Study Group: Brokerage Experts: Commercial Real Estate (?)

Increasing single family homes vacancies should reduce prices with more inventory. Increasing single family homes vacancies should provide home rentals that compete with apartments. This trend could reduce or stablize rents in these markets. This home vacancy trend is market specific. Some markets...

The subprime pipeline has a ways to go. Very much like a virus infects humans- it must run it's course. In 2002 the rebirth of the subprime mortgage began to prevent our economy from dipping into recession. In 2007, the market shows the first short sales and foreclosures. The 125% rule of negative amortizing...

The Dutch learn their history well and use it to their advantage.  In the late '70's and early 80's, I represented several Dutch institutional investment groups who entered the US real estatemarket.  One of the groups only bought shopping centers throughout the US.  At the time,...

The formal announcement of PAGCOR (Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.) this week of major commercial, residential and leisure property developments in Manila Bay City points to the country's full economic recovery but does it equate to sustainable economic stability and growth?

Quite likely the hotels most to be affected are full service hotels in major metropolitan areas rather than limited service hotels. Consumers will be looking for "reduced rates" or less expensive venues in the next two quarters, at least, if not through the end of the year. I do not think...