: Mem ber Center : Subscriber Center : P-Edition Login : Adv ertise Business Blogs Search Home Site Search Local News Other News Sports Business Opinion Tools iGuide Places to Go A ll About Y ou « Prev ious Entry | Blog Hom e Blog Spotlight Cars Homes Jobs Marketplace Search This Blog Home builders learn how to get financing Search By PE Bu sin ess on Ju n e 1 4 , 2 0 1 1 7 :3 0 A M Sh a r e: Pol i ti ca l Empi re Bl og Dai l y posti n gs from Th e Press-En terpri se's pol i ti ca l reporters, assi sted by staff wri ters. In l a n d Moms Bl og Th e on -l i n e coffee kl atch for In l a n d Sou th ern Cal i forn i a m oth ers. With the real estate industry strewn w ith bankruptcies and failed housing tracts, priv ate hom e builders and land dev elopers are challenged to get financing ev en for what m ight be considered "class A" projects. "For the priv ate hom e builder today capital is probably the m ost critical elem ent for going forward," said Jeffrey Mey ers, principal of Mey ers LLC. That is why hom e builders are being inv ited to attend the Capital Markets Forum offered at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference later this m onth in San Francisco. Mey ers, a longtim e real estate consultant, is serv ing as a chairm an of the program . Com m ercial bank loans are particularly scarce for hom e building today , Mey ers said, noting that banks are giv ing greater preference to apartm ents and ev en to hotel acquisitions.He said the forum will discuss alternativ es to bank loans such as institutional equity inv estors w ho put up m oney for a share in profits. Am ong those expected to participate in the program are representativ es of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Econom ics, Wells Fargo Bank, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund, Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP, Earnst & Young LLP, Shapell Industries and Griffin Real Estate Managem ent. Bu si n ess Bl og Th e l atest bu si n ess-rel a ted posti n gs from Th e PressEn terpri se's bu si n ess reporters. Mey ers said his com pany surv ey ed 1 2 0 priv ate equity firm s and debt prov iders in the nation to determ ine what kinds of projects they are willing to finance and he will present the surv ey results at the program . The Capital Markets Forum is scheduled Wednesday , June 2 2 , from 8:3 0 am to 5:4 5 pm at the Moscone Center. Cost of adm ission for the day session is $49 5. --Leslie Berkm an lberkm [email protected] Cat egories: Real Estate: Residential Tags: bizrealestate Share: Comment on t his st ory Guidelines: You m ust register with a social m edia account such as Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, etc. to com m ent on this story . Click on the "Login" button below to choose y our login account of choice. We welcom e y our thoughts, but this is not an open forum . For the sake of all readers, please refrain from the use of obscenities, personal attacks or racial slurs. All com m ents m ust rem ain on topic and cy ber bully ing w ill not be tolerated. All com m ents are subject to our term s of serv ice. Com m ents that do not com ply m ay be rem ov ed. Repeat offenders w ill lose com m enting priv ileges. Login Share Login required, click here to begin This Page Monthly Archives Select a Month... Ma st er A r ch i v es Bl og Hom e Recent Entries H om e bu ilder s lea r n h ow t o g et fin a n cin g Su r v ey : Da ily dea ls spa r k in g r et u r n v isit s Secu r it y fir m s look in g for pot en t ia l g u a r ds Ma y h om e sa les v er y w ea k in In la n d a r ea SCORE, cit y t o t a lk a bou t fu n din g Low er Fa n n ie, Fr eddie a n d FHA loa n lim it s m a y da m pen h om e sa les a n d pr ices W or ld's la r g est sola r fa cilit y w ill br ea k g r ou n d in Bly t h e Edison w ill ex pla in n ex t sola r t ech ba r r ier t o ov er com e U.S. r est a u r a n t s t o h ir e m or e su m m er w or k er s UCR bu sin ess sch ool g r a ds fly off t o st u dy Ch in a Categories Bu sin ess-t o-Bu sin ess (5 8 ) La w (3 2 ) Rea l Est a t e: Com m er cia l (1 4 3 ) Rea l Est a t e: Residen t ia l (1 3 3 ) Ret a il (2 3 1 ) Loca l Bu sin ess (1 3 1 ) La w (2 7 ) Rea l Est a t e: Com m er cia l (5 ) Rea l Est a t e: Residen t ia l (1 1 ) Ret a il (2 3 3 ) Sou t h w est Bu sin ess (2 )