Regional Commercial Real Estate Trends


CMBS Lenders Face Vexing Risk Retention Rules

New financial oversight regulations set to go into effect later this year will require lenders originating CMBS loans to retain a 5 percent segment of each CMBS deal for five […]

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Breathless over Brexit: What will it mean for U.S. Commercial Real Estate?

Breathless over Brexit: What will it mean for U.S. Commercial Real Estate? As the world markets reacted to last week’s decision by U.K. voters to leave the European Union, one […]

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Restrained Office Job Growth Impacting Investor Strategies

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellin recently referenced less-than-stellar payroll growth in May and a slower-than-expected pace of improvement in the labor market overall as well as “diminished” job gains as […]

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Office, Hotel CMBS Delinquencies Could Soon Rise

It’s not unusual for ratings agencies to interpret any hint of a downturn in the U.S. commercial real estate market – including Philly office space and Philly retail space – […]

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Growth in U.S. Property Prices Bounces Back

Commercial property price growth in the U.S. commercial real estate market – including Philly office space and Philly retail space – picked up in April after a slower than expected […]

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Pennsylvania’s New Medical Marijuana Law – Implications for Commercial Real Estate

This article explores the Implications of Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana for commercial real estate. On April 17th, Pennsylvania joined 23 other states and the District of Columbia that have legalized some […]

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Shopping Center Demand Holds Steady Despite Flattening Sales

The U.S. commercial real estate market recorded 11 million square feet of net absorption in the first quarter of 2016, causing the nation’s average vacancy rate for office space – […]

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Lenders Tighten CRE Borrowing Standards

Bank and CMBS loan originators in the U.S. commercial real-estate market tightened their lending standards for all types of commercial real estate loans – including Philly office space and Philly […]

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As Late-Stage Recovery Continues, Office Market Sends Mixed Signals

The U.S. commercial real estate market for office space, including Philly office space and Philly retail space – a new study shows – is at a tipping, or turning, point […]

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U.S. Commercial Real Estate Market Sales and Pricing See 2016 Slowdown

Prices and investment volume in the U.S. commercial real estate market dropped for the second month in a row in February, even as strong leasing activity strengthened net absorption and […]

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U.S. Real Estate Market Sees First Sign of Possible Slowdown in Foreign Investment

The U.S. real estate market saw a record infusion of $70 billion from foreign investors in 2015, but a decline in the pace of foreign capital fundraising may be the […]

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Commercial Property Owners Enjoy Highest Property NOI Growth Since 2007

Commercial property owners experienced a banner year in 2015 as net operating income (NOI) growth posted by the commercial properties backing CMBS loans jumped an average of 3.8%  for the […]

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