Tag: trends

Rising rates won’t necessarily lead to higher cap rates on CRE, apartment building investments. CBRE debt & equity podcast.

Great podcast on the financing market for CRE and apartment building investment with a look at potential impacts from events around the world.

“In this Global In-Sights podcast, Spencer Levy, Executive Managing Director for CBRE Capital Markets, shares his view on the commercial real estate debt and equity finance markets. What are current key sources of capital, what is the current pricing of CRE debt, and what are expectations going forward?  Are there key sectors that are attracting most of the capital flows? What are expectations for interest rates and how are investors underwriting the possibility of an interest rate spike in the next 2 to 3 years?  What are some of the key positive trends that we suggest our clients look out for when selecting markets in which to invest?”

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A few bullet points: Continue reading Rising rates won’t necessarily lead to higher cap rates on CRE, apartment building investments. CBRE debt & equity podcast.

Portland OR Q1 Apartment Building Investments Now Posted.

Here are some interesting transaction statistics for 1st Quarter apartment building investment transactions:

  • Average price per unit was up 11% from Q1 2011
  • 6.86% was the average cap rate, vs. 7.07% in 2011
  • 77% of properties sold had between 5-50 units

Click on the image to see the list of Q1 apartment building investment sales in Portland:

Portland Apartment Building Investment Sales Q1

For more on PDX apartment building investment see City Rents Rise As Buyers Wait Out Housing Bust from Joseph Bernard Investment Real Estate.

 

Why now is the right time for CRE and Apartment Building Investment. Video via Tom Barrack at Colony Capital

Tom is one of my mentors and I follow what he’s doing closely to learn from a pro in apartment building investing. Here’s a video 3fer with Tom on why now is the time, if you have any contrarian testosterone as he puts it (in other words you are a true value investor). See also my notes below with the exec sum in bold.

1st Video:

Tom Barrack on Commercial Real Estate and Apartment Building Investment

Tom Barrack on CNBC last week

Stock markets rise and fall, but investors with a long-term view will make money, real estate investor Tom Barrack of Colony Capital is a “slow money guy”.  Barrack has $27 billion invested in real estate and $45 billion in assets around the world.

Overall in the US

Where I think we are is actually a great Continue reading Why now is the right time for CRE and Apartment Building Investment. Video via Tom Barrack at Colony Capital

Apartment Building Investment In Seattle, here’s the good news- video

Seattle Apartment Building Investment update video Translation: We would never overbuild or get started too late in the apartment building investment cycle 😉

Is the Dallas/Fort Worth Apartment Building Investment Cycle Peaking or just taking a breather?

In their RECON report The  Real Estate Center @ Texas A&M quotes The Dallas Morning News on apartment building investment in the DFW market:

“Apartment leasing in Dallas-Fort Worth dipped for the first time in over two years.

Net leases fell by 270 during first quarter 2012, with most of the declines occurring in the northern suburbs.

Apartment Building Invesment Cycle peaking in Dallas?

Greg Willett of apartment analyst MPF Research believes the slight dip is nothing to worry about.

“I don’t think one quarter of slight resident loss should be viewed as a big deal, especially when demand in first quarter usually is pretty mild anyway,” he said. “The job numbers still look good, and a comeback for the for-sale housing sector actually could drive them higher.”

The North Texas area has added about Continue reading Is the Dallas/Fort Worth Apartment Building Investment Cycle Peaking or just taking a breather?

Where is Your Multifamily Market In The Cycle? Nice interactive map. Via @UrbanLandInst

Is Apartment Building Investment in the up cycle in your market? Job growth is the most important leading indicator of the market cycle. Check out the cool interactive map through Q4 2011 from The Atlantic here: MetroMonitor Economic Performance Maps

Apartment Building Investment Cycle Map

Where is your apartment market in the cycle? Latest Multifamily Market Cycle Charts now posted via Glenn Mueller, PhD.

See the details and charts for the other CRE sectors here: