Anna Spiewak
Commercial real estate is moving from the recovery cycle into an expansion cycle.
— Robert Bach, National Director of Market Analytics, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank
Measuring Money
Malcolm Davies Evaluates the Real Estate Finance Market George Smith Partners partner Malcolm Davies discussed the direction of the financing market with Editorial Director Suzann D. Silverman. Davies joined the real estate investment banking firm in 2011 having spent 12 years as a real estate developer, investor and capital provider. Q.You were a developer. What are the prospects for getting development projects financed as the market comes back? A. I got the last privately financed construction loan in San Diego County when I was a developer in early ’08. … In 2010 and ’11, really all you were seeing in…
Live Chat with NAR’s George Ratiu
Join us on Thursday, July 25 at 2 p.m. (EST) for CPE‘s live Twitter chat with well-noted National Association of Realtors economist George Ratiu as he discusses the latest economic trends, its effects on the real estate industry and his predictions for the coming months and years. Manager of Quantitative & Commercial Research at NAR, George writes economic columns and conducts research on the subjects of commercial real estate, international investments, mortgage performance and foreclosures. He produces NAR’s Commercial Real Estate Outlook and manages quantitative surveys, including the Commercial Real Estate Quarterly Market Survey. Be sure to log on! Find…
Yardi Commercial Leasing Pad Wins for Most Innovative Technology
Yardi Commercial Leasing Pad, an end-to-end mobile leasing and tenant support solution developed in 2012 and released this year has already received industry recognition this month with the Realcomm Real Estate Digital Innovation Award for in the category of Most Innovative Technology.
Economy Watch Weekly: ECB Promises Low Rates, U.S. Adds More Jobs.
CPE’s economic analyst, Dees Stribling, gives his update for the week ending July 5.
Economy Watch: Residential Delinquencies Drop; Consumer Credit Rises
The national delinquency rate for residential mortgages continued to fall in May, marking the largest year-to-date drop since 2002. And consumer credit bounced upward in May, rising 8.3 percent compared with the same month in 2012, the most in about a year.
Economy Watch: Employment Increase Broad-Based in June; ECB Gives Forward Guidance on Interest Rates
The jump in employment, a nationwide increase of 195,000 jobs, was fueled by a number of sectors — leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, retail trade, healthcare, and financial activities. And the European Central Bank announced that it is keeping its interest rates low or even dropping them lower “for an extended period” of time.
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