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Archives for 2010
Commercial: Improving, Although Credit Remains Issue
Multifamily is the commercial sector faring best right now. It’s™ seeing vacancies shrink and absorption improving, although rental rate gains are modest at best. The other sectors are improving a little, too. Vacancies are still heading in the wrong direction and absorption isn’™t where it could be if financing didn’™t remain so challenging to get. NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun thinks credit could start loosening as banks, sitting on lots of cash, feel pressure to start lending again. Yun gave his outlook last week at the NAR Conference & Expo. Access a summary and his slides.
Prepare for the Changes in Commercial Real Estate
NAR research, industry leaders and NAR commercial member brokers and agents agree that the landscape has changed. The current Commercial Connections newsletter focuses on some of the changes in the economy, in real estate use and in changing gate keepers. Read this overview and articles on how to run your business effectively as well as what’s new with NAR Affiliate organizations.
Emerging Markets Outperform Developed Markets for Commercial RE
Buoyed by the strength of their domestic economies, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Brazil are performing well, and this picture is set to continue into the final quarter of the year with a few notable exceptions. According to a global property survey of trends in the commercial property investment and occupier markets in more than 50 countries around the world, Q3 investment activity improved with the vast majority of markets reporting that transactions increased and that the number of bidders rose. Read more…
