Land May Be Your Best Investment
Are your investors wondering where to invest their money next? The opportunities for flipping houses or purchasing rental homes are starting to dwindle, but there’s another option that could be...
View ArticleRenters Pay Up, But Want Amenities
CARROLLTON, TX—Their rents may be increasing at the fastest pace in almost a decade, yet US apartment renters continue to prefer to renew their leases rather than move elsewhere. “For all the noise...
View ArticleFour Trends That Are Reshaping The Commercial Real Estate Industry
Over the past 30 years, the commercial real estate industry has quietly transformed from a “mom-and-pop” industry to an institutional asset class where owners manage complex and global portfolios....
View ArticleTech Tools the CRE industry is Embracing
For years, the commercial real estate profession has been a laggard when it comes to embracing technology. That is according to Jeff Finn who is president and CEO of RealNex, a commercial real estate...
View ArticleVacancies Seen Easing Along with Prices
WASHINGTON, DC—Vacancy rates will see declines over the next year among the major commercial property sectors aside from multifamily as the economy continues improving, the National Association of...
View ArticleAirports: One Gateway to the Listed Infrastructure Opportunity
While investors remain starved for yield in this low growth, low yield market, many have yet to notice an asset class that is visible in their day-to-day life. Infrastructure has emerged as an...
View ArticleFCA sales rise 3%, Ford 0.4%, GM 1.5% in November
With a month left, 2015 almost certainly will be the U.S. auto industry’s best sales year ever as consumer confidence, easy credit, tumbling gas prices and the need to replace old vehicles have created...
View ArticleNo Reason Yet to Fear a Bubble, CRE Industry Pros Say
Billion-dollar portfolio purchases are making headlines, bond yields are still razor thin and REIT property values are still high. With industry conditions like these, the commercial real estate market...
View ArticleU.S. manufacturing shrinks for first time in 3 years
The U.S. manufacturing sector shrank in November for the first time in three years, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The ISM index hit 48.6% last month — anything below 50% means...
View ArticleApt. Rent Growth Stays Flat in Nov.
SANTA BARBARA, CA—In keeping with normal seasonal patterns, US multifamily rent growth was basically flat in November, just as October was unchanged from the month before. However, Yardi’s latest...
View ArticleTop 10 Business Trends That Will Drive Success In 2016
For decades I have observed business trends from the stage and from the trenches. For the third consecutive year, I am pleased to share with you what I see as top business trends that leading companies...
View ArticleMore Medical Offices, Healthcare Space Needed by 2024
Healthcare occupations and industries are expected to have the fastest employment growth and to add the most jobs between 2014 and 2024, Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Tuesday. With the...
View ArticleBoomers Will Drive MF Demand
SANTA BARBARA, CA—The Baby Boom generation will lead the way in apartment demand growth, followed by Millennials, says a new research report from Yardi Matrix. The report also notes that demand for...
View ArticleCBD Office Buildings Experienced 10-Year Price Appreciation of More Than 100...
The latest Commercial Property Prices Indices (CPPI) report produced by Moody’s and Real Capital Analytics (RCA) shows that prices in the commercial real estate universe have experienced double-digit...
View ArticleRetail Sales See Uptick in November
Retail and food services sales turned in a modest increase in November compared with October, according to the Census Bureau on Friday, with sales for the month up 0.2 percent (seasonally adjusted, so...
View ArticleCommercial Construction Leading Indicator Declines Slightly In November
A leading indicator for commercial, institutional and multifamily construction fell sharply to 49.3 in November, with continued strength in the U.S. South and West regions offset by weaker scores in...
View ArticleHoliday Spending Supports Store Openings Report
The biggest retail winners this holiday season also are the same segments that are planning for the most store openings over the next 12 to 24 months, according to RBC Capital Markets’ latest National...
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Location, Floorplans Still Top Drivers for Choosing Apartment Communities
According to the National Multifamily Housing Council / Kingsley Associates newly released 2015 Apartment Resident Preferences Survey, the rise of apartment living is changing communities, driving new...
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Office Employment Growth Has Not Translated into Robust Leasing and Rent...
Much has been written over the last few years on the very slow rate of rent growth in the office market. A simple glance at historic trends shows that office rents grew at a much faster rate at this...
View ArticleRent Hikes Stress Single-Family Renters
Rising rents for single-family rental homes are stressing the budgets for many households. “There may not be as much room to raise rents going forward. We are starting to see affordability become an...
View ArticleOffice Market Gains Ground in ’15
The U.S. office market is getting healthier, according to Reis’ report on the market for the fourth quarter of 2015, which the company released on Tuesday. Vacancies are down, absorption is up, and...
View ArticleRetail Continues Its Slow Recovery
The retail sector has suffered the commercial real estate’s the most sluggish recovery since the recession, partly because of the hangover from robust building in the 2000s, and partly because the...
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Stagnant Homeownership Rate Likely Means Decades of Strong Demand for Apartments
Over the next two decades, demand for rental apartments will likely continue to be strong, if current homeownership rates remain where they are or improve only modestly. The homeownership rate and how...
View ArticleWhich REIT Sectors Will Stand Out in 2016?
Now that winners of the $1.6 billion Powerball lottery have been identified, those of us who did not win are considering investments with less risk but strong returns. With traditionally strong...
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Commercial Property Prices Show No Signs of Budging
Pointing to an extended market cycle, commercial property price indices (CPPI) continued to either hold steady or trend upward at the end of 2016, the most recent period for which data is available....
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