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Real Estate/Development

Feb. 2, 2000

Beetle juice

By Paul Fruchbom The availability of real estate equity today can be compared to the colonization of rainforest trees by beetles. Occupying every niche on the tree, from the roots to the very top and out to the drip line, more than 1,300 species of beetle may be on a single tree. By the same token, real estate equity is available across the entire spectrum of risk with few if any gaps in coverage.

By Paul Fruchbom

The availability of real estate equity today can be compared to the colonization of rainforest trees by beetles. Occupying every niche on the tree, from the roots to the very top and out to the drip line, more than 1,300 species of beetle may be on a single tree. By the same token, real estate equity is available across the entire spectrum of risk with few if any gaps in coverage.
This abundance of capital has not led to an over exuberance from l...

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