Recent Articles

• Monday’s Numbers: February 10, 2014

  February 10, 2014

  It was a very quiet week, with the markets going this way and that. After December 2013’s disappointing jobs results, economists and analysts waited nervously for January 2014’s results.

• Deleveraging Continues in Europe’s Core Markets

  Panelists at the ULI Europe Annual Conference in Paris last week see Spain’s “bad bank” moving forward with plans to sell off troubled assets, while France and Germany continue to take a more measured approach.

• Monday’s Numbers: February 3, 2014

  February 3, 2014

  According to Jones Lang LaSalle’s recently published “City Momentum Index,” San Francisco is currently the world’s most dynamic city. Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2014, published last fall, is in agreement.

• Monday’s Numbers: January 27, 2014

  January 27, 2014

  Is it time to worry about lenders, and a race to the bottom in underwriting deterioration? Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings think so, as each recently noted weakening in underwriting standards for conduit-originated commercial mortgage–backed securities.

• Monday’s Numbers: January 20, 2014

  January 20, 2014

  Last week, we reviewed capital flows in the real estate capital markets in 2013; this week, we climb out on a limb and start sawing as we try to forecast what 2014 will look like.

• Monday’s Numbers: January 13, 2014

  January 13, 2014

  This week, we review the “how much, how little, how big, how small” of the real estate capital markets for 2013; next week, we will examine the projections, climb out on a limb, and try to forecast what 2014 will look like.