Michelle Matteson

Healthy Gains

(CMBS delinquencies by property type; $ in billions) By Larry Kay Between February 2014 and the same period last year, all of the major property types had fairly healthy declines in delinquency amounts. The totals for lodging, multi-family and office each fell by about one-third, while retail and industrial were not far behind, dropping by 25 percent. Looking at February’s amount delinquent, lodging had the largest decline at 16 percent, ending the month at $2.8 billion. With the economy recovering, strong transient demand and improving group hotel room bookings, there were across-the-board gains in 2013 for occupancy, average daily rates…

Construction Cutbacks

(change in U.S. commercial real estate under construction)

Loosened Reins?

(national cap rate performance based on properties and portfolios of $2.5 million and greater)

Mitigated Moves

(employed and unemployed persons by occupation; not seasonally adjusted; number in thousands)

Shopping Spree

(U.S. retail market conditions*)

Common Core, Home Bias

(investment style and geographic focus of investment for major pension funds and SWFs)

Who’s Blue?

(markets with the greatest population of blue-collar workers age 16 and over)