We are hearing more and more about Opportunity Zones in the real estate world these days. However, because they are so new, a lot of people, even seasoned commercial real estate investors, do not fully understand the benefits and rules of investing in real estate located within these Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZ). As the housing […]
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Despite commercial real estate lending being down a bit from last year, CRE pricing, including medical real estate, is a record-high levels. Values have increased 6.5% from 2017 to the first half of 2018, pushing cap rates even lower. Even though all sectors of commercial real estate have seen an increase in values, apartments, industrial
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Although overall commercial real estate lending is down 10.6% from a year ago, that’s not necessarily bad news considering that 2017 was the strongest year ever recorded for commercial real estate finance. Due to factors such as increasing interest rates, decreasing net operating incomes (NOIs), decreasing property value growth, and decreasing property sales, there was
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According to the forecast, commercial real estate transaction volume will continue to drop in 2018, following the declines in 2016 and 2017, off the post-recession peak of $569 billion of transaction volume in 2015. The forecast for
this year is predicted to peak at $475 billion, whereas the predictions for transaction volume in 2019 and 2020 are $450 billion and $415 billion respectively.
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As we’ve noted in several articles over the past year, medical real estate transaction volume and demand remains strong, due in large part to a population that is aging. A recent medical office building in Houston was purchased for the largest price ever paid for a medical facility in U.S. history, and many believe this is
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In our July newsletter, we wrote about the emerging trend of microhospitals, and how several factors, including lower-cost care, smaller and more efficient space, fewer beds, and personalized patient care and attention, all contributed to the growth of this type of facility. While it is important, and convenient, for physicians who have hospital privileges and need daily
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Here are a few interesting highlights from a recently released Revista report detailing medical office building transaction activities last year involving three types of investors – Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Private Investors, and Hospitals and Health Systems. Real Estate Investment Trusts bought $7.2 billion worth of medical office buildings (MOB) in 2017, which comprised
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There has been more and more talk about “micro-hospitals” over the last few years, but some confusion over what exactly a micro-hospital is. Hopefully, in this short article, we can provide a basic level of understanding about this newer type of facility, and how it is meeting a need in the world of healthcare. There
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HCA Healthcare is the definitive leader for U.S. Health Systems by Licensed Beds, with just over 46,000 beds. The health systems in the #2 through #5 positions are within a few thousand licensed beds of each other, and are ripe for disruption and change in position. with a slew of recent merger and acquisition announcements,
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Most commercial real estate lenders have something in common: they want to loan money for real estate that presents a relatively low risk that enables them to get paid a healthy return on their money over the term of the loan. Medical office buildings and other forms of healthcare real estate are the types
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