With Office Market Softening, Some Landlords Mull Reducing Asking Rents
June 2, 2008
Tweet After seeing rents continuously rise over the past 24 to 36 months, Tenants are finally beginning to see an easing in rental rates. During the past two quarters, net absorption in the South Bay and Peninsula markets have either been flat or mildly negative. In the Silicon Valley, depending on whose numbers you use, [...]
Read More >>Bill Gross Says U.S. Understates Inflation
May 22, 2008
Tweet The manager of the world’s largest bond fond, the Pimco Total Return Fund, says that the methodology the United States uses for calculating its inflation rates results in an understatement by roughly 100 basis points. This results in real GDP growth and real bond yields to be off by a similar amount. If the [...]
Read More >>Lower Interest Rates Should Provide a Short-Term Boost to US REITs
September 21, 2007
Tweet The 50-basis point decrease in interest rates by the Federal Reserve should provide a short-term catalyst for REIT shares to move higher and commercial real estate activity to resume. The rate decrease makes the dividend paying shares of REITs more attractive for the time being. The risk is that it will take some time for [...]
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