A National Association of Home Builders report shows the percentage of the population of each state that could afford the mortgage payment of a median-priced new home, with about 40% of the 125.4 million U.S. households able to make the $346,757 purchase in 2021. The data also show that 25 basis points added to the mortgage rate at a 30-year fixed rate of 2.8% would price out around 1.29 million households. Here is the full story to know interesting information....

https://product.costar.com/home/news/shared/1700742324

BlueSuit is looking to speak with brokers and/or transaction coordinators/managers that work in the U.S., and in the private capital markets space.

We’d also be interested in talking to the people that may manage these sorts of teams, and make decisions about the tools the teams use. We are asking for a 30 minute chat with either myself or the other researcher on staff.

In return, we’re offering a $25USD Amazon Gift card.

Please email us at research@bluesuit.com if you are interested!

[crossposted in /r/CommercialRealEstate]

We need your help to define our next product—centered around the budgeting process.

Wanna help? (I hope you'll say yes.)

Through January 25, our product manager, Cristina Todor, is conducting one-hour phone interviews with CRE professionals involved in the budgeting process. We want your feedback on what we're planning to build, which includes a detailed discussion about the core set of features and prioritization. (If you're not involved in budgeting for your company, tell your colleagues that are asset managers, real estate managers, leasing managers, leasing agents, accountants & financial planners, or capital planners!)

Interested? Use the following link to choose your preferred time slot to speak with Cristina: https://qxkjzft8fq.timetap.com.

Our conversation will help us build the product you need—and influence the technology we'd like to develop for budgeting professionals. We hope to talk to you!

[I've also posted in /r/CommercialRealEstate and /r/RealEstate]

At the beginning of this month, Altus Group launched ARGUS Acquire, a product that helps acquisitions professionals work more efficiently. We're dedicated to making it the best solution in the industry—and making it the best solution to meet your CRE needs.

Through December 14, our ARGUS Acquire product manager is conducting one-hour phone conferences to make sure what we're building meets market demands.

Your input on ARGUS Acquire 1.2 is valuable and we'd love to talk with you. Want to help us shape the future of ARGUS Acquire? Schedule your one-hour web conference here: https://3kacx9ge07.timetap.com/

Hi all, first, I hope this is the appropriate sub.

I'm trying to put together a business case, but it boils down to something I'm clueless about. Essentially, I need to understand the difference in the P&L for a 30 story condo tower in downtown Vancouver, and a 50 story condo tower in the same location. We're looking at a project that MIGHT enable the developer to get approval for an additional 20 stories, but there's quite a bit of work going into this and we need some sense of what those extra 20 stories of condo development are worth.

Does anyone have any suggestions or where to start, or a good ballpark to work from?

Looking for professionals in the Toronto area. I just graduated University and have started working at a CRE investment company. Would love to connect with Brokers in the area or any professional working in the industry just to chat and learn more about the field.

The article covers the following problems that can be solved by using the new Tech:

• Crucial CRE data is kept behind closed doors
• A lengthy and complicated leasing cycle with great transaction dependency
• A complicated decision-making process
• Property visualizations are overwhelmingly static

Source: https://www.coinstaker.com/problems-the-cre-industry-can-address-by-using-blockchain-technology-part-2/

Hi everyone,

I work for Naviscent, a market research company. You may have seen my other post asking about CRE research and if anyone is interested, so I wanted to provide some links to current projects:

https://naviscent.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bdcMUFiG80fGV4F

This survey should take 5-10 minutes to complete. It should be open for at least the next few weeks depending on how many candidates we receive from it. This study's topic is treasury management decision-making. We are seeking candidates from a variety of industries, but we are also looking for healthcare CRE specifically. Qualified candidates will be invited to participate in a remote 1-hour interview for a $300 Amazon.com Gift Card.

https://naviscent.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7QYqSLAMUJV3wdD

This study is similar to the first in that the topic is treasury management decision-making, but we are looking for multifamily home CRE. This will also enatil a 5-10 minute survey and a 1-hour interview for a $300 Amazon.com Gift Card.

Please feel free to share these opportunities with your network and let me know if you have any questions!

EDIT: I had thought these studies would be going longer, but our client has recently decided to close them. Apologies to anyone who may have been interested. However, we'll likely have more CRE studies open in the future!

Hi, I work for Naviscent, a market research company based in Silicon Valley, CA. We have a few ongoing paid studies regarding treasury management in CRE.

I can post the links to the studies here and provide more detail, but I was curious how relevant they would be to this sub. For these studies we are looking for people making financial/treasury decisions for their companies (choosing financial institutions, identifying treasury management services, etc). Is there anyone here who might find these relevant? Or would anyone know someone that might fit this profile?

Thanks!

What is your forecast for 2018 institutional commercial real estate prices? For reference, 2017 appreciation was 3.7% (according to NCREIF Market Value Index).

My view: 4.0%. Positives includes more favorable tax treatment of real estate (especially for individual investors), and a faster growing economy as a result of tax reform. Negatives include slowing job growth in the second half of the year (to perhaps a 150k per month rate).

Hello there,

We are MBA students at Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto. We write to invite you to participate in our MBA capstone research. The project studies the impact of virtual reality deployment in four industries: architecture, real estate, education and entertainment.

If you work in real estate brokerage, property management, or investing in real estate technology, we would sincerely appreciate your perspectives on the subject. The survey link is here: https://charline10.typeform.com/to/rKR1qa

Additional advice is hugely appreciated.

We do not request any personal information, the study is solely for academic purpose. You can find more details on the Schulich MBA Capstone Project here: http://schulich.yorku.ca/strategy-field-study-601/.

Please advise if you have question.

Thank You. Wish to hear from you. Team Schulich

Does anyone know a source where I can research retail vacancy rates in the major European markets? I keep finding vacancy rates for office inventory but nothing on retail. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.

I'm looking for any advice on how to begin analyzing conduit CMBS transactions. My company has recently decided to expand our CMBS portfolio, and until they are able to hire a full time CMBS analyst, I am in charge of analyzing potential CMBS deals. While I have looked at CMBS's before, most of the deals I have seen are SA/SB transactions where underwriting is similar to underwriting any property.

However, with our expansion emphasis will be placed on conduit transactions. I have seen a few of these already and am not quite sure where to begin. I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to wrap my head around one of these deals. My company is looking into subscribing to TREPP; how will I be able to leverage TREPP data to supplement my underwritings?

With the new lease accounting standard (ASU 2016-02) on the horizon, I think it is important for us to think out how it will affect us as the Landlord. For those who are unfamiliar, accounting rules for how the Tenant handles leases on their books is changing. Currently, the only impact to the financials is the recognition of rent expense on a monthly basis. The new standard requires that the tenant put an asset and a liability on their balance sheet for the total lease and reduce it as it is “used”.

This will not affect Landlords in an accounting sense, but I think that any factor that affects the Tenant will eventually touch the Landlord. For example, I can see how a Tenant might try to negotiate a shorter term, thus reducing the value of the lease to the Landlord. It probably will affect the leasing market in some way that I have yet figure out. I think this is something that we should be very aware of.