Market Commentary Commercial Vacancy Rates Remain Low, but Rent Growth Slowed in 2018:Q1 05/14/2018 Image
Market Commentary CRE Still Benefiting From Economic Fundamentals, Despite Interest Rate Worries The overall composite price index in March stood 7.9 percent above one year earlier. This increase represents an acceleration of price gains from those during most of 2017, to the most rapid pace since 2016. 05/03/2018 Image
Market Commentary What’s the Yield Curve Telling Us About the Outlook for the Economy and REITs? Interest rates remain in the headlines, and given their importance in the U.S. economy, it’s smart to pay attention to what they may (or may not) be telling us. 04/25/2018 Image
Market Commentary REITs Raised $38.3 Billion Common Equity, Tapped ATM Programs For A Record $7.5 Billion in 2017 REITs raised $38.3 billion in common equity in 2017, the highest annual total since 2013. 04/18/2018 Image
Market Commentary Property Prices and Cap Rates in a Rising Interest Rate Environment The question on everyone’s mind is, will this drive up cap rates, possibly causing property prices to fall? 03/29/2018 Image
Market Commentary The FOMC and REITs The REIT market generally overreacts initially to news that affects the timing and possible aggressiveness of Fed tightening, as well as to increases in long-term interest rates, but tends to recover over time. 03/16/2018 Image
Market Commentary REIT Exposures to Interest Rates at an All-Time Low Two of the biggest questions for investors for the remainder of this year will be what happens to interest rates, and how will changes in the interest rate environment affect businesses and financial markets? 03/15/2018 Image
Market Commentary REITs Report Rising FFO and Occupancy Rates, Reduced Exposure to Interest Rates in Q4 Total FFO of all listed U.S. equity REITs rose 3.2 percent to $15.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to the Nareit T-Tracker®. 03/07/2018 Image
Market Commentary Are Commercial Real Estate Prices on Shaky Ground? The sustained rise in prices of commercial real estate over the past seven years has prompted questions whether valuations may be getting ahead of themselves. 03/05/2018 Image
Market Commentary Commercial Property Markets Hold Steady in Q4 Economic fundamentals continued to support the real estate markets. 02/20/2018 Image
Market Commentary Interest Rates, Inflation, the Stock Market and REITs: What are the Risks? 02/08/2018 Image