California

DQ News reported solid gains for the first month of 2013 with 16,058 new and resale homes sold in January.  This number is down 20.8 percent from December 2012, but up 10.6 percent from a year [...]

CoStar News reports that new apartment construction at four or five times the national average for other types of commercial construction in certain markets will cause vacancies to increase. [...]

A total of 20,274 new and resale houses and condos sold in December 2012, which is up 5.1 percent from the 19,285 in November 2012 and up 5.3 percent from the 19,247 sold in December 2011.  Sales [...]

New data show major rebound in both commercial and residential construction led almost entirely by multifamily and single family development. Developers and builders started construction on the [...]

CoStar’s CCRSI index show strong pricing gains across all commercial real estate segments for September 2012.  Third quarter commercial real estate transactions closed with with strong [...]

According to DQ News, home sales in Loa Angeles and Southern California rang in at 17,859, which is a 20.4 percent drop from the 22,438 sales in August 2012 and down 1.6 percent from 18,149 in [...]

According to DQ News, Southern California home sale rose to a six year high for the month of August.  A total of 22.438 new and resale homes sold in Southern California.  That’s up 9% from July [...]

The recovery is spreading west, which had been a deeply affect region of the country by the residential housing collapsed combined with the deep recession. There has been a few technology and/or [...]

The National Association of Realtors sums it up pretty well in the attached August 2012 Commercial Real Estate Outlook when they opine that the economy has gone on vacation.  That’s pretty [...]

According to DQ News Southern California home sale rose for the seventh consecutive month to 20,588 for the month.  This was down 6.7 from the 22,075 in June, but up 13.8% from July of 20122. The [...]

The multifamily segment of commercial real estate continues to strengthen in spite of new supply coming on line according to Randyl Drummer of CoStart news.  Demand still far outstrips demand. [...]

I’m not saying that we’re quite back to pre crash levels of pricing but we’re getting there.  Given the general malaise in the American economy with job growth, GDP growth and most other [...]

Randyl Drummer from CoStar News reported that after months of negotiations the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) agreed on [...]

As prices get stupid for the product of choice –  the triple net or absolute net, S&P BBB or better, single tenant retail, it starts pulling up secondary  and tertiary markets and [...]

For May 2012, DQ News reported that 22,192 new and resale homes sold Southern California last month. That was up from April by 15.1% and up 20.6% from the 18,394 sold in May 2011. The median [...]

Today, I’m going to take a look at the preferred type of product for most of my buyers, and frankly for most buyers on the market these days, and that is triple net or absolute net, single [...]

For April 2012, DQ News reported that 19,284 new and resale homes sold Southern California last month. That was down from March by 3.4% and up 5.1% from the 18,344 sold in April 2011. April’s [...]

There are big differences on expansion plans for 2012 as we come out of this giant downturn and Obama Care goes into to full effect in 2014.  To summarize: Rite Aid hopes to return to limited [...]

Buyer need – Corporate leased triple net c-store such as 7-11 or Circle K  with 8 years or more unexpired absolute net lease for SoCal buyer. Gas or without gas is fine. Single tenant only. [...]

Many folks are aware that Starwood Capital Group agreed to acquire $1 billion in seven shopping centers from Westfield and KKR.   As Starwood is starting to acquire retail commercial real estate [...]