In the not-too-distant past, malls were all the rage in cities across the United States. Most moderate-sized cities and towns had at least one large mall with a variety of top department stores, boutiques, and a multitude of businesses, from beauty salons to opticians and even fine dining restaurants and bars. The large malls across…
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The New Year is just around the corner, and market trends and movements in the market continue to highlight how the pandemic and “The Great Decentralization” of many businesses across the USA and around the world have changed the market for commercial real estate. It is easy to fall into the trap of watching the…
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Inflation impacts all aspects of the economy, and commercial real estate is not immune to the impact of both inflation and rising interest rates. At a time when many investors are considering CRE as a way to weather the storm of increasing interest rates, there are other issues to consider when determining if this is…
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It is positive for the economy as a whole, not to mention for the health and wellbeing of the people around the country and across the globe, that the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be increasingly manageable. This, in turn, has led to significant speculation about the ability of the markets to bounce back to pre-Covid…
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Over the years, real estate investors have enjoyed specific tax breaks for significant types of investments, including the addition of larger properties and multifamily assets to their portfolios. Investors today, as well as in the past, could defer paying taxes on property-investment gains of over half a million dollars, effectively limiting their tax burden. In…
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Many people had been predicting seeing a ton of great investment opportunities coming onto the market, and it simply hasn’t happened. As an example, the impact from COVID-19 has totally hammered the retail and hospitality industries, and yet we haven’t even seen a plethora of opportunities coming onto the market at greatly reduced prices from…
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With the year 2020 now coming to a close, what, in your opinion, will 2021 now be like for you? Do you believe that it will be better for you than 2020 was, or do you believe that this might just be positive thinking? With this in mind, in trying to assess how 2021 will…
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Interest rates are such an important determinant for how our economy will be performing. When the cost of capital becomes more expensive, suddenly it becomes less profitable and more risky for businesses to expand, and commercial real estate investment transactions can become less attractive, too. But on the other hand, when interest rates are falling,…
Read MoreWith the New Year now being here, everyone would like to know what the future will hold for us within commercial real estate in 2018. But while we don’t have the crystal ball, commercial real estate industry news resource GlobeSt.com recently sat down and interviewed Situs RERC President Ken Riggs on what we can expect…
Read MoreSo often we hear stories about how the real estate market is doing nationally, and oftentimes this can represent a direct reflection of how the market is doing for us locally, too. But if the local economy is heavily dependent on one specific industry, how that industry is doing can have a dramatic impact on…
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