REIT Stocks Shine Even As Demand Pushes Prices Up

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August 23, 2012

REIT Stocks Shine Even As Demand Pushes Prices Up

REITs have been the shining star of the stock market the last three years. For those who aren’t familiar with REITs, a REIT is an acronym for a Real Estate Investment Trust, a tax designation for a corporate entity investing in real estate. The REIT structure was designed to provide a real estate investment structure similar to the structure mutual funds provide for investment in stocks. REITs can be publicly or privately held. Until recently, financial advisers were telling investors to hold about 5% of their portfolio in REITs. Recently, this started to change. Continue reading →

Tags: corporate taxes, dividends, mutual funds, NAV, Net Asset Value, publicly-traded REITS, Real Estate Investment Trust, REIT, REIT sectors, S&P 500, Stock Index, stock prices, stock shares Comments Off

April 19, 2012

Private Equity Firms and Today’s RE Market

Mark Faham

According to Preqin, between 2003 and 2012, more than 300 real estate private equity funds have raised around $670 billion in institutional capital. Unfortunately, PE firms had earned the reputation of being the vultures of the financial world. While Private Equity firms have been portrayed as greedy irresponsible investors in the past, with changing times a new outlook on them may be necessary. Continue reading →

Tags: CMBS Market, distressed property acquisitions, institutional capital, liquidations, mezzanine debt, mortgages, notes, PE funds, private equity, private equity fund, Savanna, workouts Comments Off

August 4, 2011

11 Tips for a Smooth NY-style Commercial Real Estate Closing

Mark Faham

Being a Title Closer for a good number of years, I’ve observed many closings where there have been delays, arguments, and bad feelings in situations that could have been easily avoided, had those involved prepared properly. Here is a checklist of things that can be done prior to closing to make things run smoother. Continue reading →

Tags: bank attorney, buyers, Clear title, commercial real estate closing, escrow, judgments, New York-style commercial closing, power-of-attorney, real estate attorney, sellers, title company, title insurance Comments Off

February 16, 2011

Seven Tips To Make NY-Style Closings Go Smoothly

Mark Faham

For readers not familiar with the term “New York-Style Closing”, let’s start with a brief explanation. At a NY Style Closing, buyers, sellers, their attorneys, bank attorney and title closer are almost always present. Sometimes, even the real estate brokers attend. But, what really makes these closings unique is that many of the details needed to close the transaction are determined at the closing table. Continue reading →

Tags: buyers, Clear title, escrow, judgments, New York-Style Closing, power-of-attorney, real estate attorney, Real Estate Closing, sellers, Title Agent, title closer, title company, traditional closing Comments Off

November 3, 2010

Determining Commercial Real Estate Prices in Today’s Market

Mark Faham

Of course I don’t have the answer to this question. But maybe through looking back a little at how we got here, we can gain a little foresight as to what the future will bring. We know now that the Real Estate Bubble — that started in 2004 and ended in 2007 — took prices and volume to unsustainable levels, and resulted in the burst and the doldrums that we are currently facing. Continue reading →

Tags: Commercial Real Estate, property pricing, real estate investors Comments Off