Quote from ralph00:
News alert: CRE has already crashed. Time to move on folks.
BTW, one man's crash is another man's bounty. Yes, if you bought some comm'l re at a 5 cap in 06, you're fucked. If you made a loan to someone to buy some comm'l re at a 5 cap in 06, you're fucked. On the flip side, if you're looking to rent office or retail space in 09/10, you can name your price/concessions/location. If you want to start a restaurant, there will be any number of landlords willing to cut you a great deal. The cure for low prices is ... low prices.
Bought some CRE or made a loan in 2006 you were fucked.... Come on are you serious, you say that today totally after the fact, of course you can scream about it today and look as if you knew what was going to happen but 99% didn't.
Disagree, I drive around and take notice of the millions of sq feet of retail space for lease and rent. If there is a double dip recession which I'm leaning towards, it will create an even greater downfall in CRE which will lead to a crash. Right now it's been slow and steady due to the easy money policies bubble Ben bernanke has put into place. You keep thinking the bottom is in on CRE and I will just continue to watch it sink. Don't fall for any uptick in this area as well, it will be shortlived. Maybe the government can give free handouts like they did to first time homebuyers to spur some optimism. What a fucking joke.