So you’re finally ready to have a real office space. Maybe you’re tired of having clients come to your home, or you’re having trouble separating personal life and work, or you just want to look more professional. Whatever the reason, renting or buying a space to...
Warnings about the loans, bonds, and commercial-mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) tied to an incredible $11-trillion commercial property sector in the US have been talked about for months. Defaults are rising in the commercial real-estate debt market just as borrowing...
You may recall our blog article The Ins and Outs of Centers of Influence from September explaining the importance of COIs and how to use them to bag referrals. As you know, COI relationship building should be a broker’s highest priority. Without a strong COI or a...
The Fed raised its benchmark interest rate from zero to 0.25 percent In December of last year. It was the first increase since the Great Recession in 2008. Experts initially expected hiking the rate as many as four more times this year, but lowered their expectations...
The commercial real estate market, just like residential markets, is subject to cyclical highs and lows. As recently as the first quarter of this year, the commercial real estate market was the receiver of positive trends that carried over from 2015. No more than two...