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National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2005 |
Technology Gains Bittersweet for Evolving Real Estate Industry Today's mobile worker, equipped with a cell phone, laptop computer and personal digital assistant (PDA), raises the question of whether demand for office space will begin to flatten or even wane.   |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2005
John B. Levy |
End to Frothy Underwriting in Sight Specs Commercial-mortgage originators and CMBS buyers continue to grouse about the market's lack of underwriting discipline, but their appetites continue unabated... National Mortgage Survey: Selected CMBS Spreads... Whole Loans... |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2005
DuPraw & Gerber |
Unlocking Building Value Through Repositioning A well-orchestrated and executed re-positioning strategy is imperative to make older buildings competitive with new Class-A buildings as well as stand out from a crowd of vacant structures. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2005
Matt Hudgins |
Forecast 2006: Five Trends Driving the Industry What will be the greatest sources of economic stress in the coming year, and how will those forces affect the economy and shape demand for commercial real estate? |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
Why Public REITs Are Going Private At a time when prices for quality properties routinely smash records, REITs have limited ability to match the bids of aggressive private buyers, which can use leverage of up to 100%. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2005
Parke Chapman |
Rental Rates Reflect Slow Office Recovery Despite falling vacancies and limited new construction, the national office market is experiencing only a modest uptick in rents. For the impasse to be broken, leasing demand must increase -- and the only means to that end is jobs. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2005
Dees Stribling |
Retail Investors Undeterred What would it take to slow investor interest in retail properties in 2006? Rising long-term interest rates? A couple of major natural disasters? High energy costs that threaten to take consumer dollars away from stores? |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2005
Parke M. Chapman |
Condo-Conversion Hangover? Thanks largely to the continuing condo-conversion craze, sale prices of multifamily properties jumped 34% in the first 10 months of 2005. For 2006, however, the condo-conversion party is expected to wind down. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2005
Dees Stribling |
Firing On All Cylinders While the investment market in the warehouse/distribution sector is backed by falling vacancies and rising rents, one wildcard clouds the short-term outlook: A potential slowdown in import-export growth could weaken demand for space just as the development pipeline begins to heat up. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2005
Robyn Parets |
Phase II of Hotel Recovery Now that Phase I of the hotel market's recovery is complete, with vital signs improving on all fronts, what's next? It may be a good time to buy hotels, but sellers are also reaping the rewards of escalating values. |
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