Just published by Michael K. Houge, CCIM, SIOR in CityBiz Real Estate Blog is a very interesting article entitled: Five Indicators of the Bottom of the Commercial Real Estate Market.
So here it is …. As a commercial real estate broker and investor, I am often asked about the arrival of the low-point of the stressed, […]

Moody’s REAL CPPI July 2009 Report

At MarylandCommercialTitle.com we pride ourselves on finding the data that lies well below the radar. Bingo. Here is a data point that you will not see in the mainstream media. And more importantly, this is powerful information that you can (and should) use to guide your business and investment decisions moving forward.
Just posted in ZeroHedge.com we see […]

In todays WSJ there is a rather telling article entiled, Real-Estate Industry Pushes Fed to Lengthen TALF Terms, which may be of interest to our readers.

Acording to the piece, the real-estate industry is lobbying the Federal Reserve to modify a bailout program that many believe may avert a wave of commercial-property defaults.
Real-estate owners and investors […]

What appeared to be the worst possible case a few weeks or months ago, for many commercial real estate developers and owners, now appears to be the most likely and negative outcome; vacancy rates are rising sharply with effective rents falling, similarly, with financing options dwindling. Some predict 2009 to be the worst year since ‘91-’92. […]

Real estate investors and professionals say financial and real estate markets in the U.S.will hit bottom in 2009 and continue to slump for much of 2010, according to a report released October 22, 2008, by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (read the full report), and as reported in the Baltimore Business Journal.
We have seen […]

The next shoe? If and when something is going to drop, you should know about it, beforehand, so that you can be proactive and strategic in your investment and management positions.
After years of plunging residential property valuations, commercial real estate (CRE) is now heading into the danger zone as  –office vacancies rise, stores close and hotel bookings fall.
All of […]

When it comes to predicting the future of the commercial real estate market, quirkiness is certainly in the air these days. Even when some good news finally appears, a cloud invariably seems to be lurking overhead.

Here is the good news. MIT commercial property price index turns higher. The cloud foreshadowing this good news is that […]

According to a special report from the National Association of Realtors green building is no longer considered an option in commercial buildings, but viewed as a requirement because much of corporate America has already embraced sustainability.
At least 70% of the corporations in the Business Roundtable, nearly all of which are Fortune 1000 members, have made […]

According to a PR Newswire release, almost two-thirds of those responding to a recent nation-wide commercial real estate survey that focused on applying green technologies to existing commercial buildings have budgeted funds for green building initiatives. Most of those surveyed also said they expect their investment in sustainability to increase next year.
Results of the survey, […]