cherrytree group llc logo

Cherrytree Group LLC Blog

RSS Grab the Cherrytree Group Real Estate Blog feed

Get e-mail notifications of new blog posts! Enter email address below.


Delivered by FeedBurner

 

It's 2012: The US Continues to be the Best Place to Invest in Real Estate

Monday, January 09, 2012
...by Warren Kirshenbaum

The United States will remain the top choice of most global commercial real estate investors in 2012. While the United States offers the most stable and secure option for commercial real estate investment, investors say that improvements in rent and occupancy growth, as well as the repeal of a 1980 foreign investment tax have had the strongest impact on their investment decisions, according to the 20th annual survey of Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE) members.

For the past year, investors in U.S. commercial real estate have focused on gateway cities such as New York, Washington, Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and such activity has had the effect of driving prices up and yields down in those cities.

The United States is still very desirable, and was second behind the UK in attracting cross border investment in 2011, according to Real Capital Analytics preliminary figures.

60% of respondents said they plan to increase their investment in U.S. real estate in 2012, while 42.2% said they believed the United States in 2012 offers the best opportunity to see increases in the value of their commercial real estate investments.

Europe's sovereign debt problems and looming recession eliminated most of the countries there (except for Switzerland and Poland) from the radar of real estate investors. Germany lost about half its support among respondents in terms of stability and price appreciation.  Accordingly, survey respondents said they would invest more in U.S. commercial property if the fundamentals of rent and occupancy growth were stronger than in their own countries.

As for the types of U.S. commercial real estate that investors favor, respondents said that this year they would most likely invest in apartment buildings, the fourth consecutive year that multifamily real estate has topped the list. Of all the types of U.S. commercial real estate, the multifamily sector has not only recovered from the post-2007 real estate slump, but rents and occupancy are even stronger than pre=recession.

Warehouse and distribution centers ranked second, up from No. 5 last year. Office properties were third, up a notch from No. 4. Retail properties - shopping centers and malls - slipped to No. 4 from No. 2. Hotels ranked No. 5, down from No. 3 last year.

The survey was conducted in the fourth quarter by the James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate, Wisconsin School of Business.

Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) | Permalink

1

Recent Posts

Tags

distressed assets brownfields, CT SREC Brownfields program, Boston wind power, Boston informational technology developers, Boston, MA market rate program, MA monetization of ITC, Boston biomass power tax advantages venture capital tax deductions HUD insured mortgages new market program the difference between tax credits and tax deductions film credits, MA real estate development more control over financing costs cleantech investing in commercial real estate, Boston Massachusetts historic rehabilitation tax credits, Boston affordable housing renewable energy credits, MA independent gas station owners news renewable energy program renewable energy credit borrowing by small businesses portability of tax credits tax credits for gateway cities, New Bedford laws of Brownfields heat and power list of brownfields sites downturn construction commercial tax credit historic tax credits, Boston environmental remediation tax credits wind production tax credit renewable energy tax credits, Boston business capital MGL Ch 21E tax credits, RI equity requirements hydro power Louisianna gasoline price fixing investments in solar energy converting tax credits to cash, MA develop renewable energy systems contractors, Boston, MA film tax credit, Boston capital line funding capitalism private investments developing real estate in MA Business Financing Brownfields tax credit program, Boston hedging transactions production tax credit, Boston distressed asset investing economy federal tax Credit American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Section 1603 tax credit sydication Brownfields tax credt, MA The Transactional Law Group - MA Brownfields tax credt program, Boston examine tax credits renewable energy tax credit, Boston obtaining capital Housing Development Incentive Program credit for income producing properties tax credits to help economy LIHTC tax credits business transfer of tax credits weak economy Massachusetts state tax credits EB-5 Regional centers renewable energy credits solar energy markets distressed asset investment fund, ma BP Gas station owners devastating environmental damage CHAPA NIMBY not in my back yard real estate financing solar installations ITC, Boston federal new market tax credits tax credits to fix up historic buildings community development entity borrow money sustainable technology historic remediation, MA San Francisco investing in commercial real estate renewable energy, Boston solar power tax planning strategies renewable energy facility tax credits for wind power, Boston new energy technologies renewable energy, MA tax relief solar investment tax solar investment tax credit renewable energy tax credits engery credit, MA wind tax credits, Boston what is Brownfields tax credit, Boston federal and state tax credits 1603 Grant foreign investment real estate investments investment tax credit Brownfields Tax Credits, MA renewable energy tax credtis, Boston Rhode Island 1603 Treasury Grant historic building tax credit, New Bedford Brownfields tax credt citizens housing and planning association new market tax credit brownfields tax credit landfill gas facility motion picture tax credits brownfields redevelopment, MA commercial real estate investment depressed and booming markets equity real estate strategy development in Massachusetts Brownfields tax credt, Boston business loans new market tax credits commercial tax credits, Boston business solar investment tax credit geothermal solar initiatives selling tax credits for cash tax credit programs non-bank resources for capital funding RECs Massachusetts BTC, Boston remedy operation status largest accidental marine oil spill federal low income housing tax credit Massachusetts tax credit program Massachusetts tax credits real estate deals converting tax credits to cash renovation projects Massachusetts gas station owners small residential properties brownfields laws marine and hydrokinetic, solar energy production historic rehabilitation tax credit cherrytree group llc private equity offerings venture development capital MA brownfield redevelopment, CT historic rehabilitation tax credit, Boston tax credits, MA new york pops BP oil spill cost of producing renewable energy private equity offerings, ma financial incentives to develop real estate in MA Massachusetts brownfields tax credit tax deductions REITS sydicator of tax credits renewable energy tax credit cleantech cities multi-family construction wind brownfields tax credit, CT clean energy polluted sites tax credit, New Bedford brownfields tax credit, Boston Brownfields credits brownfields tax credits, Boston solar energy development Chapter 40B vote results historic property preservation, Boston solar pilot program investment tax credits, MA investing in apartment projects, MA brownfields Credits, MA NMTC urban redevelpment real estate attorney, ma Massachusetts Contingency Plan office space commercial real estate investments invest in commercial real estate how REITs works investing in real estate in MA Seattle LIHTCs Historic tax credits extending Brownfields tax credit, Boston residential properties RECs, MA thayer morgan interivew state film tax credits, MA real estate attorney tax credt capped landfills investments Historic tax credits, RI real estate investment trusts, Boston REITs, Boston investing in surface parking lots partial equity participation disaster recovery assisstance, Boston tax credits energy systems deduction for energy efficient buildings construction jobs economic slump Brownfields Act, economically distressed areas, Massachusetts Brownfields Tax Credits, Massachusetts Contingency Plan, MGL Ch 21E, RAO, remedy operation status, renewable energy, sale of tax credits, tax advantaged development, tax credit syndication, tra solar energy credits money lending Fim Tax Credit revenue renewable energy tax break green energy QECBs historic rehabilitation wind engery tax credit, MA brownfields tax credits development of the renewable energy industry low-income neighborhoods extension of BTC, Boston tax credits, Boston Historic tax credits, MA engery tax credit, MA Kirshenbaum Real Estate economics of environmental projects energy tax credits film tax credit incentives BTC program, Boston new market credits LSPA, Boston Massachusetts historic rehabilitation tax credit new markets tax credits film tax credit value-added services small business loans preservation of mills Historic rehabilitation tax credits infrastructure investment environmental projects biomass facilities real estate investment trusts deepwater horizon oil spill commercial leases capital raising questions, MA recession distressed asset sales Brownfields programs offshore wind Martha's Vineyard solar power development solar energy production federal tax credits tax credits for environmental clean up, Boston Transactional Law Group preservation of historic buildings distressed asset investment Gulf Coast victimized production tax credit sale of tax credits commercial tax credits brownfields visas for imigrants tax credit consultant PTC historic rehabilitation, Boston solar energy BTC, Massachusetts Summertime Economy in Boston Massachusetts Ballot Questions, Question 2 Explained Massachusetts film tax credit