Category: Trends
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Commercial Real Estate Construction Spending Takes A Dive
Jan 30, 2009 5:20 PM, By Sibley Fleming, NREI.com Investment in commercial real estate construction fell off a cliff in the fourth quarter as U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by an estimated 3.8%. The Commerce Department reported today that fixed, non-residential investment decreased 19.1% in the fourth quarter, compared with a decrease of 1.7%…
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Windsor park turns brown plains green
Industrial hub a Colorado bright spot for clean energy, high-paying jobsBy John Rebchook, Rocky Mountain News (Contact) For most people, Windsor is just an exit off Interstate 25 they speed by on their way to Cheyenne – or that place in Weld County hit by a tornado last May. But it also is home to…
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Fort Collins housing market weathers drop
BY DAVID YOUNG • davidyoung @coloradoan.com • January 28, 2009 National home values posted the sharpest drop in history this November according to one report. However, Fort Collins’ market is faring better then most, according to experts. The Standard & Poor’s/Case Shiller 20-city housing index released Tuesday showed an 18.2 percent decline since November 2007.…
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Conditions Remain Cloudy for Apartments
Jan 21, 2009 1:40 PM, By Poonkulali Thangavelu Conditions in the apartment sector continued to be less than favorable, according to the January survey of multifamily industry executives by the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) based in Washington, D.C. However, based on factors such as sales volume, availability of debt and equity funding, the industry…
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Dismal Trend Continues with Loss of 524,000 Jobs
Staff report from National Real Estate Investor and Lodging Hospitality There is not much cheer in the employment figures released by the federal government today. The U.S. unemployment rate now stands at 7.2%, up from 6.8% for November. More than 524,000 nonfarm jobs were lost in December. “This was certainly a dreadful report. There is…
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The Apartment Sector Begins to Feel the Pinch
By Poonkulali Thangavelu, National Real Estate Investor In a year in which the economy was hit by bad news on a number of fronts, the commercial real estate sector reacted with a negative performance in major property sectors. Even the apartment sector, which received a boost from troubles in the housing market, was not spared.…
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NoCo vacancies tighten, rents soar
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NOTE: The statewide vacancy data is approximately three months old by the time it is released. Many apartment owners have seen vacancies increase and incentives reappear in the last two to three months. DENVER – Bucking a statewide trend, apartment vacancies in Fort Collins, Loveland and Greeley declined during the third quarter of 2008, according…
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U.S. Rethinks Roles of Fannie, Freddie
America’s $11 trillion home-mortgage market is heading for a makeover. Mortgage lending in the U.S. relies heavily on institutions set up in the 1930s by politicians and government officials seeking remedies for the Great Depression. Now, bankers say, the current economic crisis will force Congress and the Obama administration to decide how to repair or…
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APARTMENTS RATED BEST INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY IN 2009
NMHC – Our message about the long-term strength of the apartment sector was reinforced this week with the release of the annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate report by the Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The report, which says that commercial real estate markets will bottom out in 2009 and flounder for much of…
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In-fill, Apartments seen as 2009 bright spot
Realtor.org – Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers issued the 30th annual Emerging Trends report predicting that recession and the current credit crunch will make 2009 a lousy year for commercial real estate and any recovery in 2010 will be weak. The report predicts negative returns for private equity investors – the first time that’s been…