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Posted: April 6, 2010
REFA holds breakfast meeting at Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr - 4/1
Thursday, April 1st., the Real Estate Finance Association held a breakfast meeting at the law offices of Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr at Sixty State Street in Boston. Featured was a panel discussion on "Forbearance Agreements, the Keystone to Every Real Estate Workout".
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The focus on price per s/f compared to the comparable sales used in the appraisal report - by Dennis Chanski
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