| 1. | 12/7/2007 12:30:00 AM | land and retail flat |
| 2. | 12/7/2007 12:35:00 AM | So much happening in SA. |
| 3. | 12/7/2007 12:39:00 AM | Home foreclosures force an upward presure on apartment rentals;
Out of state companies relocating to participate in Barnet Shale currently filling offices |
| 4. | 12/7/2007 12:44:00 AM | $100/bbl Oil. |
| 5. | 12/7/2007 12:54:00 AM | All product types will experince gains in 2008 because the dynamics of the Houston market are extremely robust. |
| 6. | 12/7/2007 12:57:00 AM | Starter home purchases now harder with credit squeeze. Helps apartment rents.
New retail will slow with slowdown in new home sales and economy (less spending).
Likewise for land. Builders and lenders being very conservative. |
| 7. | 12/7/2007 1:36:00 AM | I hope you like the glue on food stamps. |
| 8. | 12/7/2007 3:36:00 AM | Retail will start cooling off as well as land. The toll ways has opened up many new development opportunities |
| 9. | 12/7/2007 4:49:00 AM | The "ups" are on a secular regional submarket basis; obviously, some will be down. WALL STREET funds (REITs, conduits, commercial mortgage backed securities, non regulated institutional fundings, trust, and pensions) are scouring for "hot" lending & deal markets, Houston is IT. They are NOT allowing sound economic underwriting to get in their way. These "wild" cards can destroy the private equity investor with strong hands that can hold onto the lesser performing "deals" when the reality of non pro forma expectations sets in and can smother the competition with leasing / rental concessions. Indicriminate Capital = Investor Market Dislocation >>>
Good Luck to All in 2008, we have the opportunities, let's hope improper or lacking judgement doesn't ruin them. |
| 10. | 12/7/2007 2:48:00 PM | Apartments will benefit from tighter housing lending standard, office will benefit from job growth, retail will benefit from continued demand, and land will weaken as overall construction after 2008 flattens. |
| 11. | 12/7/2007 3:34:00 PM | Suburban retail and land will likely suffer some. However, urban land and retail should do well along with the other property types as people move from the suburbs to the inner loop. |
| 12. | 12/7/2007 4:38:00 PM | Land still stays a very good long term investment.... if you can afford the " hold" and if you have a long term plan and an alternate plan for use or sale. |
| 13. | 12/7/2007 5:35:00 PM | Commercial seems to always follow the residential and it is still rather active in my area. |
| 14. | 12/7/2007 5:40:00 PM | Subprime conditions causing people to stay or go to leasing |
| 15. | 12/7/2007 6:00:00 PM | construction expenditures will continue decline through first 2 qtrs of 08 and will stabilize in last qtr of 08 |
| 16. | 12/7/2007 9:27:00 PM | availabiolity of money |
| 17. | 12/10/2007 5:53:00 PM | Everything is down,so more than others. |
| 18. | 12/11/2007 1:04:00 PM | apartment occupancies will be offset by movement into entry level sfr due increased foreclosures and short sales of same.
vacant land: no change anticipated |
| 19. | 12/21/2007 2:18:00 PM | Estimate flat to slight increase in volume and transactions in central Texas. Local and regional economic growth is expected to buck trends in other parts of the country. Thus, capital from other markets will want Texas investments. |