Rule of 70
The rule of 70 is fast method to estimate the amount of time it takes for a certain variable to double, regardless of what the variable represents. To estimate the amount of time it takes Stress is one of the … Continue reading →
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Buffett Invests in Net-lease REIT
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has invested $377 million for a 9.8 percent stake in Store Capital Corp., a net-lease REIT that focuses on service tenants such as day care centers, health clubs, restaurants and supermarkets. Less than a twenty … Continue reading →
Delaware Statutory Trust
A Delaware statutory trust (DST) is a legally recognized trust created under the laws of Delaware for business purposes and can be offered as replacement property for accredited investors seeking to defer capital gains taxes through a 1031 exchange. DSTs … Continue reading →
Office Tenant Build-out Costs – 2017
Construction and development costs in the U.S. increased by 2.7 percent in 2016 and are expected to increase along similar lines during 2017, according to JLL’s U.S. Fit Out Guide. The guide, which looks at Class A office build-out in … Continue reading →
North American Lenders Scale Back Activity in UK CRE Market
North American lenders provided $4.2 billion in new credit toward British commercial property transactions in 2016 – a 56 percent reduction from the 2015, according to
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The 2016 House Republican tax reform plan calls for eliminating the tax deduction for interest payments as one of the ways to help offset lower tax rates – a provision estimated to be worth $1.5 trillion, according to The New … Continue reading →
Autocracies and Skyscrapers
Autocracies systematically build more new skyscrapers than democracies, according to a V-Dem Working Paper. This trend prevails when controlling for income level, state control over the economy, country-fixed and year-fixed effects. A particular case of disorder cialis in australia icks.org … Continue reading →
Multifamily Cap Rates in Canada – Q1-2017
Class A high-rise stock: Nationwide: 4.2 percent; Vancouver: 2.5 – 3 percent; Montreal: 4.25 – 5 percent; Calgary: 4.5 – 5 percent; Halifax: 4.75 – 5.25 percent. Understanding the link between these conditions might just help best price for cialis … Continue reading →
Europe’s Most Active CRE Market
Germany has overtaken the U.K. as Europe’s most active commercial property market. In 2016, CRE transactions in Germany totaled €59 billion, according to Property Forum (citing data from Knight Frank). In addition, psychological issues such as anxiety, depression, self-abasement, which … Continue reading →
Boston Update – 04-2017
The median condo price in Boston reached $913,500 in Q3–2016, a 43 percent increase from the same period in 2015, according to
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