U.S. Adds 165k Jobs in October; Unemployment Rate Ticks Down to 4.1%
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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U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in October, well above the average monthly gain of 48,000 over the past year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The unemployment ticked down to 4.1% from 4.2% in Septemb…
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