03.02.2010
Commercial Market Improvement Will Come Slowly
NAR Chief Economist, Dr Lawrence Yun, predicts high vacancy rates and ubiquitous commercial rent concessions. Slight employment improvements will help absorption rates for office/warehouse space, and SIOR's (Society of Industrial and Office Realtors) recent survey…
Read More02.25.2010
Bailout Watchdog Warns about Commercial RE
Until Treasury and bank supervisors take coordinated action and are forthright and transparent, the state of the commercial markets -- and the potential impact that a breakdown in those markets could have on local communities,…
Read More02.18.2010
When Should the Fed Start Raising Interest Rates?
With national unemployment at 9.7 percent, the Fed may be months away from raising rates, but it is discussing a plan now to prepare the markets and tamp down inflation fears, said Vincent R. Reinhart,…
Read More02.12.2010
NAR Commercial Activism
NAR prepared a letter to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and FED Chair Ben Bernanke, urging them to take a more active role in commercial real estate markets because they continue to suffer from a scarcity…
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