Washington, D.C. -- Short-term speculators flooding the condo market in Southeast Florida have created a tidal wave of investor enthusiasm that will most assuredly lead to oversupply and downward pressure on pricing...
“Deal heat” is an expression that Jack Welch, the outspoken and colorful former CEO of General Electric, likes to use to describe a bidding war for a company or an asset on the selling block. “You've got these...
The shopping center sector is still reaping the rewards of intense investor interest in real estate, but overarching questions still remain about the influence of long-term interest rates, the impact of super...
Bernie Haddigan is national director of Marcus & Millichap's National Retail Group, which focuses exclusively on the brokerage of retail investment properties. He was interviewed recently by Matt Valley, editor-in...
Be tough, urged Jack Welch, the colorful former CEO of General Electric, at the Las Vegas Hilton on Sunday afternoon.Welch stressed the behavior that earned him the nickname “Neutron Jack,” telling execs not to be...
Jack Welch, the colorful former CEO of General Electric, likes to use analogies when discussing the competitive challenges facing Corporate America. “Business is no different than a sport. The team that fields the...
An important legislative issue for the commercial real estate industry, one that could affect literally millions of small real estate investors, was the subject of a recent hearing on Capitol Hill. The question on the...
Economists refer to a “Goldilocks economy” as one that is neither too hot, nor too cold. Bob Bach, national director of market analysis for Grubb & Ellis, describes 2005 as the year of Goldilocks in the commercial...
The cyclical nature of the commercial real estate industry never ceases to amaze me. It happens all the time: a property type that is out of favor for a few years suddenly shows up on an investor's radar screen. The...
