Category: News and Trends

The Federal Reserve received mostly positive feedback on commercial real estate nationwide since early September. 

Capital keeps flowing into commercial real estate at a healthy pace against a backdrop of global economic uncertainty and potential future interest rate hikes, reported Avison Young, Toronto.

Property prices increased again in August, pushing both apartments and commercial property prices over their pre-crisis peaks, reported Moody’s Investors Service and Real Capital Analytics.

Demand for U.S. office space remained strong in the third quarter despite recent global volatility, sector analysts said.

The multifamily market should continue its robust growth streak for several more years, said Freddie Mac Multifamily, McLean, Va. 

Commercial real estate increasingly focuses on the needs of firms employing fewer than 50 people because their job growth outpaces larger firms nearly five to one, a new CRE trends report said.

Slowly and quietly, the office market recovery is gathering pace, reported Reis, New York. 

The commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate dropped significantly in September after four months of negligible movement, reported Trepp, New York.

Cap rates for the single-tenant net lease retail and office sectors continue to fall to new lows, reported the Boulder Group, Northbrook, Ill.

The office market’s resurgence may trail other sectors, but recent office market trends show some good news for the nation’s largest metro areas, said Delta Associates, Alexandria, Va.