Hotels are an interesting asset type that due to their intrinsic affiliation with certain areas of economic demand, recoup a healthy return on investment. Due to hotel investment being a safer than many varied investments, the return will be reasonably expected to be in the vicinity of 10% p.a. This may fluctuate dramatically during periods [...]
The ability of the United States to not only recover from her recessionary doldrums, but also her ability to combat inflation and at the same time maintain the integrity of the US financial system will remain key criteria for the US to maintain her status as world economic leader. These strong words come on the [...]
After the meltdown that so the US economy grind to a halt, it hardly seems likely that Tinsel Town would be first to sport a recovery in commercial real estate. However, give the dramatic markdowns of bank owned property and the prevalence of commercial shorts sales in Las Vegas, it may be time to begin [...]
While I may be true that the economy has turned the corner into a bout of recovery toward economic growth, the losses of the past 3 years cannot be recouped overnight and for many, the lingering effects of the recession is still all too real. To maintain a mortgage this far until the economy [...]
Among the diverse investments that are available in the commercial property market, the storage unit is arguably the most affordable of all. However, before investors flock to take up vast tracts of storage unit space, it should be known that this is as idiosyncratic a property niche as any. Storage units are typically not utilized [...]
Traditionally, the economic health of a society is measured by its gross domestic product (GDP), however when a recession needs to be defined the subject is far more fluid. Some contend that two consecutive quarters of negative growth in GDP reflect recession, but in more recent years economists have turned to an amalgam of indicators [...]
Many investors will be uneasy to realize that buildings and other structures on property will only depreciate with time. Much like the investment of a brand new motor vehicle, as soon as the new product is ready for consumption its value immediately plummets. Indeed, with commercial property its mere exposure to the elements will be [...]
The theory of a ‘flight to quality’ has been haunting the pages of economic text books since before Warren Buffet was a toddler, and it is now a well accepted routine reaction that markets display toward less than titillating news. Despite the US recessionary fears of 2008 that were said to lead the global recession, [...]
While the precise measures for regulation are still being debated, one of the foremost considerations in the United States appears to be the participation of banks in the interests of hedge funds and private equity consortiums. Clearly outside the traditional activity of a bank, these devices offer commercial banks the opportunity to generate revenue and [...]
The past three years has seen the global economy suffer a greater credit crisis than in the Florentine markets of the 12th Century. Certainly the capital markets are still the supreme bastion of wealth in a developed world economy, however in recent times wealth has changed hands from cyclical private wealth investors to others. Circumstances [...]
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