Ghiyath Nakshbendi of American University in Washington notes that the problems are linked to a worldwide collapse in real estate prices.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

Banks hold one and a half of the three and a half trillion dollars in debt that supports the commercial real estate market.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

Yet all of the area was planned, built,and planted by the men who designed the estate.

VOA: special.2009.11.16

The other is refinancing. Most commercial real estate loans have terms of ten years or less.

VOA: special.2009.09.04

The forest provides a wood crop that helps pay the costs of operating the estate.

VOA: special.2009.11.16

The singer's mother, Katherine Jackson, filed court papers on Monday, asking to be named the permanent guardian of Jackson's three children and the administrator of his estate.

VOA: standard.2009.06.29

The property company has been hard hit by the global financial and real estate crises, putting on hold many of the grandiose projects for which Dubai has gained fame.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

After going to four Olympic games with no medal,Lodwick,33, now a father of two, left the sport in 2006 to sell real estate in his hometown of Steamboat Springs Colorado.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

a vision of America where growth is not based on real estate bubbles or overleveraged banks, but on a firm foundation of investments in energy, education and health care that will lead to a real and lasting prosperity,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.21