Please wait while the page loads...

Blogs

Pages Blogs
With a Light Jobs Report, How Big a Rate Cut Will the Fed Do? - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

With a Light Jobs Report, How Big a Rate Cut Will the Fed Do?

The Fed will consider several factors about this report. The highly anticipated August jobs report — seen as a last-minute influence on a September rate cut by the Federal Reserve — cam...

Read More
Multifamily Looks Forward to Increased Deal Flow - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

Multifamily Looks Forward to Increased Deal Flow

Lower rates will provide relief for underwater multifamily loans. Current trends point to a case for "moderate optimism" about the health of the multifamily sector and the likelihood of increased d...

Read More
Anticipated Rate Cuts May Not Offer Quick Relief for CRE - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

Anticipated Rate Cuts May Not Offer Quick Relief for CRE

Among other things, timing could be slow. The fulfillment of anticipation is almost here. The likely expectation is that the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee will cut interest rates....

Read More
Fed Rate Indicator Hints at Big Cuts, Looming Economic Challenges - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

Fed Rate Indicator Hints at Big Cuts, Looming Economic Challenges

The Fed funds and 2-year Treasury suggests recession. Just when you might have thought every possible metric that might apply to the status of Fed interest rates has been a calculation to incompreh...

Read More
Apartment Earnings Point to Continued Momentum - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

Apartment Earnings Point to Continued Momentum

Strong demand during the first quarter carried forward into peak leasing season. The positive momentum that began in the first quarter for the apartment sector has largely carried forward into peak...

Read More
Demand for Multifamily Deals on the Rise - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

Demand for Multifamily Deals on the Rise

Low supply in a key market is helping the recovery. The appetite to invest in multifamily is gaining some steam thanks to economic conditions becoming more favorable after a year or so of turbulenc...

Read More
Is the CRE Market Ready to Turn? - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

Is the CRE Market Ready to Turn?

When the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Markets Committee decided to stand fast on the Effective Federal Funds Rate (EFFR) in July, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell suggested the possibility of a...

Read More
Fed, Businesses, and Others See Recession Possibilities Fade - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

Fed, Businesses, and Others See Recession Possibilities Fade

But some fear that people could get too confident. At the annual Federal Reserve's retreat at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, multiple economists have told MarketWatch that they didn't expect...

Read More
Distress: Not Widespread Yet But on the Rise - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

Distress: Not Widespread Yet But on the Rise

Hospitality was the asset class most impacted by distress activity at 7.2% of total sales. The topic of distressed properties as a potential investment target has been prevalent over the past sever...

Read More
What the 818K Downward Jobs Revision Means for CRE - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

What the 818K Downward Jobs Revision Means for CRE

Better prospects for a rate cut, most likely, but individual sectors might have to recalibrate their strategies. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released its annual revision to jobs n...

Read More