Real estate icon Hal Ellis dies (BizJournals)

A legend in the Bay Area real estate arena, longtime area developer Hal Ellis died today at 77. Ellis was chairman of Ellis Partners, a company he started in 1993.

Real Estate: Neighborhood Homes Sold (San Francisco Chronicle)

Sunday, January 4, 2009 Back to Sunday Real Estate   Counties: Alameda  Contra Costa  Marin  Napa  San Francisco San Mateo  Santa Clara  Solano  Sonoma  

T. Gary Rogers Designated Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Board of Directors; Douglas W. ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

SAN FRANCISCO----The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated T. Gary Rogers chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Douglas W.

Wells Fargo’s shift to impact real estate credit market (BizJournals)

The New Year means change for one of the biggest banks operating in Tampa Bay. Wells Fargo & Co. will scale back the commercial real estate lending business it acquired from Wachovia Corp. (WFC) (BAC)

Grubb & Ellis Predicts a Challenging 2009 for Commercial Real Estate as Economy Weathers Recession (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Grubb & Ellis Company , a leading real estate services and investment firm, today released its 2009 Global Real Estate Forecast, which indicates that 2009 will be a challenging year for commercial real estate with the economy starting the year 13 months into what may become the longest recession since the 1930s.