August Hiring Crushes Forecasts, Lifts Treasury Yields
Why this matters
Commercial real estate continues to digest a multi-year reset in cost of capital. Transaction velocity is below the 2019-2021 trend but improving, cap rates have stabilized across most stabilized property types, and the bid-ask gap has narrowed materially in the past two quarters. Sponsors with permanent capital and operating platforms have an advantage in the current execution environment. The next twelve months will continue to reward underwriting discipline and operational sophistication over balance-sheet aggression.
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Nonfarm payrolls increased by 162,000 in August, nearly triple the 55,000 consensus estimate, while the unemployment rate held at 4.1%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The gain was well above the 31,000 month…
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