Real Estate Cycles –Latest Trends and Emerging Opportunities

whitePaper | August 11, 2021

The investments business does not have a reputation for innovation. New regulations or technologies occasionally spur change, but fiduciary concerns and a need for predictability largely preclude sudden shifts in modus operandi. Several converging factors now threaten to upend the status quo, bringing an unprecedented revolution that is forcing both investors and asset managers to reexamine their beliefs, processes, and infrastructure.

whitePaper | May 24, 2022

As with some other real estate property categories, that reliable performance hit an extended rough patch after the onset of COVID-19. Operators halted or severely restricted property tours and move-ins; prospective residents, worried about serious illness, elected to remain in their homes. The industry’s valuation shrank from $475 billion at the end of 2019 to an estimated $437 billion as of the third quarter of 2021, according to Beth Mace, NIC’s chief economist & director of outreach. Profitability has also declined between 4 percent and 8 percent during the pandemic, estimates Mel Gamzon, principal at Senior Housing Global Advisors.

whitePaper | January 30, 2020

This article is the third in a series discussing the disruptors that are remaking commercial real estate and will impact the way we live, build, work, play and invest. Rather than thinking about technology as a defensive, isolated disruption of commercial real estate, we need to contemplate technology in the context of a disruptive framework and consider how technology and accelerated change will impact the built environment. Being strategic and applying research will prove key in evaluating the demand for real estate, the impact of technological change, and potential sources of disruption to how we build.

whitePaper | June 1, 2021

There is more money for businesses, households and infrastructure. However, the success of the government’s economic recovery plan hinges on how effectively and quickly the new budget measures can create new jobs and assist industries that are reliant on having our international borders open.

whitePaper | November 22, 2022

Commercial real estate was once viewed as a niche investment sector, but after several decades of evolution, it has emerged as a core asset class for many institutional investors. In recent decades, liquidity has improved, transparency has risen, and core real estate’s investor base has broadened substantially. Joint ventures, private funds, and public and private real estate companies draw capital from sources both foreign and domestic. These vehicles and their investors play an important role in today’s real estate capital markets.

whitePaper | May 24, 2022

For many people the investment real estate market is off-limits. They can’t buy and they can’t invest because they lack access to traditional lenders, the banks with big vaults and lots of ATMs. The Urban Institute estimates some 5.2 million potential borrowers have been unable to qualify for residential mortgage financing in recent years because of overly strict qualifying standards. For investors, especially flippers, the situation isworse simply because they represent more lender risk.