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October 19, 2023

Manageable debt, quality assets cushion US public office REITs against headwinds

Aside from their manageable debt position, office REITs also own some of the better assets, given the repositioning efforts undertaken to upgrade portfolios over the last few years, Hafeez said.

October 17, 2023

Housing remains a puzzle in Fed’s inflation fight

Analysts don't expect it to continue, with real-time rent data still pointing to an eventual slowdown in official housing price indexes that include information from a year ago in a moving average.

October 17, 2023

Manageable debt, quality assets cushion US public office REITs against headwinds

Public office REITs had total debt of $81.69 billion as of the end of the second quarter, 87.8% of which has a fixed rate, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data.

October 16, 2023

7 Top SEC Exam Priorities for 2024

The Securities and Exchange Commission has released its 2024 examination priorities to inform investors and registrants of the key risks, exam topics and priorities that the division plans to focus on in the upcoming year...

October 2, 2023

Severe Crash Is Coming for US Office Properties, Survey Says

Office prices in the US are due for a crash, and the commercial real estate market faces at least another nine months of declines, according to Bloomberg’s latest Markets Live Pulse survey...

September 27, 2023

Prologis Explains Why Today’s Supply Chains Require More Logistics Space

In today’s world, 57% more logistics real estate is required to support $1 billion in retail sales than a decade ago, a new analysis by Prologis has found. Ten years ago, 500,000 SF would have been sufficient to do the job. Today, 800,000 SF is needed. “Today, these supply chains amount to 1.2 billion SF and…

September 27, 2023

Why Real Estate Investors Like the Self-Storage Industry

There are many reasons why the self-storage sector attracts real estate investors. For one, it is recession-resistant with predictable revenue. Also, customers for self-storage units are typically paying a relatively low rent, as opposed to single-tenant real estate such as retail or office buildings where occupants are on the hook for a bigger check each…

September 27, 2023

Prologis Looks at Four Global Trends Impacting Logistics

Logistics giant Prologis has been looking at the forces affecting logistics real estate and points to four areas that will have the biggest impact. First is a fall in volatility “because of the multiplier effect on demand and structural discipline in supply.” One is a “multiplier effect on demand.” More economic activity is now tied…

September 23, 2023

Apartment building construction on track to hit record high

New apartment construction is on track to top a 50-year high, with nearly 461,000 units expected to be built across the U.S. this year, according to a new report...