CCIM Commercial Real Estate Forecast

Speaker:  Dr. Mark Dotzour

  • US economy nearing full employment, having grown slowly but strongly under previous administration from 2007-2008 financial meltdown/recession
  • Higher interest rates in our future, although they will come slowly
  • Economy strengthening which has taken place over past 8 years will lead to labor shortages, wage increases, and some inflation

Click to read the rest of this Article. 

Helpful and Interesting Tidbits from Commercial Real Estate Brokers Continuing Education Course-Texas A&M Real Estate Center October 2016

The following “bullet points” are excerpted from a long list of speaker over nineteen hours of presentations:

Investment Climate in Houston:

  • There is ample capital seeking yields…“dry powder” in closed-in funds at all time high; cash more available for mergers & acquisitions, not so much for new construction except retail and industrial
  • Lenders and investors are upping the percentage of capital available to commercial real estate (CRE); however construction debt is difficult in this economic and regulatory climate

Click to read the rest of this Article.