Randy Blankstein, president of TheBoulder Group, says more favorable monetary policy by the FederalReserve, as it relates to interest rates, should provide additionalcertainty in the net-lease markets
WILMETTE, IL—The projected slowdown in 2019 ofrising interest rates by the Federal Reserve is having an impact onthe general sentiment of the net lease investment market as well asoverall activity levels, according to the Q1 Net Lease Market Report issued by Chicago-based TheBoulder Group.
In a follow-up to its year end Cap Rate Prediction Poll,The Boulder Group found that the%age of investorsexpecting a cap rate increase of at least 25 basis points by theend of 2019 was cut in half to 29% versus 62% at year end. In fact,investor sentiment has shifted substantially toward a stabilizedcap rate consensus. According to The Boulder GroupReport, 39% of poll participants expect cap rates toremain unchanged or compress in 2019, versus only 5% in the lastpoll at year end.
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