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National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2005
Parke M. Chapman |
Vultures Circle Condo Market Although South Florida has become the poster child for the condo craze, other markets are experiencing plenty of construction activity. For vulture investors that structure their capital-raising efforts around a market collapse, timing is almost everything.   |
National Real Estate Investor
July 1, 2005
Parke Chapman |
Condo Conversion Loans Raise Red Flag Concerns are rising that many condo conversion loans might sour, given the prospect of higher interest rates and overbuilt condo markets. Industry experts say conversion sponsors looking to turn a quick profit pose the greatest risk to lenders. |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2005
Parke Chapman |
Condo Converters' Surprising Impact The pace at which developers are converting apartments into condominiums is having a positive effect on apartment fundamentals in the short term. Yet, in the long run apartment owners may be forced to make significant capital expenditures to compete with luxury condos. |
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2004
Mark Obrinsky |
Condo Craze Leads to Strategic Shift The condo market is hot. Sales of condos and co-ops have reached record levels, and prices continue to climb. |
BusinessWeek
February 14, 2005
Christopher Palmeri |
Hike Your Odds On A Vegas Condo They're going up all over the Strip -- and not every project will be a winner |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2005
Robyn Taylor Parets |
Why Condo Hotels Are a Hot Concept Why have condo hotels become so hot? For starters, developers can sell off hotel units prior to construction, enabling them to obtain construction debt and equity more easily than if they were building a traditional hotel. |
National Real Estate Investor
April 1, 2005
Walter Woods |
Post Properties Makes Move into Condo Market Having seen low interest rates and demographic shifts empty many of its rental units, the Atlanta-based REIT that made a name for itself leasing garden apartments is going condo. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2004
Joe Gose |
Condo Hotel Wave Hits U.S. Again What's the attraction? Condo hotels can generate highly lucrative returns of 25% to 30% versus conventional hotels, which yield 10% to 12%. Pre-construction room sales also raise 25% to 40% in equity that ground-up projects need to secure financing. |
National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2004
Hortense Leon |
Miami Makeover Attracts Investors Miami's newly minted reputation for integrity and efficiency in city government sparks an estimated $3 billion to $4 billion of new construction, ranging from condos to an office tower, in and near the city's downtown area. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2005
Hortense Leon |
Hurricane Winds Blow Through Condo Market Already burdened by rising construction costs, developers in South Florida now confront the likelihood of further price hikes and shortages of both building materials and labor. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2013
Beth Mattson-Teig |
Magnetic Attraction Investors remain drawn to multifamily assets. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2005
Christine Rombouts |
Indulging in Luxury Investments Multifamily developers invest in this upscale market. Increased demand is also attracting developers from other real estate markets. |
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2007
Parke M. Chapman |
Q & A An interview with principal and urban lifestyle specialist at Chicago-based MCZ Development Corp.'s Christina Noelle about the risks and rewards of large-scale condo conversions in Florida. |
Financial Advisor
June 2006
Gail Liberman |
Cooling Off Rising interest rates and hurricanes may have caused Florida's real estate market to peak. Is it time for your clients to take the plunge and relocate to the state? |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2006
Parke M. Chapman |
Apartment Market Rediscovery In New York, apartment investors looking for deals may actually benefit from a slowdown in conversion-led apartment sales. The reason? Condo-mania has chiseled away at apartment yields. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2010
Matt Hudgins |
Multifamily Moves on Up The national multifamily investment market may have turned a corner in 2009, at least in terms of investor demand. |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2007 |
Condo Market Still Searching for a Bottom Annual starts of multifamily buildings containing five or more units have not fallen significantly below 300,000 for a decade, but that will change this year. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2004
Steve McLinden |
Investors Undaunted by Excess Supply Apartments were a strategic investment target in 2004 and should remain so in 2005, even as occupancy and rental rates remain relatively flat in the shadow of a still-resilient single-family housing market. |
The Motley Fool
June 3, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Are Condos Risky? Looking to buy a condominium? Beware of fees, rules, rowdy renters, and condo price volatility. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2008
Jon Peterson |
Ripple Effect Sinking financial and residential sectors make waves in commercial real estate. |
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2006
Anthony Downs |
Danger Signs Ahead The 2006 outlook contains both good news about the U.S. economy and disquieting danger signs in property markets. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2007
David Baird |
Moving Into Multifamily Economic indicators look good for apartment performance and will tempt investors throughout the year. Opportunities for strong returns exist in several markets. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2011
Pappas & Dupre |
Conversion Conundrum Repositioning a condo as a rental building requires gaining control. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2003
Stephen Nostrand |
Developers Add Condominiums to Hotels to Increase Profits Stymied by the increasing costs of building stand-alone luxury hotels, developers have turned to condominium hotels to allocate costs to a wider revenue base while creating another profit center. |
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2005
