The predictions about commercial real estate's recovery have not been pretty. CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield and JLL all believe that any improvements will not become apparent until the second half of next year. Worse, CBRE anticipates that there will be a 5% drop in transactions next year due to rising Treasury yields that are making the cost of borrowing even more prohibitive. Meanwhile BlackRock is forecasting that borrowing rates will remain at levels hovering around 5.5% for the foreseeable future.

But multifamily may escape this doom and gloom. Always the industry's Golden Child, multifamily transactions are expected to pick up in mid-2024, according to Kelli Carhart, leader of Multifamily Capital Markets for CBRE. These deals will be driven by an end to the Fed's rate-hiking cycle and improved capital markets conditions, as well as loan maturities that will create transaction opportunities, she says.

We may be beginning to already see signs of a gradual increase in transactions in this category. Deal volume decreased by 8.5% quarter over quarter in Q3, but  that was 6% more than in Q1. Also, apartments accounted for the largest share of investment (34%) in Q3, which equaled Q2.

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