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LaSalle Investment Management is forecasting $2 billion of property investment in 2011 primarily in major markets such as Southern and Northern California, Chicago and Washington, DC. They also [...]

The free market performs its magic as values increase and cap rates fall in the hot coastal markets so buyers’ interest is moving inland to markets with job growth and population growth.  We’re [...]

Employment growth and rising demand coupled with an empty pipeline of new product coming online means rent growth by the end of 2011.  Construction financing is becoming available, but lender [...]

Office transaction volume for 1st quarter 2011 is double last year at a preliminary $12 billion and as more closed transactions are verified it might approach $15 billion for the quarter.   Of [...]

And now, back to the news:   NAR reports that the commercial real estate market is recovering far faster than many of us thought it would.  I’ve sure seen antidotal evidence of this.   I have [...]

With the big spike in oil and food prices in early 2011, its expected that the overall CPI will spike up a bit for 2011 to a level of 2% and maybe slightly higher depending of course on what [...]

Here we go again. Institutional Investors are moving inland as prices for class A properties in major coastal markets hit precession levels or higher.  Institutions are flush with money and [...]

Mark Heschmeyer at CoStar News discusses exactly what I’m running into out there in the recovering commercial real estate market and that is rapidly dwindling supply of something good to sell. [...]

This is a tale of two very different worlds.  Moody’s Investor Services reports that larger properties in major markets are recovering nicely while distressed properties remain well off of their [...]

Outstanding commercial debt fell by $12.1 billion in fourth quarter 2010.  It was the fifth consecutive quarterly drop since the recession began, although the decline was less severe than past [...]

As the commercial real estate market gets back to whatever normal is you can expect to see the utilization of 1031s to get moving again.  So in Steve Rosansky’s March 2011 newsletter, he goes [...]

CoStar News reports that Investment grade transactions are up 54% in January over a year ago, but dipping slightly from December.  The increase reflects buyers’ appetite for investment grade [...]

Retail expansion plans for this year are up 40% over last year buoyed by 2010 holiday season’s strong performance.  Nearly every region in the United States is experiencing resurgence with [...]

CMBS activity is way up with $6.5 billion in new securitization coming to the market in the last few weeks.  The activity to date in February is 2/3rds of the total CMBS deals offered for all of [...]

Thanks once again to Steve Rosansky for updated 1031 exchange rules and rates reflecting the tax cut extensions and their impact on 1031s.  The CRE market is coming back around this year, and [...]

Below is an embed video from the NAR explaning the 3.8% tax.

The NAR published an article regarding the 3.8% real estate Medicare tax that was included as part of the health care bill.  Be aware that this tax goes into effect in 2013 and has nothing to do [...]

Further clarification/opinion regarding the 3.8% medicare tranfer tax on profits beyond certain thresholds included in the health care bill.  I’ve written about this one several times [...]

If you lose a commercial property to foreclosure or do a deed in lieu, you may still owe capital gains on the lost asset.  Many owners opt for a zero income property as a 1031 exchange as a [...]

There’s lots of mildly positive news here.  It’s been about three years since I’ve been able to say that. In previous posts, I think I’ve covered thoroughly the positive impact that the election [...]