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CIT Survey: Middle-Market CRE Execs Cautiously Optimistic About 2014

A new survey conducted by CIT Group finds that middle-market commercial real estate executives are cautiously optimistic toward the market in 2014 and are looking to take advantage of long-term investment opportunities.

Net Lease Retail & Office Cap Rates Reach 10-Year Lows

By Randy Blankstein, President, The Boulder Group: Cap rates for the single-tenant, net-leased retail and office markets reached their lowest levels in the past decade in the fourth quarter of 2013.

Rising Rates: Biggest Question Mark for U.S. REITs in 2014

By Steven Marks, Head of U.S. REITs for Fitch Ratings: U.S. equity REITs are primed for a stable outlook in 2014, though the likelihood of rising interest rates is an important factor that Fitch Ratings will be watching closely.

Time Passages

By Robert Bach, National Director of Market Analytics, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank: The period around New Year’s, before the world returns to work in earnest, lends itself to reflection, and that holds true for those of us examining real estate trends.

Interest Rates and the 2014 Investor

By Paul Daneshrad, CEO, StarPoint Properties: As 2014 begins, investors are questioning the future of interest rates: “Is the economy heating up and increasing the demand for real estate?”

Water Works

Payback issues aside, rainwater harvesting systems can really collect.