Lloyd Hanford- WHAT IS REAL ESTATE WORTH TODAY?
- FUTURE REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL PROBLEMS
- POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE SAN FRANCISCO HOUSING CRISIS
- HOUSING SHORTAGES AND OTHER PROBLEMS
- A MESSAGE TO DONALD TRUMP
- TRUMP’S TAX BILL – BONANZA FOR REAL ESTATE
- THE TRUMP EFFECT
- PRIVATE REITS – GOOD OR BAD??
- IS ANOTHER REAL ESTATE RECESSION COMING?
- MUSINGS ON THE MARKET
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Retail Store Euphoria
A recent Wall Street Journal article described the migration of major U. S. retailers to Hong Kong as one of the worlds “top luxury shopping cities†and the fact that this surge is driving up rents for retail space. Hong … Continue reading
APARTMENT RENTERS PLIGHT
A recent newspaper article described the high apartment rental costs faced by tenants in many American cities, sometimes reaching 50% of their income. There is little doubt that high rental costs cause people to forego other necessary spending on items … Continue reading
IS THE REAL ESTATE MARKET RECOVERING?
Recent articles have suggested that a commercial/investment real estate recovery may be underway but, is that really the case or is it wishful thinking? Much has been written about the potential value recovery of the rental apartment sector with that … Continue reading
HAVE OFFICE BUILDNGS RECOVERED?
The January 5th New York Times Business Section contained an interesting article reporting resurgence in office building transaction activity. The article pointed out that the activity was pretty much confined to primary markets like New York and Washington D C … Continue reading
REITs GO GLOBAL
The Wall Street Journal of Thursday, November 10, 2010, carried an article by Anton Troianovski reporting that REITs are going global to find deals. The article cites the fact that many analysts question this strategy but also points out that … Continue reading
REITs REVISITED
Since this site began, comments cautionary about REITs have been posted. Not surprisingly, the market behaved exactly opposite to the cautionary observations. Despite negative signals, REIT shares outperformed the S & P 500 for the third quarter. However, on October … Continue reading
GET RICH QUICK
A few days ago, while eating lunch, I caught an “infomercial†on television sponsored by Armando Montelongo of “Flip This House†fame. Armando was promoting his course that is described as teaching how to make millions in the residential foreclosure … Continue reading
LANDLORDS IT’S TIME TO WAKE UP
On April 2, 2010 the Wall Street Journal ran an article by Peter Latman and Anton Troianovski reporting on the vacancies in the office building known as 9 West. The fact that there are vacancies in one of the premier … Continue reading
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REITs REVISITED
An article in the Wall Street Journal on March 31, 2010 suggested that Real Estate stocks are set to have their best quarter since 2006. The article suggested that REITs are attracting new groups of investors who normally invest in … Continue reading
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COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE – WHAT IS IT REALLY WORTH
Ever since the commercial real estate (CRE) market began its decline in 2008 there have been all manner of reports indicating the level of decline. At the outset, market makers generally did not foresee a decline of the magnitude now … Continue reading