Undoubtedly, there is a danger that exposure to bad hedge-fund or private-equity loans could damage the banks, but the same is true of property companies.
But it's part of a sea change in how people view the true value of their property and how they role of ownership in their lives as a whole.
True, Bankia had the biggest property exposure in Spain, not least in Valencia on the Mediterranean coast.
The Free Church claimed then (just as those who have recently left the Free Church have claimed) that they were the true Free Church and that the property and funds of the Free Church should belong to them and not go into the United Free Church.
She said her true passions don't lie in property but in creating a luxury brand and modeling.
There are, it is true, pockets of inflationary pressure (in property, for example) but the authorities can cope with a bit of this: the central bank has just increased the reserve requirements for banks to rein in their lending.
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That is especially true in instances in which commercial espionage or other acts of intellectual property theft enable the well-heeled to file faster than the actual inventor.
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This is especially true as the last decade has seen an explosion of vigorous enforcement of intellectual property rights, often in ways that fly in the face of the purpose of copyright to begin with.
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The same is true if a spouse fails to disclose an asset that would have otherwise been 100% the separate property of the non-disclosing spouse.
Investors and developers have been very worried about a looming property tax and the threat of more regulations, so it is huge news if these statements are true and reflect official policy.
"A lot of people are still under the impression that distressed assets are what auctions are most appropriate for, and that's not true, " said Stacy Kirk Reich, president of Grand Estates Auction Company, which oversaw the sale of the property.
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