But is this encouraging phenomenon a result of good luck or the start of an unlikely trend? "Looking into the future and the crystal ball is often cloudy, we need one of two things to happen," MBA research director Jim Freund explains to GlobeSt.com. "We need economic growth to pick up, which would lead to some real strengthening of commercial real estate markets, or a continuation of historically low mortgage rates or both. With one or both of these conditions, this strain could carry on for another couple of quarters or more."
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