Q&A: Peter Muoio, SitusAMC Insights

Commercial real estate returns fell into negative territory in fourth-quarter 2022 and the outlook for first-quarter 2023 was just as gloomy. These are among the findings in the most recent ValTrends quarterly report released this past March by SitusAMC Insights, a leading solutions provider for the real estate finance industry. “The more volatility there is, […]

Uncertainty creeps into the apartment market forecast

With the global financial markets off to an uncertain start in 2023, the U.S. multifamily housing sector faces a number of challenges. These obstacles are driven by a combination of unique consumer preferences in the post-pandemic era and broader macroeconomic forces. Over the course of 2022, Moody’s Analytics found that the multifamily vacancy rate fell […]

International Investments: Japan

After taking a wait-and see-attitude in 2021, Japanese cross-border investors came back to the U.S. in a big way in 2022. Businesses from the world’s third-largest economy (based on nominal gross domestic product) have a long history of being among the top overseas investors in U.S. markets, but the COVID-19 pandemic lessened their interest. That […]