GlobeSt.com UPDATE: $203M Deal Entails Loans, Real Estate (GlobeSt.com)

GlobeSt.com UPDATE: $203M Deal Entails Loans, Real Estate (GlobeSt.com)
SCOTTSDALE, AZ-GE Commercial Finance, Franchise Finance has acquired a portfolio that combines free real estate, associated capital, lease holdings and leasebacks in the amount of $203 million from Trustreet Properties Inc.

Real Estate trend: Flat-rate option gains popularity (Springfield Business Journal)
The Springfield real estate industry has seen an influx of new agencies in the last few years, led by the so-called discount or fee-based brokerages that offer flat rate closing costs.

Fitch Upgrades N-Star Real Estate CDO II, Ltd. (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Fitch Ratings upgrades five classes and affirms four classes of notes issued by N-Star Real Estate CDO II, Ltd. and N-Star Real Estate CDO II Corp. . These rating actions are the result of Fitch's annual rating review process and are effective immediately:

Discount real estate brokers stir up industry (Sun-Sentinel)
The problems, Christine Polys says, started soon after she saw Home Discovery's billboard on Sample Road and decided to sell her home through the discount real estate broker.