Orange County

Over time, cap rates historically track interest rates, and for now, interest rates remain within 1% of record lows, so pricing for Orange County retail assets could remain strong through next year, CBRE's Phil Voorhees tells GlobeSt.com.

While San Diego's strong economy has shown recent signs of slipping, its industrial prospects remain among the brightest in the country, according to a recent report from Ten-X.

The industrial sector has been CRE's darling for some time, thanks to increasing demand for warehouse and distribution space. As online shopping shows no signs of abating, Ten-X Commercial has identified the top-five buy and sell markets for industrial space nationwide.

Lenders are beginning to lower the maximum LTV and increase DSCR, keeping rental-rates flat and allowing landlords to reserve for tenant improvements in case a property needs to be repositioned during the term of the loan, Money360's Gary Bechtel tells GlobeSt.com.

Counter to the nationwide trend, the institutional-investor share of single-family home purchases increases from a year ago 31% in 37% of zip codes analyzed in ATTOM Data's latest report.

Capital investors chasing the historical returns of the sector have prompted numerous new entrants into the self-storage industry that are forming teams to build and buy the product, Westport Properties' Ben Hall tells GlobeSt.com.