The commercial real estate collapse continues… From Bloomberg News: The Moody’s/REAL Commercial Property Price Index fell 0.5 percent from February, the second straight monthly decline, Moody’s Investors Service Inc. said today in a report. Prices slid 25 percent from a year earlier and are down 42 percent from the October 2007 peak. … The rental [...]

Clearly, this is an immensely complex question, particularly because “Commercial Real Estate” means something different for each person you ask. It could be office buildings, hotel chains, apartment buildings, industrial centers or any other piece of real estate that isn’t a single family home or condo.

And while the answer to this question is one which cannot quickly or simply be answered, we believe the time is right to start examining opportunities in certain segments of the commercial market.

Not only are commercial vacancy rates high now, but they are going to stay high for a long time as companies continue to downsize and/or find better deals as their leases expire.  San Francisco is getting hit hard. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Office vacancy rate rises in San Francisco An amount of office space [...]

Inquiring minds might be wondering what they should do if they are struggling in a commercial real estate deal. Here’s a question along with an answer from my “California Business Banker” friend. “Struggling In Atlanta” writes: Hello Mish, We purchased a small commercial building in Atlanta in late 2007 for $1.3 million. In an attempt [...]

The commercial real estate bubble is bursting in an area that many thought was immune: Silicon Valley. Bloomberg reports Silicon Valley ‘Bloodbath’ Leaves Entire Office Buildings Empty Silicon Valley is beset by the biggest office property glut since the dot-com bust, leaving the U.S. technology hub with empty high-rises and office parks that make it [...]