Multi-family Real Estate Market Review 2008

    In 2008, the average occupancy for Central Georgia was 89.5%, a 1% improvement over the prior year’s results.  The markets experiencing the greatest increase in 2008 over 2007 were East Macon at 5%, Milledgeville at 5.5% and Warner Robins at 2%. The markets experiencing the greatest year-over-year downturn were Downtown Macon at 3% and North…

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      Commercial Real Estate Continuing Credit Crunch

      As financial institutions are still trying to weather the storm from Subprime Mortgage Crisis, real estate investors should anticipate great challenges in 2008.  The instability in the financial markets has had a domino effect in the investment market for commercial real estate assets.  It first began with an impact on the lenders which moved right through…

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        Hospitality Real Estate Market Q2 2008

        From 2004 to 2006 the U.S. Lodging industry experienced the strongest revpar growth in 22 years.  One chain scale that has continued to sustain record-breaking success is the category labeled “midscale without food and beverage.”  These properties represent 8,096 hotels with 705,305 guestrooms or 16.6 percent of the total U.S. room supply. Through May 2007,…

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          Retail Real Estate Market Comparison 2007

          Retailers are always looking at the demographics of one area compared to another, to help them determine where they want to locate the next store.  Forbes Magazine recently ran an article on where they thought the 200 best places in the country were located and why.  This article was published just after tax-day and at the…

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          Millennials + Home Buying = Growing Trend

          Experts had predicted that Millennials would be the renting generation; however, 2015-2016 numbers are proving quite the opposite. According to U.S. News — millennials, who are currently between ages 25 and 34, make up the largest share of homebuyers at 32 percent. As Millennials look for opportunities to build personal wealth they are turning steadily…

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