The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) classifies assets into two categories: The Type A category of assets includes consumer-related products such as residential mortgages, auto loans/leases and SME loans. The Type B Category of assets includes most other … Continue reading →
Sales at Starbucks coffee shops in the Americas region increased by five percent during the last quarter – lower than the 6.4 percent estimated by Wall Street analysts. The value of Starbucks shares increased more than 38 percent over the … Continue reading →
In an effort to cut costs and boost revenues, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is opening retail centers in Staples stores. The pilot program started last November in 84 Staples stores in California, Georgia, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Some of the … Continue reading →
Medical office sales volume in the United States totaled $6.77 billion in transactions involving close to 33 million square feet (733 properties),
Continue reading →The shopping center occupancy rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth area is at 90 percent – the highest number in 10 years, according to The Dallas Morning News. Net retail leasing in the DFW market added about 2.7 million square Those … Continue reading →
Commercial property acquisitions in Germany totaled $42 Billion in 2013 – a 21 percent increase from 2012 and the highest level of volume since 2007,
Continue reading →Cap Rate (Capitalization Rate) Ratio between the net operating income (NOI) produced by a property and its capital cost (purchase price or current market value); Does not take into account financing factors or changes in income or costs; Useful, “snapshot” … Continue reading →
The Urban Land Institute estimates that the healthcare industry will expand 19 percent by 2019. Eleven percent of the expansion is attributed to the Affordable Care Act and the rest is due to population growth and the aging of the … Continue reading →
Retail real estate developer/owner Edens Investment Trust recently closed a $1.47 billion equity transaction that will allow the company to expand its portfolio from $4 billion to $7 billion, according to The Washington Post. Blackstone Group bought out the State … Continue reading →
At their annual meeting, held on December 12, the Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors (GWCAR) membership voted to disaffiliate from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the NAR-related state associations Sexual role play is the most necessary game … Continue reading →