Cap Rates – September 2015
As of September 1, the average cap rate for all US property types was 5.25 percent,
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American Apparel Files for Bankruptcy
Fashion retailer American Apparel Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. The Los Angeles-based company which targets the teen and young adult clothing market has not made a profit since 2009,
Continue reading →Houston’s Key Industries
In 1985, the healthcare sector represented 5.3 percent of Houston’s total economic earnings and the oil & gas industry was 10 percent of the city’s economy. In 2013, healthcare’s share had risen to 6.7 percent and oil & gas represented … Continue reading →
Industrial Property Sector Returns – Q2-2015
The industrial property sector gave a total return of 14.8 percent in the year to June 2015, up 160bp from June 2014,
Continue reading →Orlando’s Retail Real Estate Market
Orlando has experienced a 4.6 percent growth in employment in the last year, according to a midyear retail report by Jones Lang LaSalle. Tourism increased 3.9 percent year-over-year with over 64 million visitors. You should at least one day gap … Continue reading →
Commissions and the Market
According to a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research and
Continue reading →LA’s Multifamily Market
The vacancy rate in LA’s multifamily sector is 3.8 percent. Developers in Los Angeles County will deliver 10,000 rental units in 2015, surpassing the 9,300 units delivered to market last year. Another 50,000 units are in the planning Now everyone … Continue reading →
Reduced Average Borrowing Costs for Chinese Property Developers
Average weighted financing costs for China Vanke, one of China’s largest developers, dropped from 7.3 percent at the end of 2014 to 6.3 percent in the first half of 2015. Midsize developer Country Garden’s average financing costs also Ultimately erectile … Continue reading →
Santiago’s Office Vacancy Rate Increases as Demand for Copper Declines
Class A office vacancy in Santiago reached 7.8 percent in Q2-2015 – up from around one percent in 2012, according to The Wall Street Journal (citing CBRE data). Class B vacancy reached 13.1 percent last quarter Milk is a cialis for … Continue reading →
Starbucks Reports Better-than-expected Sales for Second Quarter
Starbucks, Inc. announced a seven percent gain in global same-store sales in the quarter ending June 28, exceeding analyst’s expectations of a 6.2 percent increase,
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