Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 28, 2015

Experts Predict Commercial Real Estate Trends for 2016 Rising rents and occupancies boosted values across virtually every commercial property sector in 2015, fueling speculation about how hot is too hot when it comes to commercial real estate. While some analysts predict a more modest 2016, the fundamentals of the market remain strong going into the […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 24, 2015

Private Real Estate Lenders Move into Mainstream Private lenders that used to float on the fringes of the commercial real estate financing sector are stepping out of the shadows and becoming a more accepted financing alternative. One of the primary drivers behind the shift is the abundance of capital. There is a lot of new […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 23, 2015

Phoenix Home Construction To Help Industrial The local economy should expect continued slow to moderate growth—around 2% to 2.5%. That was the consensus among panelists at a recent RealShare conference here. “The big thing we have to see more of is more residential and new home construction, which will help the multi-tenant industrial here.” That […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 22, 2015

Multifamily Investment: This Bull Market Continues to Charge Ahead. By all accounts, the multifamily investment sales market has been on a bull run in recent years. The fact that the sector was the leader in the real estate recovery and continues to produce solid occupancies and rent growth has caught and held investor interest. And […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 21, 2015

Survey: Lots More Holiday Shopping Left—and Get Ready for a Busy Dec. 26 Going into the final stretch of the holiday season, a majority of Americans are far from finished with their holiday shopping. Seventy-three percent (73%) plan to shop last minute (vs. 79% in 2014), as most wait to find the best deals (44% […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 18, 2015

Fed Finally Raises Rates, Response from CRE Industry: ‘No Big Deal’ After seven years of worrying over raising interest rates, discussing the best time to raise interest rates, and debating the impact of raising interest rates, money from the federal government is no longer free. In a unanimous vote, the board of the Federal Reserve […]