Commercial Real Estate & Business News – August 3, 2016
Survey: Investors Remain Optimistic About CRE Market Strength Despite Global Volatility An overwhelming majority of investors and lenders have an overall positive view of U.S. commercial real estate market conditions, even in the face of cascading world events such as China’s economic slowdown, Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, sharply lower oil prices and […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – August 2, 2016
Economy Watch: CRE Prices Enjoy Second-Quarter Growth After experiencing only modest growth in the first quarter of 2016, mostly likely due to global economic jitters, both of CoStar’s national composite price indices ended the second quarter of 2016 on a stronger note, the company reported on Friday. The value-weighted U.S. Composite Index, which is influenced […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – August 1, 2016
Apartment Market ‘Increasingly Jittery’ for Investors Rents are soaring and demand for apartments is historically high, but some developers and landlords are overestimating the strength of the U.S. apartment market – and paying for it in quarterly earnings…» Economy Watch: Renters Fare Better in Certain Markets (Especially Arizona) Only about 10 years ago, the multifamily […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – July 29, 2016
Economy Watch: Door Open For Interest Rate Hike Late This Year The next FOMC meeting will be in late September, with two U.S. employment reports between now and then, along with other data releases, such as second-quarter GDP. But that might be too soon for a hike; there will also be meetings in November and […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – July 28, 2016
Fed Keeps Rates Unchanged – Again The Federal Reserve announced today that it will not raise the interest rate, staying the course amid a disappointing earnings cycle and a post-Brexit landscape. Central bank officials were meeting this week for the first time since Britain jostled the markets by voting to pull out of membership in […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – July 27, 2016
Foreign Investors Buy More Apartment Properties International investors still have great reasons to put their money into real estate in the U.S., as the economy here continues to outperform the rest of the world. “In an environment that is regarded both as the safest and most secure in the world, with a strong currency and […]
