Category: News and Trends

Dodge Data & Analytics, New York, reported commercial and multifamily construction start volume totaled $101.4 billion during first-half 2019, down 6 percent from $107.4 billion in 2018’s first half.

Ten-X, Irvine, Calif., said the office sector has the weakest growth outlook of all commercial real estate sectors despite the current strong job market.

An evolving retail sector is providing opportunities for investors and giving underwriters more confidence in retail’s long-term outlook, said Marcus & Millichap, Calabasas, Calif.

The Mortgage Bankers Association appointed Kelli Burke as Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Finance. Her responsibilities will include leading MBA’s CREF member engagement activities across the various sectors within the industry, creating content development for MBA’s CREF-related conferences and convened meetings and developing best practices and business intelligence tools for members.

The Mortgage Bankers Association appointed Kelli Burke as Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Finance. Her responsibilities will include leading MBA’s CREF member engagement activities across the various sectors within the industry, creating content development for MBA’s CREF-related conferences and convened meetings and developing best practices and business intelligence tools for members.

Multifamily fundamentals remain healthy, demonstrated by record second quarter absorption. But the sector faces some threats, analysts said.

LGIS Group, Atlanta, signed an agreement with commercial insurance agency Tanner, Ballew & Maloof. TBM will now include LGIS’s commercial property loan insurance in its range of commercial property, casualty products and premium finance services.

Commercial real estate values are a function of a property’s income and the capitalization (cap) rate. Essentially the inverse of a price-to-earnings ratio, cap rates are a gauge of the yield investors demand to put their money into commercial real estate–with a lower cap rate demonstrating higher investor interest in each dollar of current income.

Real Capital Analytics, New York, said the industrial sector sustained commercial property price growth in July even as CRE transaction volume fell sharply.

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