Do you think the collapse of the real estate market place is determinism (by design) or randomness (everything means nothing)? We can not deny that we have experienced a “bubble”. A bubble merely transfers a share of the future demand into the present. It’s linked with dramatic valuations and always debt funded. It is this [...]
22
May
2009
Financing Notes: Real Estate Is About Risk Shift
Tags: Appraisal, Assessor, banking, Banks, borrowers, Broker, CAP Rates, capitalization, Cohen Financial, collapse, Commercial Real Estate, decline, downturn, Economics, Economy, financing, Industrial, Jobs, MAI, mortgage, News, Office, PGP Valuation, Recession, Sales, sustainability, Sustainable, Unemployment, Valuation, Values
23
Apr
2009
Manufactured Home Community Market at a Glance…
Tags: affordable housing, Appraisal, Banks, cmbs market, collapse, Commercial Real Estate, credit crunch, liquidity, manufactured housing, PGP Valuation, rents, Unemployment
A lot has changed in the past 12 months. A new president and a shift in the policies of Washington. The S&P fell 40% and then rebounded 25% in the last month. The Phillies win a world series; although the curse of the Billy Goat lives on in Chicago.
Unemployment has reached a level not seen [...]