Avoiding Risk in Today's Market
In this podcast, RERC CEO Kenneth P. Riggs Jr., who also serves as chief real estate economist for the CCIM Institute, discusses investor confidence, risk aversion strategies, and the outlook for the smaller tertiary markets. Listen to Ken as he notes that investors are doing their homework and due diligence, and are buying right and buying for the long term....
A Bifurcated Market
With more capital available from select sources and increased demand for less volatile investments, institutional-level commercial property prices are on an upward trend, states Ken Riggs, president and CEO of Real Estate Research Corporation and chief real estate economist for the CCIM Institute. However, in this CCIM Institute-sponsored podcast, he further explains that the commercial real estate market is increasingly divided, with some historically high prices being paid for institutional properties in top-tier markets, while other markets are seeing little or no transaction activity other than distressed property sales. Listen to Mr. Riggs discuss the challenges for investors in this bifurcated market...
Continuing on the Path to Recovery
In an abbreviated edition of his semi-annual podcast to members of the CCIM Institute, RERC's Ken Riggs noted that while investors remain nervous about the volatility we are seeing in the stock and bond markets, much equity is still sitting on the sidelines "looking for a home." Commercial real estate—and the reduced amount of risk associated with this investment alternative—is looking decidedly more attractive. Even so, investors are taking the time to “get it right” during this prolonged recovery period…
Tough Times Continue
RERC's Ken Riggs notes that while institutional real estate has been forced to mark to market and prices are close to bottoming out, the broader commercial real estate market still has a ways to go and it will take some time to "come clean." Listen to Riggs' view of what the industry and investors should expect in 2010 and beyond.
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Research, Analytics & Reports
RERC was the nation’s first real estate firm that specialized in both real estate research and analysis. Recognized for integrating key sections of the economy that influenced the real estate industry, RERC’s studies on community planning, the effect of highways on the suburbs, and downtown revitalization efforts contributed greatly to the rebuilding of the U.S. infrastructure after WWII.
In 1973, one of RERC’s most enduring studies, the RERC Real Estate Report was published. Originally developed as an economic and real estate newsletter for business, government, and investors, the quarterly RERC Real Estate Report is now one of the commercial real estate industry’s most respected and relied-upon survey-based resources of investment analysis. The report provides a variety of investment measures, including buy-sell-hold recommendations, availability and discipline of capital, investment conditions, and value vs. price and risk vs. return ratings, as well as going-in and terminal capitalization rates, pre-tax yield rates, and rental growth expectations for the institutional market, regional markets, and for 48 metropolitan markets. (See what subscribers say about our report....)
In 2005, RERC began publishing the RERC/CCIM Investment Trends Quarterly, a transaction-based report detailing commercial real estate volume and pricing averages. Published for members of the CCIM Institute, the report examines the national market, as well as regional markets. RERC also initiated Emerging Trends in Real Estate, one of the industry’s most well-known investment forecast reports, and spearheaded the research and insights in this report for 20 years. RERC sold this report in 2000, after which time RERC initiated the annual forecast report, the RERC Industry Outlook. For the past 7 years, RERC has produced Expectations & Market Realities in Real Estate, one of the industry’s most comprehensive forecast reports, which analyzes the economy, the capital markets, and the major commercial property sectors.
RERC’s research is also available through the RERC DataCenter™, an interactive web-based data source. Available to members from any location with Internet access, the service offers current and historical data, the convenience of customized charting of the data, and library functionality.
For more information about RERC's research, please contact RERC's publications office at 319-352-1500.