Thoughts on recent CRE & Economy Presentation by Dr Ted Jones
Earlier this week, I was invited to attend a presentation by Dr Ted Jones. As always, Dr Jones never disappoints with his entertaining and candid conversation on the economy and how it impacts real estate. I have always appreciated his insight and high level take on the economy and how those changes really funnel into […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – November 1, 2017
Case-Shiller Hits Another New Peak NEW YORK CITY-“Home price increases appear to be unstoppable,” says S&P Dow Jones Indices’ David M. Blitzer in reference to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, released Tuesday. One of the three indices, the US National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine US census divisions, reached a new high with […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 31, 2017
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! How Will Fed’s Plan to Shift from Negative Rate Environment Impact Real Estate Valuations? At numerous times over the past several years, rising Treasury yields have prompted commercial real estate investors to speculate how the end of historically low interest rates would influence property values. Invariably the yields reversed course — even after […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 30, 2017
Borrowers, Lenders See Continued Stability for Commercial Real Estate Financing Commercial real estate borrowers remain bullish on the financing climate despite some uncertainty about where financial regulation is heading and the specter of increasing interest rates. Exclusive research from NREI’s latest finance survey shows that confidence remains high that the good times are likely to […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 27, 2017
CRE Investors Making Fewer Big Deals, but Raising More Money The amount of uncalled or undrawn real estate investment capital, or “dry powder,” has grown to staggering levels. This increase has come at a time when the investment climate remains decidedly mixed, with top-quality assets in core markets commanding high valuations after a sustained up-cycle. […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 26, 2017
CRE Opinion: Retail Times Are A-Changin’ (And They Have Been for a While) At a time when headlines are proclaiming a retail apocalypse, we must recognize that changes have been occurring for decades. Is retail changing? Surely. But what’s new? It always has been. Visionary developers, creative retailers and the next generation of customers will […]