Transactional Real Estate Services Archives

Life Company Lender Survey Shows Positive Findings

Despite signs of a maturing market cycle, life insurance companies appear to be staying the course on commercial real estate lending activity.

Real Estate Funds Break Records in Q1 2017

Private real estate funds keep multiplying with 554 funds in the market at the beginning of Q2 2017 competing for a total capital commitment of $189 billion, according to Preqin’s quarterly real estate update released in April. This represents a 13% increase in the number of funds raising from one year ago and a 24%…

Top Retailers and Restaurants in the US

[infogram id=”_/3XCr1uSgzxIXvGLdIBs7″ prefix=”6V7″ format=”interactive” title=”America’s Favorite Retailers and Restaurants”] Included in this chart: Walmart McDonald’s Target Walgreens Dollar Tree Subway CVS Home Depot Taco Bell Burger King Lowe’s Wendy’s Shell Starbucks Kohl’s Chick-fil-A Dollar General KFC Amazon Dunkin’ Donuts Best Buy Sam’s Club 7-Eleven Michaels Stores Panera Bread Source: https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/2017/only-three-businesses-can-say-at-least-84-percent-of-us-consumers-spent-with-them-in-2016/

Private Equity Real Estate Funds Chasing Smaller Deals & Portfolios

Over two-thirds of private equity real estate funds are finding it harder and harder to hunt down attractive real estate acquisitions than 12 months ago, according to a recent report by Preqin, an industry-leader in alternative assets and real estate fund data provider. Lots of Dry Powder in Private Equity Real Estate Funds As such,…

Commercial Real Estate Price Volatility & Opportunity

LOS ANGELES – Commercial Real Estate prices may fall up to 5% over the next 12 months, according to a report released by PIMCO. Yet certain investment strategies and platforms may find extraordinary opportunities as a result. Price Gains Coming Largely from Capital Flows According to the authors, John Murray and Anthony Clarke, the disconnect…