Fed Pauses Interest Rates as CRE Market Preps for December Hike
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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The Federal Reserve gave the commercial real estate industry a momentary reprieve Wednesday with an interest rate hold six weeks after hiking sort-term borrowing costs for the first time since 2023, but the market is…
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