Walker Webcast: Ivy Zelman Suggests Housing Market Is More Balanced Than Narrative Claims
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.
Editorial analysis · Real Estate Trail Editorial
The typical narrative is that the U.S. housing market has a shortage of three to four million homes. However, housing analyst Ivy Zelman suggested during the Sept. 2 Walker Webcast that the market may be closer to equ…
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