real estate properties brownfields redevelopment Austin Historic credits renewable energy expensive to produce power generation, MA brownfields projects, Boston new markets large capital projects state and federal tax credits, Boston massachusetts BTC program, Boston green energy projects rehabilitating historic buildings, Boston market rate housing tax credit, MA private equity, MA FERC rehabilitation of historic buildings, Boston investing in apartments, MA building improvements energy efficient tax deductions commercial energy tax deductions EB-5 wholesale energy film tax credit money, MA distressed asset investment fund workforce development rehabilitation microturbines New Markets Tax Credit, Boston selling tax credits negative environmental effect income tax credit Massachusetts brownfields tax credits, MA wind energy credits expensive to produce methods of renewable energy production private equity offerings renewable energy tax credits, MA Historic credits, RI low income housing tax credits qualified energy conservation bonds visas for buying homes tax credits speaker series low-income housing tax credits MA Brownfields tax credt hydro energy production fuel cells historic preservation tax credits, Boston tax credit syndication brownfields redevelopment, CT EB-5 Green Card Program raising capital, MA invest NYC tax credits tax incentives and credits commercial real estate attorney renewable energy funding outsourcing EPA brownfields grant money tax-excempt bonds production tax credtis, Boston commercial real estate in MA renewable engery credit, MA Housing Development Incentive Program, MA Massachusetts Brownfields Tax Credits oil spill investment into business renewable resources wind farm development Federal Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Former Getty owners 40B credited with spurring upwards of 80% new development permitting procedure energy tax credit new markets tax credit program build green private equity tax credits on brownsfields solar power project development solar ITC historic and low income housing invest in real estate build a wind farm real estate projects solar system real estate investment, Boston wind power technology SRECs residential real estate trash facility wind farm tax credit geothermal power Commercial Real Estate Loan Amortization Periods private sector investments new markets investments new normal tax credits for development monetize a renewable energy tax credit, Boston Historic Preservation Investment Tax Credit Brownfields sites wind power commercial real estate owners brownfields tax incentives, Boston federal energy regulatory commission commercial tax credits, MA rehabilitate properties MA REIT industry loaning money to consumers environmental remediation energy companies foreign investors Housing Development Incentive Program, Quincy ITCs solar farms Kirshenbaum Law, Cherry Tree, LLC, Real Estate, MA commercial tax credit program, MA state tax credits renewable energy projects finance Quincy, MA solar renewable energy credits brownfields, MA financing investors in renewable energy renewable energy RI wind tax credit tax advantages, Boston state historic tax credits biodiesel restoration projects Massachusetts brownfields tax credits, Boston sources of funding debt-service movie tax credit monstrous oil spill disaster relief, Boston hydro electric power commercial tax credit attorney historic preservation tax credit destructive oil spill tax incentive deals wind energy credit wind energy tax credit developing real estate, MA economic development bill, MA solar power initiative capital finance LIHTC Historic rehabilitation tax credits, MA Boston american symphony orchestra community development financial institutions traditional funding invest in development projects solarize Massachusetts commercial tax credits, Lowell investing in surface lots tax advantaged development renewable energy jobs buy commercial real estate, MA community rehabilitation wind subsidies federal government solar installations tax breaks commercial tax credits, New Bedford community development investment tax credtis, Boston renewable energy certificates San Jose energy efficient property non-renewable energy sources clean technology historic rehabilitation tax incentives, Boston gasoline market manipulation capital requirements renewable energy incentives multi-family housing, MA renewable energy industry Quincy Broad Medows Salt Marsh capital film tax credits, MA REIT real estate business asset state tax credits, MA energy efficiency improvement projects historic preservation tax credit, Boston tax credit investments secure capital Cape Cod solar energy properties Broad Medows Salt Marsh tax incentives expiring tax credits Chapter 40B explained private equity' midterm elections Warren Kirshenbaum commercial properties Boston Marathon wholesale acquisitions ITCs, MA tax credit programs, New Bedford buy real estate, MA commercial buildings wind incentive monetizing your tax credits BTC, Boston alternate funding american recovery and reinvestment act private sector investment tax credit broker RAO thayer morgan Tax Credit wind energy tax credit, Boston solar energy array projects power generation, Boston global energy demand commercial real estate federal investment tax credit new housing developments alternative funding sources commercial real estate lawyer green standards historic rehabilitation credits investment tax credits commercial tax credits, Fall River brownfield cleanup program renewable tax credits, Boston small business boycotting BP gas stations capital funding solar facilities PTC, Boston Massachusetts Brownfields tax credit, Boston sale of a tax credit real estate lawyer Brownfields sites, MA free up capital tenant representative community block grants Brownfields Act, MA multi-family apartments fuel cell initiatives tax credit to spur redevelopment brownfields tax credit, MA declining property values Chicago business investment brownfields projects, MA foreign capital economically distressed areas commercial building tax deductions renewable energy development rownfields Act Fim Tax Credits investing in parking lots solar projects investment objectives commercial commercial tax credts, Boston solar capacity massachusetts non-profit Brownfields tax credit, Massachusetts making money with commercial real estate REAL program real estate lawyer, MA REIT investments new market real estate, Boston The Cherrytree Group economic growth gas station loss of income Plymouth, MA Commonwealth Solar Rebate Program sale of renewable energy credits rural energy for america program equity investments renewable energy grants credit line funding historic preservation tax incentives, Boston historic tax credit banking multitude of renewable resources asset stripping credits Cape Wind cleantech capitals

Archive

Disclaimer

This Blog is made available by the lawyer publisher for educational purposes only as well as to give you general information and a general understanding of the law, not to provide specific legal advice. By using this blog site you understand that there is no attorney client relationship between you and the Blog publisher. The Blog should not be used as a substitute for competent legal advice from a licensed professional attorney in your state.