Alternate Routes to Mortgage Financing
Until the end of last summer, the quickest route to finance a commercial real estate project or acquisition was straight down Wall Street. In the fast...
Institutional Investors Shovel the Dough
When Prudential Real Estate Investors jumped into a joint- venture deal with Atlanta-based Cousins Properties late last year, it was both a sign of the...
Recession 2008: What Would It Mean for Real Estate?
If the nation slides into a recession this year, commercial real estate investors could see their annual returns shrink slightly or plummet into negative territory...
Standoff Over TIC Deals In Final Round?
The simmering tension between commercial real estate brokers and securities dealers over tenant-in-common sales may soon fade now that the U.S. Securities...
A Time to Defend
A number of unfavorable market forces are closing in on commercial real estate investors, threatening to compromise asset values in 2008. After a tremendous...
Growth Amid A Downturn
The commercial paper market is in disarray, real estate lending has ground to a halt in many markets, and mortgage brokers everywhere are running for...
Investors Buy Nashville Portfolio
KBS Real Estate Investment Trust (KBS REIT) has spent $53.5 million to acquire a six-building Nashville portfolio...
Moody's reports decline in U.S. property values
The impressive run-up in commercial real estate values may have finally run its course. This week, Moody's Investors Service reports that U.S. commercial property values posted ...
Experts at NAREIT Convention Urge Caution
Fallout from the credit crunch and housing market decline will make REITs more volatile over the next year or two, but they will be in a strong position going forward...
NAR Chief Economist Says Commercial Investors May Be On Sidelines
The new chief economist of the National Association of Realtors says that low cap rates are making investment in commercial real estate a riskier proposition today ...
Possible 2008 Democratic Sweep Scares Some Owners
Envisioning Democratic control of both the White House and Congress in 2008 along with a big jump in the capital gains tax rate some investors are selling...
Strong Quarter For Global Real Estate Services Firms
Earlier this week, the world's largest commercial real estate services firm announced another positive quarter. But analysts fear that CB Richard Ellis' (NYSE: CBG) thriving business will face headwinds ...
John B. Levy: Don't Wait to Borrow
John B. Levy sees a familiar pattern emerging as the credit crunch unfolds, and it tells him that spiking mortgage rates may be just around the corner...
Ideal Time to 'Buy America'?
Foreign real estate investors are returning to the U.S. with gusto just months after frothy prices in major markets turned them into aggressive sellers...
Mezzanine Lenders Gain Leverage
To steal a Monday Night Football line from NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Don Meredith, The Party's Over. Tighter underwriting standards, rising interest...
Philanthropy Flourishes
After years of strong commercial property markets, many entrepreneurs are turning attention to giving away their fortunes. Companies that once made ad hoc donations have developed foundations and systematic giving programs....
China Tightens Rules
China is taking new steps to curb foreign investment in commercial and residential real estate and to quell fears that offshore investors are driving up prices to unacceptable levels. Announced June 11, the new rules extend licensing and equity-participation requirements for property purchases to cover investments in Chinese holding companies as well....
Going Once, Going Twice
When Pritzker Realty Group decided to sell a Kansas City office building last summer, the private investment firm didn't hand the listing to a local broker....
Tapping into Mexico's Coastline
Developers who are expanding along Mexico's coastline, hope to satisfy a strong and growing U.S. demand for residential and resort properties. ...
Riding the Deal Wave to New Heights
If it's true that records are meant to be broken, then certainly that was the case in 2006 when commercial property sales soared to ever-increasing heights, taking the nation's brokerage industry along for the ride....
Institutions Dial Back
After a major buying binge in commercial real estate in recent years, pension funds and endowments plan to curb investment by 22% in 2007...
The Art of Land Banking
While an ongoing housing correction has depressed residential land prices by more than 30% in some parts of the country, commercial property values are moving in the opposite direction, say experts...
Small Banks, Big Risks
America's 8,000 community and midsize commercial banks which account for the majority of all commercial real estate loan transactions in this country have bulked up on loans to the point that federal regulators are threatening to increase their oversight...
Canadian Investors Bullish on Brazil
Canadian real estate investors with deep pockets discovered Brazil in a big way in 2006, spending billions on commercial real estate ...
Real Estate: ‘The tallest midget in the investment world’
What’s the outlook for commercial real estate investment in the remainder of 2006 and beyond? A diverse and experienced panel of institutional investors and brokers assembled at the Lodge at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif., outside San Diego recently to assess the state of the industry....
