Real Estate & Construction News Roundup (05/23/23) – Distressed Prices, Carbon Removal and Climate Change
June 05, 2023 —
Pillsbury's Construction & Real Estate Law Team - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real Estate Law BlogIn this week’s roundup, we consider distressed property bonds and loans, cities that are sinking under their own skyscrapers, efforts to lower carbon emissions, the unexpected potential of dirty diapers as a building material, and so much more.
Globally, more than $190 billion of property bonds and loans are
trading at distressed prices, a result of China’s real estate woes. (
Alice Huang and
Erin Hudson, Bloomberg)
PacWest Bancorp sees a stock market boost as it announces the sale of its
real estate loans, valued at around $2.6 billion. (
Jaiveer Shekhawat and
Chibuike Oguh, Reuters)
New construction home sales
exceeded expectations for April while existing home sales dropped. (
Anna Bahney, CNN)
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