Commercial Real Estate Forecast 2008

    Whew!!  2007 – “That Was The Year That Was”.  That statement, the modified title of a 1970’s TV series, poignantly describes our past year in the world of Commercial Real Estate.  We saw a lot: frenzied buying, unbelievably low cap rates, non-recourse money, a lot of mezz debt and equity, 100% financing and THEN almost…

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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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        The cycle of Commercial Real Estate

        Cycles… what are they? In baseball, there is hitting for the cycle, which is a batter hitting a single, double, triple and a homerun in one game. In astronomy, there is an orbit cycle in which planets rotate around an object. There are bicycles and motorcycles in which the wheels travel in a circular motion. I…

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          Ride The Tide: Commercial Real Estate

          Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked. – Warren Buffett Open any newspaper or turn on any news channel and you will hear the same thing:  The Real Estate market is doomed. Interest rates are beginning to rise while the numbers of new real estate buyers are shrinking.  Not to…

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