It’s not often that “zero” is used in official statistics that are normally counted in millions of people and billions of euros.More
Automakers’ Finance Divisions Lobby BoE & UK Gov for Bailout. Auto Sales Collapse 97%, Consumers Apply for Payment Holiday
But auto sales had already dropped three years in a row — before Covid.More
It Starts: The Corporate Mega-Bailout Bonanza in Europe, Germany on Top
Airlines, automakers at the forefront. And it has only just begun. EU waives rules banning state aid. Ryanair, which doesn’t need a bailout, is furious.More
Student Housing, One of the Most Hyped Asset Classes, Runs Out of Students
Here’s the story of two student housing REITs in the UK that crashed.More
What Horrified Fund Managers, Banks & UK’s Pension Minister Said About the Bank of England’s Sudden “We Don’t Rule Out” Negative Interest Rates
The stimulus the country urgently needs is not experimental and dangerous monetary policy.”More
Green-Energy Zombie Abengoa Threatens to Default 3rd Time Since Enron-Style Collapse, Blames Covid, Begs for Fresh Bailout
In the forlorn hope the world’s biggest green-energy zombie will somehow survive the oncoming storm.More
With No Mainland Chinese Buyers, Hong Kong’s Commercial Real Estate Dives
The most important source of inbound investment — mainland China — has vanished, with huge ramifications for CRE.More
Third Mega-Crisis in 12 Years: Eurozone Economy Plunges at Fastest Rate on Record
First the Global Financial Crisis, then the Euro Debt Crisis, now the Big One.More
Non-Paying Tenants Trip Up Land Securities, Once UK’s Largest Commercial Property REIT. Stock Plunges
The industry exhorts the government to call out “can pay, won’t pay” retailers, many of them global brands that avoid paying rent despite their cash reserves.More
Airbnb Gets Disrupted. Hosts, “Super-Hosts” Try to Survive. Apartments in Prime Locations Suddenly Flood Rental Market
Big driver behind soaring rents — the “Airbnb effect” that removed countless properties from global cities’ long-term rental markets — reverses.More
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