As tenants face the challenge of paying rents, building owners, particularly those with hard-hit retail spaces, have had to consider options in order to cover their own costs. These include property taxes that have soared over the years in major cities. The owners with mortgages are in a particularly challenging spot. “Those with tenants in […]

From an article by Colliers International The capitalization rate of a real estate investment is calculated by dividing the property’s net operating income by the current market value. It’s the most popular measure for how real estate investments are assessed for profitability and rate of return. Our expectation is that they will start to go […]

How will the recession brought about by government measures to combat COVID-19 impact commercial real estate valuations?   While it’s still too early to know long-term repercussions, companies are currently carrying out stress tests, forecasts, analyses and covenant-checks of assets to try to avoid surprises later. Theoretically, property values should be moving lower as risks […]