Presidential elections can trigger shifts in economic policies and regulatory frameworks, thereby influencing various sectors, including commercial real estate (CRE). Historically, property markets have responded more significantly to the macroeconomic landscape than to specific election results.
Nearly a decade after the Global Financial Crisis, investors and investment managers remain acutely focused on the cyclical nature of real estate. In this paper, Townsend’s Prashant Tewari and Christian Nye explore the key aspects of the current Commercial Real Estate Cycle.
Not all commercial real estate debt comes with the same risk/return trade-off. Townsend’s Prashant Tewari and Christian Nye discuss the perceived versus actual risk and why investment strategies must be evaluated methodically.
Asieh Mansour, Senior Advisor to The Townsend Group, and Townsend’s Prashant Tewari explore the implications for the economy and commercial real estate markets of Donald Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
Some believe that higher rates will lead to lower valuations, while others believe that an improving economy and rising inflation are beneficial to the asset class. Townsend’s Prashant Tewari takes a thorough analysis of periods of rising interest rates and points to three factors that need to be considered to determine how real estate will perform.
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