Category: Top National News

Bloomberg, Sept. 27, 2018–Oshrat CarmielThere’s a surplus of homes in Manhattan, and here come tens of thousands more.

National Real Estate Investor, Oct. 1 , 2018–Beth Mattson-TeigBorrowers have been enjoying a robust lending climate in recent years with an abundance of capital chasing too few deals. And despite caution creeping into the market along with rising interest rates, that liquidity appears firmly entrenched.

Bloomberg, Oct. 2, 2018–Oshrat CarmielThe number of homes simultaneously listed for sale and for rent in New York jumped 51 percent this year through Sept. 1 — to 1,087 — as owners try to get the best price at a time when both markets are weakening, according to data compiled by StreetEasy.

Daily Business Review, Sept. 24, 2018–Lidia Dinkova Banks held 40 percent of the commercial real estate debt in 2017 nationally, but South Florida borrowers increasingly are turning to alternative lenders for more flexible terms.

National Real Estate Investor, Sept. 24, 2018–Bendix AndersonLow vacancy and prohibitive house prices give single-family rental tenants incentives to accept rent increases.

IPE Real Assets magazine, Sept. 25, 2018–Christopher O’DeaReal estate investors learned painful lessons 10 years ago. With signs of a correction yet to materialize, can the market escape a repeat of 2008?

The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.), Sept. 25, 2018–Allen BuchananSo, the rumblings have begun and folks want to know: Is commercial real estate simmering down? In my humble opinion, yes.

National Real Estate Investor, Sept. 26, 2018–Beth Mattson-TeigThis week’s Federal Reserve Board meeting is once again shining a spotlight on rising interest rates and what has remained a stubbornly flat yield curve.

Bloomberg, Sept. 17, 2018–Justin FoxManhattan has fewer retail establishments now than in 2001. But there are other boroughs and other uses of storefront space.

HousingWire, Sept. 18, 2018–Ben LaneThe FTC claims that the Shayan brothers’ companies, Apartment Hunters, Real Estate Data Solutions, Rental Home Listings, and UAB Apartment Hunters, and their websites, WeTakeSection8.com, ApartmentHunterz.com, and FeaturedRentals.com, actually offered out-of-date listings, including many that did not accept Section 8 vouchers as promised.