobat format.

Bank Lending Trends - 2Q 2008 Estimates
Foresight Analytics presents its preliminary estimates for Residential Mortgage, Commercial Mortgage and Construction Loan Delinquency Rates, based on earnings reports and call report filings from several banks. Construction loan delinquencies have continued to rise rapidly, and residential mortgage delinquencies have accelerated from the first quarter pace. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Construction Lending Activity - 1Q 2008
Foresight Analytics has released updated figures on construction lending for 1Q 2008, showing estimates of amounts outstanding and delinquency rates by real estate product type. Click here for highlights in Adobe Acrobat format.

Metro Area Home Prices 1Q 2008 - When You're Down, You're Down
Foresight Analytics presents results from its "De-smoothed" version of OFHEO's Home Price Index. Conditions across metro areas vary significantly - from severe home price declines in parts of California and Florida, to slight or no declines in areas, such as Texas and North Carolina. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Interest Rate Outlook - May 2008
Foresight Analytics presents its outlook for a bottoming out of short-term interest rates, and increase in long-term interest rates in the next several months. Despite the Fed's signals that it is finished with rate cuts, we believe there could be room for another cut before the economy stabilizes. Inflation concerns will cause long-term rates to rise. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Bank Lending Trends - 1Q 2008 Estimates
Foresight Analytics presents its preliminary estimates for Residential Mortgage, Commercial Mortgage and Construction Loan Delinquency Rates, based on earnings reports and call report filings from several banks. Construction loan delinquencies have continued to rise rapidly. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Bank Lending Trends - 4Q 2007 Estimates
Foresight Analytics presents its preliminary estimates for Residential Mortgage, Commercial Mortgage and Construction Loan Delinquency Rates, based on earnings reports from several banks. Delinquency rates for each sector have risen, with construction loan delinquencies rising particularly rapidly. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Interest Rate Outlook - January 2008
Foresight Analytics presents its outlook for lower short-term and firmer long-term interest rates in the months ahead. With weakening economic conditions, but continued inflation pressures, Foresight Analytics expects short-term interest rates to fall and long-term interest rates to bottom out or even increase. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Residential Mortgage Outlook - More Trouble Ahead? - March 2007
Foresight Analytics presents its analysis of trends in the residential mortgage market, including results from its 4Q '06 Bank Lending Reports and forecasts for delinquency rates through year-end 2007. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

San Francisco Bay Area Condo Market Highlights - November 2006
Foresight Analytics presents highlights from its recent research on condo market trends in the San Francisco Bay Area, including a summary of our outlook for supply and demand balance. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Interest Rate Outlook - May 2006
Foresight Analytics presents its outlook for moderate interest rate increases during the next 6 to 12 months. With economic growth firm, but not overly robust, Foresight Analytics expects long-term interest rates to increase by another 20 to 50 basis points. This analysis includes a look at inflation and economic fundamentals, as well as a probabilistic look a future rate movements. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Economic Market Scores - April 2006
Foresight Analytics' latest Economic Market Scores rank Washington, D.C. first in the nation among major metro areas. Other areas in the top 5 include Riverside-San Bernardino, Orlando, Tampa and Phoenix. This summary contains the highlights of our Economic Market Scores ranking, as well as a brief description of the Market Scores methodology. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Impact of Hurricane Katrina - Initial Data for New Orleans
Recently released employment data for New Orleans show a post-Katrina drop of 232,000 jobs or 38% of the workforce, unprecedented in modern U.S. history. Nearly every major employment sector in New Orleans shows a staggering loss in jobs, underscoring the difficulty of the rebuilding/recovery effort ahead. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Employment Growth by Metro Area Size
Foresight Analytics has produced an analysis of employment growth by size of metropolitan area, concluding that smaller metro areas as a group have grown faster with less volatility than medium- and large-sized areas. Institutional investors focusing on larger metro areas may be missing out on growth potential offered by smaller metro areas. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

West Coast Real Estate Markets
Foresight Analytics has produced a brief review of economic and real estate market conditions, to coincide with Foresight Analytics' Matt Anderson appearing on a Bloomberg panel on real estate trends. Other panelists included Jim Thomas (Thomas Properties Group), John Long (Highridge Partners) and Chris Hartung (Wells Fargo Securities). Bloomberg users: to access a recording of the panel, type "TNI REL AV" and look for the "U.S. Housing and Commercial Real Estate: Bloomberg Panel" with Daniel Taub. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Evaluating Life Science Real Estate Markets
Foresight Analytics has produced a brief perspective on Life Science Real Estate Markets, in response to a study by the Milken Institute on the Life Sciences market in Philadelphia. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.

Economic Impact of 2005 Base Realignment
and Closure Recommendations
Foresight Analytics has produced an analysis of the economic impacts resulting from the Department of Defense’s 2005 Base Realignment and Closure recommendations. Click here for the report in Adobe Acrobat format.