Developers and owners of residential condominiums for sale in overbuilt markets would be wise to cut their losses and sell before a wave of construction adds another 100,000 units to the national inventory of this...
A $1.2 billion commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) offering typically doesn't merit major headlines, but this year's bond market is atypical. Consider that in January there was zero CMBS issuance on Wall...
The combined effect of the credit crunch and curtailed expansion plans by retailers will bring enticing retail property offerings to market in 2008, researchers predict. Lackluster asset sales in January, however...
Office rent in downtown Houston increased 52.4% year-over-year in 2007 – the greatest gain of any central business district in the nation, according to Colliers International...
Valentine’s Day brought more evidence that illiquidity in the CMBS market has little to do with current loan performance: A report from Fitch Ratings revealed that U.S. CMBS delinquencies fell by one basis point to a...
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 lane of conduit financing, loan-to-value ratios of 80% to 85% were...
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, depending on property type and the severity of the...
Multifamily rent growth in the Golden Gate City will lead the nation in 2008, thanks to a healthy economy and population growth driven by burgeoning professional and business services, according to a national forecast...
