Articles About Ernst Young

Despite the troubled economy, commercial building owners retain their commitment to making their properties more environmentally friendly.  Going green saves building owners and users money and makes sound business sense. “The fact of the matter is this is just good business – making buildings perform better,” said Dan Probst, an energy and sustainable development expert […]

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are advocating for flexible workplaces by holding a Forum on Workplace Flexibility at the White House.  The forum was organized by the Council on Women and Girls, according to senior advisor Valerie Jarrett. “Millions of women and men across the country struggle to balance the demands of […]

Commercial real estate investors are taking a wait-and-see attitude before jumping in and buying distressed assets, according to an Ernst & Young study.  “We haven’t seen many portfolio transactions so far,” says the study’s author, Chris Seyfarth, who is national director of E&Y’s non-performing loans.  “Given the size and the magnitude of the problem with […]

Ernst & Young recently conducted a distressed debt survey to determine who will be the most active direct sellers of non-performing loan portfolios.  The results are interesting. 36 percent responded it will be regional banks and thrifts 32 percent responded it will be money center banks 13 percent responded it will be the United States […]

At a time when the CMBS market has contracted by 60 percent, a story that hasn’t gotten much attention is that fact that one slice of the securitized real estate market is doing phenomenally well. Ginnie Mae (the Government National Mortgage Association) has provided $124.18 billion of liquidity to the secondary mortgage-backed securities market during […]

The Spring 2008 issue of Development Magazine quotes Mark Gibson, Leader, Strategy and Operating Real Estate Advisory Services for Ernst & Young, on the seven skills that corporate real estate executives should bring to the table, listing them in order of importance: Project Management Strategic Planning Process Implementation Understand the Business Fortitude Real Estate Real […]