Retail Buying Opportunities Ahead Here’s an interesting piece from the National Real Estate Investor. They use Real Capital Analytics’ data that January represented the lowest volume of retail property sales in four years as a jumping off point to examine what opportunities lie ahead for investors. The conclusion: A good place to watch for buying opportunities will be in secondary and tertiary markets, Haddigan says. In the flight to quality that typically occurs during times of trouble, retailers will focus their growth on major cities and the newest, best-quality properties. […]
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MORTGAGE BANKER’S ASSOCIATION OPTIMISTIC
February 19, 2008 in COMMERCIAL R.E.
MORTGAGE BANKER’S CONFERENCE’S OPENING SESSION PLACES POSITIVE SPIN ON CREDIT TURMOIL Published: February 05, 2008 By Keat Foong, Executive Editor Orlando, Fla.–While uncertainty swirls over the credit crisis in the financial markets, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Commercial Real Estate Finance/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo opened on a note of good spirits, evident in the general session address by Kieran Quinn, MBA chairman. Quinn said the “golden ageâ€? of real estate finance, characterized by abundant capital and the lowest interest and cap rates in the memory of many players, came […]
PETS IN RENTAL HOUSING
December 31, 2007 in COMMERCIAL R.E., Step 09: Manage Property Effectively
PETS IN RENTAL HOUSING A March 2007 survey of apartment renters by www.Apartments.com found that 84.4% of the renters surveyed owned a pet. Some major apartment property owners such as Forest City and Lincoln Property Co. are taking note of this and acknowledgeing that pet owners love their pets and, in many cases, have trouble finding apartments that will accept pets. Some of these apartment owners are adopting the attitude that they want to be pet friendly in order to attract more tenants. One apartment owner has even gone so […]
THE GREAT REAL ESTATE CREDIT FREEZE OF 2007
December 13, 2007 in COMMERCIAL R.E.
The article below by Anthony Downs, one of the most highly respected real estate economists in theU.S. just appeared in the December issue of the “National Real Estate Investorâ€?. It provides some excellent background and observations about what is happening today in commercial real estate financing. THE GREAT REAL ESTATE CREDIT FREEZE OF 2007 By Anthony Downs    Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM By late October 2007, U.S. credit markets for most real estate lending became almost frozen because of uncertainty among both lenders and borrowers about how to value specific […]