Real Estate News – April 23, 2011

‘Gruff’ head of Heritage homeowners ready to rumble over post (via stltoday.com): http://bit.ly/dEMUiE

BusinessWeek reports: Among all the investment vehicles currently available in the US, commercial real estate now stands heads and shoulders above its peers when it comes to its level of risk, protection from inflation, and of course, yields (via rcanalytics.com): http://bit.ly/fuRQFZ

A New Jersey developer has admitted he embezzled funds from investors in commercial real estate projects (via businessweek.com): http://buswk.co/i6yGK4

Fed offers two options for protecting lenders (via seattletimes.com): http://bit.ly/dRU3RN

With changes ahead for FHA down payments, private mortgage insurers seek inroads (via washingtonpost.com): http://wapo.st/htJChF