Beth Mattson-Teig |
Shopping the Secondary Markets As prices continue to soar in top metros such as Chicago and New York, more and more buyers are pursuing higher returns in secondary markets. Cap rates in primary markets range between 4% and 6% compared to cap rates ranging from 5% to 8% in secondary cities. |
National Real Estate Investor
March 1, 2005
Hortense Leon |
Condo Fever Reaches New Heights in Miami In Miami-Dade, 48,000 condominiums, including condo-hotel units, have been proposed, planned or were under construction at the start of 2005. Investors and/or speculators represent 50% to 75% of condominium buyers there, up from 40%-50% two years ago. |
National Real Estate Investor
July 1, 2006
Joe Gose |
Condo Hotel Chase Afoot The condo hotel industry is coming to grips with its first-ever construction boom. But more questions than answers surround condo hotels, including whether there is enough demand to support the proposed developments. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2008
Gary M. Tenzer |
Back to Fundamentals Rising interest rates and a lack of inexpensive debt in the finance market have ushered in a more sober tone among multi-family investors and lenders. Basic strategies help investors obtain financing for multifamily transactions. |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2007 |
NAHB's Multifamily Market Snapshot A record number of empty residential rental units on the market, accompanied by sluggish job growth, dampens the outlook for the rental apartment sector through the end of this year. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Here's Why the Rental Market Is a Disaster Textbooks might say rental rates should have risen lately. Here's why that's wrong. |
U.S. Banker
April 2009
Dwayne E. Toler |
Avoid Shortcuts and Panic in Troubled Real Estate Loans What started out as a credit crisis in residential real estate has now spread to commercial real estate. |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2005
David Stockman |
Condomania: Quality or Quantity? Letter to the editor: The "Condo Conversion Craze Draws Critics" article hit the mark on an important trend in today's real estate market. |
BusinessWeek
December 2, 2010
John Gittelsohn |
Miami's Condo King Survives the Slump By negotiating deals with his lenders, Perez stayed in business and is in a position to build big again when Miami's market revives. |
Reason
June 2004
Tim Cavanaugh |
Small Town Blues Regulating apartments away in Manhattan. |
BusinessWeek
July 15, 2010
Prashant Gopal |
Renters Help Revive Miami Price cuts in the 7,000 unsold condos have drawn college students, young professionals, and empty nesters, revitalizing the city's core. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2011
Matt Hudgins |
Dirt, Cheap Opportunistic investors place their bets on land. |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2006
Morris Newman |
Barry Shy's Gamble In a deal touted as the largest adaptive reuse project in downtown Los Angeles, local multifamily developer Barry Shy has paid $75 million for a block in the city's Broadway-Spring district, an elephant's graveyard of earlier attempts at redevelopment. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2014
Beth Mattson-Teig |
Multifamily Showdown Buyers battle and sellers win as investors fight for apartment properties. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2007
Suzanne E. Mulvee |
Stay Tuned Will slower growth and residential woes disrupt commercial real estate's performance? Housing the Young and the Restless... Retail's Dark Shadows... The Bold but Hardly Beautiful Warehouse Market... |
Financial Advisor
March 2011
Oshrat Carmiel |
Where The Action Is Demand for apartments is rising, and that's where real estate investors are looking to make money. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2012
Sara Drummond |
Residential Resurgence? A recovering housing market may lift all boats -- including commercial real estate. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2006
Steve McLinden |
Space Crunch In a city facing one of the most profound real estate challenges in modern history, the opportunities and impasses seem to square off against one another in almost every neighborhood, and the New Orleans-area multifamily sector is no exception. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2015
Beth Mattson-Teig |
Multifamily Investment This bull market continues to charge ahead. |
National Real Estate Investor
May 1, 2006
Matt Valley |
A New Phase in Condo Craze There's a new twist to the condominium development and investment boom. Single-family home builders are entering the condo arena due to changing demographics, greater difficulty finding available land on which to build single-family lots, and pressure to grow revenues. |
National Real Estate Investor
March 1, 2003
H. Lee Murphy |
A New Era For Affordable Housing The competition for affordable housing tax credits and related incentives is as intense as ever among developers. Project sponsors are searching for ways to stand apart from the mainstream: The gray, boxy apartment towers of yesteryear are giving way to eye-catching mixed-use facilities |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2006
Spencer Garfield |
The Lending Landscape Buyers must learn to navigate a changing course to finance commercial real estate deals this year. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2002
Matt Gove |
Fewer Renters, More Concessions Four months free rent, free health club memberships and waived application fees. These are just some of the lures that owners are using to fill their apartments these days. But occupancy rates are still down sharply and managers may have to keep throwing money at tenants for another year. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2005 |
Letters to the Editor Condo rentals will multiply... Hurricane victims express heartfelt thanks... |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Tips for Apartment Hunters With the cooling housing market, more people are renting. Here are some tips to avoiding sky-high rent. |
National Real Estate Investor
December 1, 2002
Parke Chapman |
Apartments: Recovery After the Storm Excess supply collides with weak demand, growing unemployment and low interest rates that turn renters into homeowners. Still, despite falling occupancy rates and rising concessions, investors continue to chase apartment deals. Why? |
