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For the first time in three years, the industrial vacancy rate exceeded 5% in the fourth quarter, and Colliers’ Craig Hurvitz predicts that this trend will hold until 2024 as new supply outpaces demand. According to him, the vacancy rate is expected to peak at 6.5% in the second half of 2024, although rates may…

According to a Colliers summary based on MSCI data, declines—significant in some asset classes—dominated investment sales in November. According to the firm’s Research Director for U.S. Capital Markets, Aaron Jodka, retail did the best, declining barely 10% month over month. Office’s sales volume of just $2.8 billion in 2023 set a new monthly low. It…

According to Cushman & Wakefield’s Q4 industrial report, the industrial vacancy rate crossed the 5% threshold after increasing by 60 basis points to 5.2%. This is due to dampened demand and speculative building completions continuing at a robust rate. Although it is still 120 basis points below the long-term 15-year average of 6.4%, the rate…

Indicators for lagging and leading rents in NYC appear to be moving in different directions. Apartment rents in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Northwest Queens rocketed to new record highs in July, setting records for all three boroughs for the third time in four months. Brooklyn broke its previous record for the fourth consecutive month. On the…

Dodge Construction Network forecasts that overall US construction starts will remain steady in 2023 at $1.08 trillion due to the confluence of housing demand and an impending recession brought on by the Federal Reserve’s fight against inflation. It stated this week during its 2023 Dodge Building Outlook that the total number of construction starts will decrease…

According to Realtor.com’s housing projection, affordability will continue to be a problem in 2023, especially for first-time buyers. Because purchasers are turned off by loan rates that are hovering around 7%, which is double what they were at this time last year, home sales are slowing as interest rates climb, and prices are also dropping.…

The RCLCO Current Real Estate Market Sentiment Index (RMI) has been dominated by volatility lately, with distress reaching 2020 COVID-19 levels, but the results of its most recent survey indicate that the real estate market may have reached its low point or will in the near future. On a scale of 100, the index has…

More than 140,000 residents of the New York-Newark-Jersey City CBSA have relocated to Florida since January 2018, according to PlacerAI. The main beneficiaries were large cities like Tampa, Miami, and Orlando, all of which have seen a sharp increase in housing prices and rentals. While Sacramento was the top migration destination in November, half of the…

There are “further shadows on the future off the office,” according to Moody’s Analytics’ most recent analysis on the office market, which covers the fourth quarter of 2022. Even now, after the pandemic’s initial peak, forced closures, work-from-home laws, and when businesses started to reevaluate how they would function, the national vacancy rate has risen…

According to a recent analysis from Marcus & Millichap, office leases signed in the early stages of the epidemic, those typically with three-year durations, will be coming up this year, which could delay space attrition. The research stated that the idea of turning those assets into other products “remains a niche possibility” considering that many office…

It’s simple to think that even the largest IT businesses are shutting down given the current state of the economy and the abundance of layoff notifications. However a pair of Savills reports suggest that is far from the reality, and that even with all the hoopla there are US CRE markets that still may expect to do…

According to Commercial Edge, 9,500 buildings, or around 17% of global office stock, will be up for renewal during the next three years. There will be around 380 million square feet of space with loans that mature over the following three years. It does not guarantee a good time. “Recent high-profile defaults hint that the pain…

Retail sales are declining across the nation, Placer.ai says, whether it’s as a result of inflation or increased borrowing rates. Perhaps not surprisingly, less people are walking around stores. In addition to monthly adjusted retail sales declining in March 2023, the company’s study of U.S. Department of Commerce data reveals that monthly retail visits in Q1 2023…

According to Cushman & Wakefield, the industrial vacancy rate increased for a second consecutive quarter but is still historically low at 70 basis points (bps) below the five-year quarterly average and 170 bps below the 10-year average. According to the Q1 data, it was 3.6%, although several markets are still below 3%. Deals continue to be…