2020 - Page 34 of 62 - Scotsman Guide

Pay Attention to This Construction Trend

Reading Time: 4 minutesPlanned single-family rental communities are growing in popularity

Commercial Spotlight: Great Lakes Region

Reading Time: 5 minutesThese Midwest states retain a blue-collar tradition.

Doug Ressler, Yardi Matrix

Reading Time: 2 minutesLenders are pulling back in the multifamily arena

Retail must prepare for an unprecedented upheaval

Reading Time: 2 minutesDriven by shutdown policies related to containing the spread of COVID-19, the U.S. economy is likely to go through the worst downturn since the Great Depression. Moody’s Analytics Reis forecasts that U.S. gross domestic product will decline by 6.6% year over year in 2020, a figure that is 1.7 times worse than the Great Recession […]

International Investments: United Kingdom

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe United Kingdom has several major players in global commercial real estate. But in recent years, British companies have increasingly looked to Asia, or have stockpiled assets in Great Britain and elsewhere in Europe. According to Real Capital Analytics (RCA), which tracks property sales of assets valued at $2.5 million or more, British investments in […]

Closings: The market is at a standstill during these uncertain times

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt has been a tough time for commercial mortgage brokers. Nearly overnight, the impact of COVID-19 has tightened credit availability for business-purpose loans. Early this past May, the market was still largely on pause. “You kind of go with the flow but, you know, it certainly is a lot more difficult to get deals done,” […]