We recently had an owner of land on which a 99-year ground lease had been put in place nearly 75 years prior ask us for a broker opinion of value. The lease was at a flat annual rent, plus expenses, with no escalation, and is a fraction of current market rent for the property. Given […]
Investors often consider commercial property primarily on the cap rate (net operating income divided by price). In most cases there is the expectation of NOI (net operating income) growth and appreciation over time. These expectations are seemingly considered as benefits, with no consideration given to them as incremental return. In this post, we seek to […]
The Discussion: Analyzing the Current State and Future of Commercial Real Estate; Insights from an Industry Leader The commercial real estate sector has experienced significant turbulence over the past two years, marked by a historic rise in interest rates and mounting pressures on office buildings. These challenges have led to widespread negative sentiment and headlines. […]
I’ve had a few buyers say something to me along the lines of “I’m going to wait for prices to drop to where they were.” When they mention a level, I notice that it tends to be a value from about five years ago. They could be right; this post has nothing to say about […]
As can be seen in this chart, the Miami metro area had the largest inbound gains in the country during 2022 versus pre-pandemic 2019. Inbound moves in 2022 increased by near 60% in 2022 compared to 2019 in South Florida. Other charts related to this and related commentary can be found at a recent NAR […]
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Interest Rates and Price Indexes; Commercial Real Estate Price Index, Level [BOGZ1FL075035503Q], index levels retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Series BOGZ1FL075035503Q, January 16, 2023.The chart herein shows the quarterly change of the Commercial Real Estate Price Index from the Board of Governors […]
We previously posted an article comparing holding vacant land vs. selling and reinvesting the proceeds. A similar situation that we often run into is that of underdeveloped property. Such property is generating income, but as a percentage of market value income well under market rates. This happens as the land value becomes greater than the […]
The question comes up as to how frequent a commercial property trades in the Miami area. Many take a guess at this, but which I’ve never heard of anyone else really making an effort to truly quantify it. I’ve taken a swing at it here. The Methodology The value of what trades as a percentage […]
These probability distribution charts are the topic of this article. The first is a normal distribution of returns using a combination of a cap rate of 5% and rent growth of 2% (and assuming an unchanged cap rate a year later) further assuming an annualized standard deviation of returns of 6.5%. The second is how […]
The Conversation: Understanding the Current Landscape of Commercial Real Estate & Opportunity Zones; Insights from Experts In the ever-evolving world of commercial real estate, navigating the complexities of market trends, investment opportunities, and shifting dynamics requires a keen understanding of various factors at play. Recently, on America’s Commercial Real Estate Show, experts Jon Wiley, PhD, […]
When considering changes or potential changes in commercial real estate capitalization rates (cap rates), market participants tend to most commonly think of interest rates. However, rent growth assumptions also affect cap rates as the more one expect earnings to grow over time the less return an investor is willing to accept now. This is just […]
To use this effectively, you’ll want to filter by zoning. To do that, you’ll need to access this on Google Maps directly using the link later in this post. First, however, read the following: This map was made by using publicly available sales from 2018 to 2020, filtering out sales types such as multi-parcel sales […]
Integra Realty Resources CEO Anthony Graziano discusses his firms Viewpoint 2021 report. In this second video, he discusses how industrial property performed during the pandemic, how changes in policy with a new presidential administration may affect industrial assets. He then goes on to discuss multifamily property performance during the pandemic and their status now. From […]
In this video from Yahoo Finance, Doubleline Capital Portfolio Manager Morris Chen joins Julia La Roche and Zack Guzman of Yahoo Finance to discuss in some detail the latest commercial real estate outlook amid COVID-19. They talk about the variance in pain among various commercial real estate sectors as well as the offsetting positives of […]
A vacant land owner, where the property that has seemingly topped out its HABU (highest and best use) potential, is forgoing potential income from reinvestment of potential sales proceeds (of the vacant land) for no apparent benefit. In other words, if HABU is topped out, there is not a higher value HABU to come, […]
I find buyers commonly debating total monthly cash outlay to own versus that of renting in year one. Though I admire the cash-is-king disciple of this, I would submit that the projected net cost to own compared to that of renting is so attractive that it offsets the typically small differences in cash outlay at […]
