Hospitality Real Estate Forecast 2009

    After attending the Hunter Hotel Investment Conference this March 2009 and hearing the famous economist from Georgia State University Rajeev Dhawan the industry outlook is not pretty.   With lenders, franchisors, and industry experts having no answer to when the economy will turn and be positive. The Pain Is Now The PKF-HR March 2009 national forecast…

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      Multi-family Real Estate Market Q4 2007

      In our last article, we stated that we thought the housing market slump would continue through year end and start to stabilize in early 2008.  Unfortunately, there has not been any news that changes our belief.  Some of the recent statistics indicate that we may still be too optimistic. The Commerce Department reported on August 16…

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        Finding Commercial Real Estate Financing

        As you all know, the commercial real estate business has experienced tough times.  Financing to purchase a commercial investment has been very difficult or nonexistent.   Recently, we interviewed several Middle Georgia banks offering commercial financing.  The rules of the game have not really changed, they have just been enforced.  You may remember what you did…

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          New Member Of The Commercial Real Estate Sales Team

          Fickling & Company announces the newest addition to our Transaction Services Team!  Wendy Holmes Pierce recently  transitioned from our Director of Commercial Property Management over to our Transaction Services. Wendy has spent her 16 year real estate career in the Commercial Real Estate Industry specializing in leasing and management of a mixed portfolio of properties including…

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            Understanding the Subprime Mortgage Meltdown

            I’m sure a lot of people would like to know what a Subprime Mortgage is and what exactly happened last Summer that resulted in the Subprime Mortgage meltdown.   I think it is important to understand what events occurred that got us in this Credit crisis and how it has spilled over into commercial real estate.  It…

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