WASHINGTON, DC-Respondents to The Real EstateRoundtable's Q4 Sentiment Index report stable currentconditions for the industry--but they are less optimistic aboutfuture improvement.
The "Current Conditions" portion of Real Estate Roundtable'sSentiment Index remains flat at 70 points. However the "FutureConditions" segment has dropped four points, registering a score of64 compared to 68 in Q3. As a result, the "Overall" portion of theindex dropped 3 points to a score of 67, versus 70 for the previousquarter.
Concerns center around how an eventual uptick in historicallylow interest rates will impact cap rates and valuations incommercial real estate markets. Policy gridlock in Washington isalso a worry.
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Erika Morphy
Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.
