George Soros and John Paulson are both taking ~$126m stakes in the flotation of Spanish property group Hispania Activos Inmobiliarios, according to the Financial Times. Hispania is seeking to list on the Madrid Stock Exchange as a real estate investment … Continue reading →
Seventy-seven percent of investors with assets of $1 million or greater own real estate, according Bloomberg (citing data from a survey conducted by Morgan Stanley’s Wealth-Management Unit). The number one alternative investment pick for 2014 among millionaires is direct ownership … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Residential building permits are being issued at their fastest pace since June 2008. Recent U.S. Commerce Department data shows a 15 percent surge in multifamily permits nationwide with about one in three building permits issued this year being for the … Continue reading →
George Washington University’s real estate investments have tripled over the past decade and appreciated by $20 million in the past year, totaling $813 million by Q3 2013, according to Hypnosis can not only deliver strategies to aid resolve the issue … Continue reading →
In commercial real estate, early repayment of a CMBS loan may entail high penalties. This is because such loans are often bundled together and sold to investors as debt securities with a guaranteed rate of return. An early repayment would … Continue reading →
Banks are taking a more aggressive approach toward lending in the commercial real estate market and as a result, underwriting standards are eroding. According to Moody’s Investors Service, underwriting standards have gone from very good in 2010, to just O.K. … Continue reading →
Direct commercial real estate investment in the Asia Pacific region amounted to $27 billion for Q1-2013, according to Pattaya Mail (quoting data from Jones Lang LaSalle’s Global Capital Flows report). This marks a 26 percent increase in volume compared with … Continue reading →