Apr 14
I spent the day yesterday at the Commercial Broker's Association (CBA) Commercial Real Estate Form. A great program on relevant issues in today's commercial real estate markets. The one presentation that hit hard was Market Knowledge: Strengths and Weaknesses in Different Segments of the Commercial Real Estate Market presented by Dr. Jim DeLisle, University of Washington Director, Graduate Real Estate Studies at the Runstad Professor of Real Estate.
My take away: The Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities market, where commercial mortgages were bundled and sold, has pretty much evaporated. The only loans that are being made and will continue to be made are portfolio loans, where the lender actually keeps the loan in their portfolio. The result... very few mortgages are being written. It is much more difficult to obtain a commercial mortgage and the loan to value; the present value, is in the neighborhood of 40% - 60%. With many commercial mortgages rolling over in the near future, new financing will be a problem. I expect there will be many good opportunities to purchase commercial properties at attractive rates.
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Oct 11
In a recent Blog post by James Quinn, a senior director of strategic planning for a major university, the time period of the office space market recovery is questioned and predicted to be much longer than many industry experts predict. The main reason for his prediction is his belief that consumers are beginning to "Deleverage," spending less, and it will cause major changes in the economy over the next decade.
"They have no choice. Boomers have come to the shocking realization that
you can’t get wealthy or retire by borrowing and spending."
His thoughts on the Office Space market:
"The current office vacancy rate of 17.5% is the highest since 1993 and
is just below the all-time high 18.7% in 1992. The WSJ has concluded,
with no data or analysis, that the vacancy rate has bottomed. As the
employment data proves, companies are not hiring employees. New
companies are not being formed. Government mandates and regulations
regarding healthcare and uncertainty about taxes will keep the formation
of new small companies at a minimum. Conglomerates continue to ship
jobs overseas. Part 2 of this Depression will drive more companies out
of business. Office vacancies will remain at record levels for the next
five years."
On the other side the Wall Street Journal came out with an article, Signs of Recovery For Office Market, last week that predicts that the office space market has bottomed out and that we are starting see some stabilization in the market. They also state that the recovery will be a slow one, but don't define how long that could be.
For us at OfficeFinder.com, over the past 3 weeks we have seen a surge in closed deal reporting in the neighborhood of 2 - 3 times over those of the previous several months. These reports come through our network of office space tenant representatives and executive suite members. We are hoping this continues and identifies the start of the small business recovery.
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Oct 7
A little more good news on the employement front. A new survey says 36 percent of businesses worldwide plan to hire new employees in 2011.
That includes almost a third (32 percent) of U.S. businesses, according to the biannual Regus Business Tracker survey, which is based on interviews with more than 10,000 senior businesspeople in 78 countries. Employment and office occupancy go hand in hand. Without job growth Sixty-five percent of U.S. businesses expect revenue to increase during the next year.
However, 41 percent of companies still are looking for ways to cut overhead, though they don’t intend to do so by cutting employees.
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Commercial Real Estate , Office Space
Sep 30
Delinquencies for commercial-mortgage-backed securities have topped 9 percent for the first time.
The Trepp National CMBS Delinquency Report
shows that 9.05 percent of about $694 billion in commercial loans that
back outstanding CMBS were 30 days or more delinquent as of Sept. 28
versus 6.49 percent at the beginning of 2010 and just 0.38 percent three
years ago.
Source
: Wall Street Journal (09/29/10)
Commercial Real Estate , Investment Real Estate
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