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Remote Work Is Over In These Markets — And Here’s What They Have In Common
August 5, 2022
While bosses and workers continue to wrestle over workplace return policies in the largest U.S. employment hubs, in midsized…
Business Travel Bounces Back, Confidence Rises Among Hoteliers
August 5, 2022
Business travel is finally making a comeback for the country’s largest hotel operators, and this resurgence, combined with increases…
Retail REITs Report Strong Leasing Demand Despite Inflationary Pressures
August 4, 2022
Retail real estate investment trusts Simon Property Group Inc. and Kimco Realty Corp. reported strong leasing activity during…
Research Brief: Housing
August 4, 2022
Sequence of rate hikes decay housing affordability. In late July, the Federal Reserve again lifted the overnight rate by 75 basis points…
Fed ‘Nowhere Near’ Finished With Inflation Fight, Daly Says
August 4, 2022
The Federal Reserve is “nowhere near” being almost done in fighting the hottest inflation in four decades, and officials are fully…
What the GDP Numbers and Rate Increase Mean for CRE
August 2, 2022
In this video, John Chang (Senior Vice President, Director Research Services for Marcus & Millichap) addresses the following concerns…
Gross Domestic Product
July 29, 2022
GDP contracts, but other economic indicators in the green. Real gross domestic product declined at an annualized rate…
How 721 Exchanges Can Be Used as an Exit Strategy for Delaware Statutory Trust 1031 Exchanges
July 27, 2022
How 721 Exchanges Can Be Used as an Exit Strategy for Delaware Statutory Trust 1031 Exchanges July 25, 2022 | Dwight Kay | WealthManagement This structure allows holders of real estate to exchange real property for economic interest in the REIT in the form of operating partnership units. One of the most important questions that …
Continuously Offered Nontraded REITs Continue Outperformance
July 26, 2022
Total returns to shareholders in continuously offered nontraded REITs in June were positive for the 29th of the last 30 months…
KKR, Dalan Management Closed $225 Million Apartment Purchase in Brooklyn
July 25, 2022
A new 13-story apartment building in downtown Brooklyn has been sold for $225 million to investment firm KKR and…
Construction Starts Dip in June
July 25, 2022
While project spending is up year-over-year, Dodge describes construction markets as “jittery.”
Total U.S. construction…
Research Brief: Retail Sales
July 25, 2022
Sales indicative of transitionary period. Consumers continue to spend more than they did before the health crisis, with core retail sales…
Research Brief: Office Market
July 25, 2022
Bifurcated fundamentals surface within the office market. Despite the strong performance of freshly renovated offices…
Cap Rates Rose for Some Real Estate Deals in H1, Expected to Edge Higher
July 21, 2022
Capitalization rates for commercial real estate properties showed small to modest increases during the first half of 2022…
US Companies Continue to Reduce Debt Burdens
July 21, 2022
Highly rated U.S. companies reduced their debt burdens in the first quarter of 2022, falling back on cash buffers built up during…
As Markets Waver, Alternatives Hit Their Stride
July 21, 2022
Advisor demand for alternative investments is growing, according to a new Cerulli study, with exposures to intermittent liquidity products…
U.S. housing starts drop to nine-month low in June
July 21, 2022
New U.S. home-building activity fell to a nine-month low in June and permits for new construction projects slipped as well, the…
REITs and Commercial Real Estate Well Placed for Longer Term Despite Recent Volatility
July 14, 2022
Coming off of one of the strongest years on record, the REIT market is relatively well placed despite the recent volatility. JLL’s…
Industrial National Report
July 14, 2022
International Forces Position U.S. Industrial Properties Favorably; Nearshoring and Reshoring Potential Raises New…
CRE Property Prices Down 4.9% From Recent Highs
July 14, 2022
It’s hard to remember that basic truth of Newtonian physics that what goes up, unless snagged by a high-flying eagle, eventually…
Scorching inflation hits 9.1%, highest since 1981
July 14, 2022
Inflation soared to a fresh four-decade high in June, as prices rose 9.1% from last year — 1.3% from the prior month — the…
CoStar Sees Multifamily Demand Cooling Over Next Six Months
July 12, 2022
Mark down CoStar as perhaps the first apartment analyst firm to say a “perfect recipe” has been created for the rental market to…
Where Publicly-Traded REITs Stand Halfway Through 2022
July 12, 2022
June was another rough month for many property sectors. Lodging/resort REITs had the worst month, with total returns down…
Affordable Housing Crisis Not Just a Lower Income Phenomenon, Former Fannie Mae Exec Says
July 12, 2022
The affordable housing crisis facing the United States today is not just a lower-income phenomenon, but impacts individuals…
US hotel key metrics up vs. 2019 in week ended July 2 – STR
July 12, 2022
Three key metrics for U.S. hotel performance were up compared to 2019 levels in the week preceding the July Fourth holiday…
