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Austin ranks number one among the nation’s 50 largest metro areas in job growth over the past eight years. Its 140,200 new jobs represented a 21.3 percent increase from the start of 2004, which put it well ahead of second-place Houston, which had 15.7 percent job growth. The nation’s top five major metro areas in job [...]  Things are looking up in the world of commercial real estate lending. According to National Real Estate Investor’s annual Borrower Trends Survey, more than half of lenders (56 percent) and 44 percent of borrowers are predicting that credit will be more widely available in the coming year. Industrial real estate may not grab headlines, but the sector has recovered slowly throughout 2011 and insiders expect the trend to continue in 2012 and beyond. Industrial’s recovery is uneven, however, with larger distribution markets experiencing strong growth while outlying markets have higher vacancy rates and are drawing less interest. Large institutional owners will remain active [...] According to Market Watch, Trepp, LLC, the leading provider of information, analytics and technology to the CMBS, commercial real estate and banking markets, reported that the delinquency rate for U.S. commercial real estate loans in CMBS rose in December. With a forecasted $1.7 trillion dollars of CRE debt coming due in the next 5 years, now may be [...] …Demand for commercial space and net absorption has increased, although general leasing activity slowed moderately during the third quarter of 2011. In almost all property sectors, occupancy rates are improving, concessions are declining and effective rents are rising in many markets. On the supply side, with vacancy rates relatively high, financing limited and rents below [...] Commercial real estate sectors, hurt by weak job growth, are offering incentives in many areas that are conducive to business expansion, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Read the full article (NAR, 8-26-10) |
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