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Remote work and real estate are a bit of an odd couple.  Some tenants and real estate investors are embracing the pandemic-induced progression of remote work, or at least a hybrid of remote and in-office work. Major employers hopping on the remote work bandwagon include Airbnb, Allstate Insurance, HubSpot, Reddit, Spotify and Verizon. On the…

Just as you need to know where you’re headed when you take a highway exit, you need to know your commercial real estate exit strategies. This is especially important amid an environment of higher interest rates, higher inflation rates and lingering economic doubts. Ideally, you should determine a real estate exit strategy for a property…

Our Q1 2023 market review shows private real estate investors are finding they need to tiptoe around some financial minefields this year. By some measures, though, the landscape isn’t as treacherous as it was just a year ago. In other words, private investors aren’t necessarily hamstrung in their 2023 quest to turn a profit. 1….

Equity REITs saw a roughly 38% jump in total returns in 2021, followed by a 27% drop in 2022, according to the Nareit trade organization. But will REITs be in positive or negative territory this year in terms of returns? Even with interest rates and inflation still at high levels and the prospect of a…

For years, LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) has been a familiar component of commercial real estate lending in the U.S. Soon, though, LIBOR will vanish in the U.S., making way for a benchmark rate known as SOFR (Secure Overnight Financing Rate). Follow along to learn why the LIBOR-to-SOFR switch is being made and how it…

As the threat of a recession looms, commercial real estate investors are scrambling to figure out where to put their money. One sector they might want to consider is self-storage, given its strong track record even during rocky economic times. During a November conference call with Wall Street analysts, Joe Margolis, CEO of publicly traded…

Everybody has watched interest rates with great interest, particularly commercial real estate investors. As policymakers seek to curb inflation by keeping interest rates propped up, CRE investors must pay even closer attention to the details of deals they’re considering. That’s because the interest rate on a loan results in higher or lower borrowing costs. In…

Given the continuing rise in interest rates, the remaining curse of inflation and the lingering potential for a recession, you might be wondering what 2023 holds for multifamily investing. By some accounts, multifamily could be the star performer in commercial real estate in 2023. As financial services giant JPMorgan Chase points out, multifamily currently ranks…