Following is an update on commercial real estate values across the country as of the third quarter of 2010.  (For the full details of this refer to the Blog posting February 12, 2010) And for a comparison to Q1 2010 results, see June 2, 2010… Read more

• Some commercial property values down almost 50 percent from the peak • Apartment cap rates heading astonishingly low • Industrial properties getting drawn-out recovery • Lending and loan availability for hotels is extremely challenging • Retail recovery is direct function of resource quality “Emerging… Read more

But The Latest NCREIF Data Show an Improvement in Commercial Real Estate Values in Q2 With an estimated $1.4 trillion of commercial real estate debt set to refinance by the end of 2014, more than half of that is underwater according to a Wall Street… Read more

One in five recent retail property sales were distressed—but supply is being snapped up quickly by value seekers and is spilling over into non-distressed properties with buyers seeking institutional grade quality. Lending has returned to high-quality assets (indicating lenders are comfortable that prices have bottomed)… Read more

CoStar Article Reports Some Solidification Coming Back to Commercial Real Estate Market But Refinancing Still a Major Concern This is one of the few tidbits of insight into the commercial market.  Appears that lenders and borrowers are finally seeing eye-to-eye on valuations, which is an… Read more

Nothing to the post changed. I simply uploaded an easier to view spreadsheet of the Estimated Percent Change in Value Since Acquisition.   Following is an update on commercial real estate values across the country.  (For the full details of this refer to my post February 12, 2010)…. Read more

Following is an update on commercial real estate values across the country.  (For the full details of this refer to my post February 12, 2010). MIT tracks prices from properties sold from the NCREIF database.  (National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries)  NCREIF basically consists of… Read more

Here is a quarterly Commercial Market Cycle analysis, Market Cycles Q1 2010, prepared by Dr. Glenn Mueller.  This covers more than 50 major cities and includes offices, industrial properties, retail and hotels.  Please feel free to distribute this but do give Glenna and Dividend Capital credit…. Read more

Just-released Spring edition of NAR’s Commercial Magazine Commercial Connections. See page 12 of NAR’s Commercial Magazine for my article on commercial real estate values and cap rates.  Bad news is that commercial real estate values have plummeted.  Great news is that transaction volume will increase… Read more

An article from the Mortgage Bankers Association finds some less than rosy expectations for commercial real estate in 2010. Approximately three of every four commercial experts surveyed expect the following in 2010: Rents to decline Interest rates to rise 60 percent expect a full market… Read more