The volatility roiling the residential real estate market and the economy in general may impact the commercial mortgage markets, according to several industry sources.
But reverberations for insurance companies should be minor, they said.
The International Council of Shopping Centers, New York, at a Jan. 15 press conference noted there were 150,000 store closings in 2008, and that number was likely to be matched in 2009.
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