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Relief for Commercial Real-Estate Debt?
It Seems Possible; Treasury Weighs Rules to Forestall CMBS Defaults

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"This issue is critical. We are hopeful that Treasury acts soon, as each day the commercial real-estate markets deteriorate further," said Jeffrey DeBoer, chief executive of the Real Estate Roundtable, a lobbying body for the commercial real-estate industry."

Roundtable Proposal for Administrative
Tax Guidance on Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMICs)

REMIC Issue Profile & Background

The Real Estate Roundtable urges the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to issue temporary guidance as soon as possible that allows broad flexibility to restructure commercial mortgage loans that are held by real estate mortgage investment conduits (REMICs) and investment trusts. ...

"Card Check" Issue

2009

The Case Against "Card Check"

Issue Profile, Background, Videos

The Employee Free Choice Act, better known as the Card Check Bill, remains a top legislative priority for organized labor in 2009, although it was blocked in the Senate in 2007 ...

Climate Change and Energy Policy

The Roundtable's Position, Background and Policy Status regarding Real Estate's Stake in the Energy and Climate Debate.

Resource:
The leading international scientific organization assessing the state of the evidence on climate change is the Science Working Group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Download IPCC's "Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report - Summary for Policymakers"

The Real Estate Roundtable's
2009 National Policy Agenda

Commercial Real Estate and
The Credit Crisis

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The Credit Crisis Threat to
Commercial Real Estate:

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