Category: Multifamily Investments

How to know when your apartment market cycle is peaking…

Apartment Investment Cap Rate Vancouver BC

Quote: “[A] very active market that continues to give strong weighting to underlying land value and potential future use, even if this use is far off in the future.” – James Glen, VP, Colliers Vancouver, BC [Emphasis mine]

Any time you see future and potential in the same sentence referring to real estate, watch out…

Oh and another sign is when the average cap rate for a low-rise apartment deal is 3% while high-rises are at 2.5! Just for reference, a 2.5 cap is the equivalent of a 40x multiple (aka PE or Price Earnings Ratio) on a stock meaning that it would take 40 years of earnings (NOI in the case of real estate) to repay the purchase price and that is definitely “far off in the future“.

You can see all the Canadian Cap Rate reports from Colliers here: Canada Cap Rate Report Q1 2017

Happy summer everyone-

P.S. If you’d like a handy chart for converting Cap Rates to Earnings Multiples shoot me a message with Cap Rates to Earnings in the subject line.

Apartment Loan Rates Continue To Drift Lower- June 2017

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10 Year Treasury and Apartment Loan Rates Trending Down Since Last Month

The 10 year apartment investment loan rate we track has been following the T10 (10yr Treasury) lower since we reported on them last month. The T10 has fallen from 2.51% to 2.28 and the apartment rate from 4.92% to 4.7. The Treasury is back to a level last seen Continue reading 10 Year Treasury and Apartment Loan Rates Trending Down Since Last Month

Treasury Spread to the Apartment Loan Rate Opens Up

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1/3 of Boomers would never own a home

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Apartment Investment Loans Survive Trump Inauguration

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National Multihousing Council Apartment Conditions Fall Further

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The Equity Financing which may be the most Continue reading National Multihousing Council Apartment Conditions Fall Further