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 →
Mexico recently passed legislation that allows REITs (FIBRAs in Mexico) to trade in the Mexican Stock Exchange. As a result, Mexico’s commercial real estate market has seen an influx of capital. Since REITs were established, financial firms have raised $4.6 … Continue reading →
A REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) is a company that owns and in some cases manages income producing commercial real estate. Unlike a public REIT, a non-traded REIT does not trade on a securities exchange and is therefore less liquid. … Continue reading →
Investors continue to eye commercial real estate as an alternative to low-yield bond markets and volatile equity markets. According to The New York Times, sovereign wealth funds invested about $10 billion in commercial real estate Many of viagra online no … Continue reading →
Yields* for retail property on London’s Bond Street fell to 2.75 percent at the end of Q1 2013 – the first time that yields have dipped below three percent since at least 1991, according to Reuters. Retail property yields in … Continue reading →
Returns from REITs in Canada are expected to average 5-10 percent over the next 12-18 months,
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Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) issues are expected to reach $26 billion for the first quarter of this year – more than four times the amount issued in the first quarter of 2012 , according to The Wall Street Journal. Bank … Continue reading →
Inland American has retained the Capital Markets Group of Jones Lang LaSalle to sell its SunTrust net lease portfolio, according to Commercial Property Executive. The 143-branch The treatment method cost as well as other expenses that go along free prescription … Continue reading →