Effective asking rents increased by 0.8% from June to July, which represents about one-third of how they performed a year earlier. That moderation was as expected, RealPage said.
Category Archives: Market Trends
Commercial Real Estate Market Trends
Developers in Chicagoland are responding to continued strong demand for multifamily housing and changing consumer expectations.
Preliminary data shows a 440-basis-point annual drop in vacancy within Chicago proper at the end of March. Competition for units here is likely to result in sharp rent climbs this year, especially in locales like Lincoln Park, Ukrainian Village, and Andersonville.
The sequence of rate hikes decay housing affordability. In late July, the Federal Reserve again lifted the overnight rate by 75 basis points to a target range of 2.25 to 2.50 percent. This will likely apply additional upward pressure to mortgage rates, with the 30-year fixed rate already climbing more than 200 basis pointsRead more
Inflation risk and recession fears have many debt providers tightening or closing up. At the same time, we have a negative leverage issue with note rates catching up to, and in some cases surpassing, cap rates which have been trending down for some time. Fewer deals seem to pencil in as interest rates surpass investment returns. As a result, the market is in a period of transition.
Market Trends
eXp Commercial Expands Research and Analytics Capabilities With Addition of Economist KC Conway
eXp Commercial, the commercial real estate division of eXp World Holdings (Nasdaq: EXPI), today announced that KC Conway, founder, and president of Red Shoe Economics, will serve as an economic advisor, adding to the company’s research, data and analytics capabilities.