The following article explaining the current issues affecting Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS) and Colateralized Debt Obligations (CDO) is very timely given the current turmoil in both the residential and commercial secondary mortgage markets. It offers some excellent information about how the commercial mortgage markets work and also draws some comparisons between the residential and commercial secondary mortgage markets. This article, written by Parke M. Chapman appeared in the October 2007 issue of “National Real Estate Investor” A CMBS AND CDO PRIMER by Parke M. Chapman The commercial mortgage market […]
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TOP APARTMENT MARKETS IN THE U.S.
November 7, 2007 in COMMERCIAL R.E.
TOP APARTMENT MARKETS IN THE U.S. “Apartment Finance Today” in its October issue rated apartment markets around the United States and ranked the top 50 markets. The top 10 are:  1. San Jose, CA  2. Inland Empire, CA  3. New York City, NY  4. New Orleans, LA  5. Boulder, CO  6. Los Angeles, CA  7. Abiline, TX  8. Orange County, CA  9. Tucson, AZ  10.Salt Lake City, UT For details on their study and a complete list of the top 50 markets go to “Apartment Finance Today” (October 2007 issue) […]
DOWNTOWN VS. SUBURBAN RENT GROWTH
October 22, 2007 in COMMERCIAL R.E.
The following article published by Torto Wheaton Research, a subsidiary of CBRE (CB Richard Ellis) compares rent growth, vacancies and returns for office developments in downtown and suburban Chicago and draws some interesting conclusions October 12, 2007 DOWNTOWN VS. SUBURBAN RENT GROWTH – THE CASE IN CHICAGO  by Umair Shams, Economist ushams@tortowheatonresearch.com   In trying to obtain the highest returns, real estate investment funds often have to consider whether to narrow their search to downtown or suburban areas. It might seem that because of higher occupancy rates and relatively […]
IRS STEPS UP SCRUTINY
October 12, 2007 in COMMERCIAL R.E., General R.E.
This article appeared on October 11, 2007 in the Wall Street Journal’s “RealEstateJournal.com”. It gives the investor some insight into the IRS practices in scrutinizing 1031 exchanges and their possible renewed effort to pay more attention to whether investors are reporting like kind exchanges correctly. Investors would be wise to consult whatever tax professionals they require to make sure that their exchanges adhere to the rules for like kind properties and also to employ a well qualified intermediary or accomodator to handle the funds and provide advice about the time […]