Author Archives: Randolph Taylor

Illinois RE Journal Forecast Chicago 20th Anniversary Conference

Marcus & Millichap is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Forecast Chicago 20th [...]

Chicago Business Activity Accelerated in December MNI Survey Shows

Growth of business activity in the Chicago area picked up pace in December on continued [...]

From real estate to inflation here’s what to expect from the economy in 2022

Sharply escalating prices and the uncertain severity of the omicron variant of the coronavirus cast [...]

Fed Projects Multiple Interest Rate Hikes In 2022 To Combat Inflation — But ‘Big Unknown’ Still Lingers

High inflation is now the beast that the Federal Reserve is out to slay.

3 Takeaways From ULI’s Housing Report

A just-released study from the Urban Land Institute reveals what stakeholders from all areas of [...]

Why Investors Shouldn’t Fear CRE’s High Prices

Just because the price of a piece of property has risen dramatically does not mean [...]

Inflation Fears and Commercial Real Estate

While the U.S. economy has produced its highest growth in decades, much of the economy-related [...]

Just Closed Victorian Apartments 152 Unit Multifamily Property Montgomery IL

Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment [...]

Rising Lumber Prices Are Back With a Vengeance

As recently as October, lumber prices seemed to be moving to a new sustainable norm. It [...]

December Rent Payments at 77%

In its most recent survey, the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)’s Rent Payment Tracker found [...]

The U.S. Apartment Market Continues to Tighten

U.S. apartment leasing activity normally slows as the weather cools late in the year. In [...]

CRE Is Outperforming Amid Rising Inflation

Commercial real estate prices have increased measurably this year delivering positive results for investors, John [...]

How Was Commercial Real Estate Sales Activity in 2021?

How does transaction velocity in 2021 compare to past years? What's driving such aggressive investment [...]

Just Sold Amber Ridge Apartments & Indian Creek Apartments Aurora IL

The sellers and buyer of both properties were secured and represented by Randolph Taylor, Senior [...]

Congress wants to kill the ‘backdoor Roth IRA.’ Here’s what it means for you

Tax-free savings in retirement are great to have at your disposal. But provisions in the [...]

Here Are the Apartment Markets Attracting New Renters

Remote work continues to dominate renter migration patterns, according to data released this week by [...]

US Property Price Growth Breaks Records as Demand Swells

  The headline rate of U.S. property price growth climbed to the fastest annual rate [...]

Is a Bubble Forming in Commercial Real Estate?

The big question on many investors’ minds – “Is a bubble forming in CRE?”

More Tenants Working From Home Means New Expectations Of Landlords And Amenities

Nearly 19 months after the onset of pandemic lockdowns, adjustments that might once have been [...]

Multifamily Market Conditions Showcase Strong Improvement

The National Multifamily Housing Council’s Quarterly Survey of Apartment Market Conditions for October 2021 show [...]

Increasing Costs and Delays Hamper Multifamily Development

As evidence that builders are facing the combined headwinds of rising material and labor costs [...]

ULI Says US CRE Should Return To Pre-COVID Levels by 2023

The real estate sector is in a strong position to build its way out of [...]

Multifamily Giants Outperforming 2021 Expectations Sitting Pretty Heading Into 2022

Six of the largest multifamily REITs to have released their earnings reports for the third [...]

How Millennials Are Reshaping the SFR Market

The population surge of millennials, coupled with the housing supply shortage endemic across the US, [...]

More Tenants Plan To Increase Space Next Year Than Shrink It

More than double the share of commercial real estate tenants are planning to increase rather [...]

Chicago Rents Rising After Pandemic Slump

Chicago landlords may be back in the driver’s seat after being forced to offer concessions [...]

Is It Time to Worry About Multifamily’s Slowing Rent Growth?

The pace of apartment rent growth is slowing, While it seems to be a seasonal [...]

Apartment Rent Concession Utilization at All-Time Low

More apartment operators are ditching rent concessions offers as vacancies across the country have dropped [...]

A Huge Demand for Housing Leads to a Spike in Multifamily Conversions

Apartment developers will create more new apartments in 2021 in old office, retail, and hotel [...]

Condo Deconversions Will Continue in Chicagoland Area

As Chicagoland’s multifamily sector remains strong, the deconversion market will remain a viable investment opportunity.