Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Real Estate Funds Returning Money to Investors

As reported in the Wall Street Journal

"Some real-estate funds, which raised billions of dollars hoping to pounce on bargain properties, are returning money to investors after finding slim pickings, as many banks avoid dumping property by extending and restructuring loans.

A slew of private-equity funds, including ones run by Morgan Stanley, Rockpoint Group LLC and Chicago developer John Buck's firm, have taken the unusual step of allowing investors to exit their funding commitments when the funds' investment period expired. A total of 19 private-equity real-estate funds have either returned or plan to return more than $6 billion of capital to investors, said Real Estate Alert,read rest of article at www.wsjonline.com

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