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Volume 3 - Number 4 | February 27, 2006
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TOP STORY: Retail CMBS Sector Shows Signs of Trouble
By Erika Morphy
At least one rating analyst is warning about a possible increase in retail CMBS delinquencies – an asset class that until now has been the darling of the CMBS market. Fitch Ratings analyst Adam Fox says retail CMBS delinquencies inched up in December and continued higher in January.
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Private Equity Waits for Real Estate Slowdown
By Erika Morphy
Like other areas of the capital stack, private equity has been forced to seek out new areas of opportunity for additional yield. As the possibility of a slowdown in the real estate market grows, some private equity firms are turning opportunistic, preparing to target the prospects that will inevitably appear.
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Real Estate Should Stay Healthy In 2006
By Benjamin Mark Cole
Institutional and private investors in real estate should have a good year in 2006, according to a recent report from Prudential Real Estate Investors, an arm of New York City-based Prudential Securities Inc. Property owners should generate returns in the low double digits this year, possibly 7% in rental income and 5% to 8% in appreciation.
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