While investor money does continue to come in, it is down 47% vs this time last year. It continues to decline. People I am in touch with in Asia tell me that many Asians are just sitting on cash waiting to see what happens in the election. It's not clear that they will start investing again once the election is decided. The view is that at least they understand their own country and market. For now, they are willing to wait and see. Translation: the surge of Chinese and other Asian capital into US-based CRE will be far more limited, and it will mainly be institutional capital into larger deals. Values in the US will decline over time. We are in for a continuation of uncertainty and nil growth. While investor money does continue to come in, it is down 47% vs this time last year. It continues to decline. People I am in touch with in Asia tell me that many Asians are just sitting on cash waiting to see what happens in the election. It's not clear that they will start investing again once the election is decided. The view is that at least they understand their own country and market. For now, they are willing to wait and see. Translation: the surge of Chinese and other Asian capital into US-based CRE will be far more limited, and it will mainly be institutional capital into larger deals. Values in the US will decline over time. We are in for a continuation of uncertainty and nil growth.NOT FOR REPRINT
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