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Selling an Apartment Building FAQ’s
Are you thinking of selling your multi-family property? Here are some of the most frequently [...]
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If You’re Hesitant To Hire A Broker For Your Multifamily Property Read This
The most important benefit of exclusively listing your property with a broker is representation.
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Should I Sell or Should I Hold? When is the best time for asset repositioning?
It doesn’t really matter what the current real estate market is like if you are [...]
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Why Should I Sell My Multifamily Property?
There are a number of reasons why people decide to sell their multifamily property, but [...]
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Expenses for Apartment Owners Continue to Outpace Rents
Operational costs for apartment companies grew by 8.6 percent on average year-over-year in the second [...]
Sale Leaseback Transaction Volume Rises 8.3%
Dollar volume of sale leaseback deals rose 8.3% to $5.1 billion in the second quarter [...]
Office pain, multifamily gain: One million units built in three years, another million before 2025
Chicago had the 13th-highest number of new apartments completed in the last few years, adding [...]
Multifamily demand is returning slowly leading to market stabilization
Multifamily investors are learning how to navigate a new reality. The market is returning to [...]
Multifamily Permits Down 32.2% From a Year Ago
The pipeline for multifamily development has slowed due to continued challenges of higher interest rates [...]
Commercial Real Estate Loan Modifications Quadruple, With Multifamily Leading The Way
Modifications on commercial real estate-related collateralized loan obligations spiked in the second quarter to $4B [...]
Insurance prices per apartment unit rise 33% YoY
Insurance now accounts for more than 8% of an owner’s quarterly per-unit operating expenses, nearly [...]
23-Year High Mortgage Rates Bolstering Apartment Demand
While the nation still faces a housing shortage not set to alleviate in the near [...]
Monitoring the Cost of Homeownership vs. Cost of Renting in Your City
The battle between renting and owning is intuitive. If renting is significantly cheaper than owning [...]
Diving Into CRE Debt Stats
Half of the debt outstanding in the commercial real estate world, $2.0 trillion, is to [...]
Price Gap Between Rent and Home Ownership in Chicago
The price gap between average apartment rents and the cost of owning a home in [...]
Commercial Real Estate Financing Rate Snapshot July 31st 2023
Average of the top competitive rates from eXp Commercial's National Capital Markets Partner CommLoan from a [...]
Commercial Real Estate Financing Rate Snapshot July 24th 2023
Average of the top competitive rates from eXp Commercial's National Capital Markets Partner CommLoan from a [...]
Multifamily Dealmakers Report More Activity
A number of market participants agree that multifamily sales activity is on the upswing despite [...]
Capital Expense vs. Operating Expense in Real Estate
Running a commercial real estate asset on a day-to-day basis can be expensive. As such, [...]
Good Time for Investors to Unload
Real estate investors have done well. Rents have risen and home price appreciation has been [...]
Types of Commercial Real Estate
Commercial real estate can be broken down into several different categories. At a high level, [...]
How to Value Commercial Property
Valuing commercial property is an important step in every commercial real estate transaction. This post [...]
The Real Estate Proforma: A Beginner’s Guide
The first task in any real estate investment decision is to build a proforma, which [...]
The Cap Rate: What You Should Know
The capitalization rate is a fundamental concept in the commercial real estate industry. Yet, it [...]
How a Broker Price Opinion Works
The broker price opinion (BPO), also known as a broker opinion of value (BOV), is [...]
Net Operating Income (NOI): A Beginner’s Guide
Understanding Net Operating Income (NOI) is essential in commercial real estate. Without a firm grasp [...]
Difference Between Market Value and Investment Value in Commercial Real Estate
Value is traditionally defined as the power of a good to command other goods or [...]
Apartment Investing Case Study
In this article we are going to conduct an investment analysis on a 140 unit [...]
Internal Rate of Return (IRR): What You Should Know
The internal rate of return (IRR) is a widely used investment performance measure in finance, [...]
Time Value of Money: A Beginner’s Guide
Being completely comfortable with the time value of money is critical when working in the [...]
Understanding Replacement Reserves in Commercial Real Estate
The topic of replacement reserves is often confusing for commercial real estate professionals. How much [...]
What is a Tenant Estoppel and How Does It Work?
In commercial real estate the tenant estoppel often comes up during the due diligence phase [...]
Commercial Real Estate Closing Process: The Definitive Guide
When it’s time to close on a commercial real estate transaction, the process can seem [...]
Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR): A Calculation Guide
The Debt Service Coverage Ratio, often abbreviated as “DSCR”, is an important concept in real [...]