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Survey Expects CRE Distress to Rise - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

Survey Expects CRE Distress to Rise

Amid a choppy marketplace with high office vacancy rates and uncertainty about the demand for more real estate, experts are predicting only more distress to come. “Consumer behavior is changing...

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New Multifamily Data Points to a Stabilizing Market - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

New Multifamily Data Points to a Stabilizing Market

The market is on a path for recovery. The multifamily housing market is showing promising signs of recovery, with recent data from CoStar Group revealing a significant increase in demand and stabiliz...

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Budget-Strapped Consumers Are Driving Down Inflation - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

Budget-Strapped Consumers Are Driving Down Inflation

The search for lower prices might rein in corporations, opening the door for Fed rate cuts. Consumers often see themselves as victims of economic forces. But they have more power than individuals r...

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CRE Market Shows Resilience Despite Recent Economic Volatility - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

CRE Market Shows Resilience Despite Recent Economic Volatility

CMBS issues continued during the month and lending spreads remained stable. The commercial real estate market has been largely unaffected by broader market volatility for July, including disappoint...

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The Not-So-Hidden Secret of Multifamily Distress - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

The Not-So-Hidden Secret of Multifamily Distress

Like the Fed warned, office properties aren't the only ones presenting risk. Multifamily distress has jumped 100 basis points between June and July, which CRED iQ called a "staggering" growth rate....

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Inventory of Homes for Sale Continues to Rise - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

Inventory of Homes for Sale Continues to Rise

The inventory of smaller and more affordable homes has risen as a share of the market. The number of homes actively for sale nationwide has grown by 36.6% for July 2024. Sellers have been encourage...

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Home Sales Fall to Their Lowest Level Since the GFC - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

Home Sales Fall to Their Lowest Level Since the GFC

Though home prices appreciated in May for the 11th consecutive month, the report found the pace is slowing. Existing home sales in the U.S. fell in June to their lowest level since the 2007-2008 Gr...

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UCLA Survey Predicts Rising CRE Distress - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

UCLA Survey Predicts Rising CRE Distress

A majority of California’s commercial real estate industry participants (71%) anticipate distress levels to rise in the coming months, with 53% predicting that new development will decrease over...

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Multifamily Nears Inflection Point - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

Multifamily Nears Inflection Point

The apartment sector's fundamentals could tighten more quickly than our current base case if the strong trends continue America's multifamily market could be nearing an inflection point as year-to-...

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Lenders Turn Up the Foreclosure Heat on CRE - MikeLembeck.com, Orange County Multifamily Broker, Apartments, 1031 Exchanges

Lenders Turn Up the Foreclosure Heat on CRE

It might be scary but there is also the possibility that markets are hitting their bottoms. Many analyst takes on commercial real estate markets have been in terms of where loans stood. This includ...

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