Use of Debt Yields by Liz Braman, SVP Commercial Lending Skyline Financial In commercial real estate lending, Now with the markets crashing and defaults at all time highs, some nonrecourse investors are looking to measure their default risk by sizing loan amounts using debt yields, or the return...
The following video demonstrates the MW Real Estate Group Investors online bookkeeping access. This is a unique service offered to MW property management clients which enables 24/7 access to property management accounts. ...
Investors continue to prefer U.S. apartment buildings over most commercial properties, even commercial space as total multifamily sales volume jumped nearly 80% in the second quarter over the same period last year. (Read Full Story) $15 billion in sales for the second quarter, still a fraction...
The plan to build a $1.2-billion NFL stadium in downtown Los Angeles took a big leap forward Tuesday when the City Council approved the overall framework for financing the project. On a 12-0 vote, the council voted for a nonbinding L.A. NFL stadium agreement with...
The latest Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey provides clues to current CRE asset prices and a turn around in the market. over the past 18 months Class A commercial real estate values have increased to near peak levels. The increase is...
The unavoidable unintended consequences of rent control In a small book entitled Economics in one Lesson, Henry Hazlitt gave perhaps the best explanation of the unintended consequences of rent control. Following the rigorous analysis he gives in this article, it is with a wry smile that...
So far large publicly traded companies are the only players to have really moved into the area of green building initiatives. Generally speaking, smaller players find costs to outweigh benefits. There are notable exceptions to this rule, such as MW Real Estate Group CEO, Mike...
Los Angeles–The project might be unfinished–in fact it’s still on the drawing boards, long delayed by the economic turmoil since 2008 and other problems–but at least it’s getting some professional recognition. Such is the story of the mixed-use project planned for development at Wilshire and...
In the current depressed single family housing market renters abound and the rental market has been soaring. Apartment buildings continue to make for great investment opportunities. However, for apartment buildings to cash flow optimally an efficiently managed property becomes increasingly more important. Choosing a property...