Commercial Real Estate Insights

Making sure the price is right: the science of CRE appraisal

A meticulous process is in place to help determine the market value for buyers and sellers Everything that’s up for sale has a price tag. We take it for granted. Whether it’s a piece of gum or a skyscraper, someone has to make an educated estimate of the item’s market...

Interest Rates, Job Growth | Economic Update

Interest Rates The yield curve, a measure of interest rate differences between short-dated and long-dated securities, has similarly continued along a path of recent recovery. A steep sloping yield curve is considered a market predictor of positive future economic...

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Senior housing qualifies for a critical exception The Treasury Department is completing several multi-year tax regulatory projects that primarily relate to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 before the new Biden Administration. Chief among them are procedures for...

Economic Update | December 30, 2020

New Economic Stimulus Agreement  Congress agreed to a $900B economic relief package on December 20th, and the legislation passed both chambers on December 21st. Assuming it is signed into law, the bill will include $600 direct payments to each adult plus an additional...

What the Stimulus Measure Offers CRE

The bill extends temporary relief from Troubled Debt Restructuring under the CARES Act for an additional year, to January 1, 2022. Finally, Congress has passed another stimulus measure. A $900 billion bill that includes several provisions beneficial to commercial real...

Economic Update | December 18, 2020

Unemployment  The Civilian Unemployment Rate (U-3) fell from 6.9% in October to 6.7% in November. The 0.2% month- over-month decline is the slowest rate of improvement since the Spring shutdown. While improvement is slowing, U-3 has recovered by 8.0% since April, when...