Sentences with phrase «real estate analysts said»

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And despite a holiday shopping season in which spending is expected to rise sharply, 2018 could be worse, says Garrick Brown, a retail and real estate analyst at Cushman & Wakefield — with department stores high on many pessimists» watch lists.

In addition to expected operational savings of about $ 100 million and a portfolio of prime U.S. real estate, one analyst said the deal will give HBC (TSX: HBC) greater fashion credibility.

Barry Nabatian, a retail analyst and director at Shore - Tanner & Associates, says the Rideau Centre is prime real estate, generating $ 1,000 in annual sales per square foot.

With a strong pro-business message, Johnson could eventually could emerge as the third — party candidate who grabs votes from either former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or real — estate magnate Donald Trump, the respective presumptive Democratic and Republican candidates, political analysts say.

The value - add model has been an increasingly popular and lucrative one in many regions of the country in recent years, says Jack Mulcahy, a credit risk analyst at CoStar, a commercial real estate market research firm.

«Foreign capital remains active in its pursuit of high - quality hotel brand and real estate investments,» David Loeb, a senior lodging analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co., said in a research note Monday.

Tim Hortons, which reported first - quarter revenue and net income below analysts» estimates today, said on its earnings call that it was committed to the U.S. market, sees potential to add debt to its balance sheet and rejected the idea of transferring its real estate to a real estate income trust.

Institutional investors have purchased as many as half the homes for sale in some cities in the past year, says Florida real estate analyst Jack McCabe, sometimes paying as much as 25 per cent over market value.

Statistics that say housing prices have continued to rise modestly or have fallen only slightly are deceiving, say some real estate analysts, because the stats don't reflect houses that sit on the market for months because their owners refuse lowball offers.

«It's not hands - off,» says Don Campbell, author and senior research analyst at the Real Estate Investment Network, an educational and research company.

It's also generally more affordable, Alex Avery, real estate analyst and bestselling author of The Wealthy Renter, says.

«Commercial real estate is all about supply and demand, and industrial supply has been very disciplined,» said Ross Smotrich, an analyst at Barclays Capital Inc. in New York.

Although the sales tax seems to be a simple way to fix a complex federal tax system, there are provisions that could hurt homebuyers, homesellers, and real estate practitioners, say analysts at the National Association of REALTORS ®.

Indeed, says Richard Moore, real estate analyst for KeyBanc Capital Markets, «I'm not sure that Simon and General Growth being as big as they are really matters to the other guys.»

«What they've done is somewhat unprecedented,» said Mitch Germain, a real estate analyst with JMP Securities LLC in New York.

«The theme going forward is that REITs are going to hunker down and find revenue from other sources and prove themselves by posting a strong performance,» says Mark Zeisloft, a vice president and retail REIT analyst with RREEF Real Estate Securities in Chicago.

«Real estate is a demanding profession — one that requires agents to be advisors and consultants, negotiators, statisticians and market analysts, marketing experts and effective facilitators,» says Linda Smardon, a past president with NSAR and a mentor in the program.

NAR analysts say the change in oversight won't by itself change settlement services requirements, as the law includes a well - defined firewall between financial services practices and real estate brokerage.

One thing that's certain, though, is the healthy position of real estate to weather whatever the economy whips up, analysts say.

The real reason these companies have been compelled to say adios to Latin America is homegrown: investors and analysts have made it clear they prefer U.S. REITs to invest in U.S. real estate.

In addition, according to says Rich Moore, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets, Rufrano's familiarity with the U.S. real estate market is seen as an added incentive.

But buying Ramco would also force Equity One to take on $ 670 million in additional debt and possibly eat into its cash reserves, which at the end of last year totaled just $ 5.4 million, says Jason Lail, senior real estate analyst with SNL Financial LC, a Charlottesville, Va. - based research firm.

Under the legislation, real estate practitioners who, in good faith, market a property as meeting the 55 - and - over exemption of the federal Fair Housing Law will not be liable for monetary damages if the property is later determined not to quality for the older person's exemption, NAR analysts said.

«This is going to be a challenging year for the senior housing REITs,» says Andrew Suh, a seniors housing REIT analyst at Green Street Advisors, a real estate research firm based in Newport Beach, Calif..

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That promises to help him build bridges to the real estate industry, say NAR analysts.

Real estate interests hope to move the commercial provisions this year, say NAR analysts.

That flatness in total returns comes as the industry fundamentals remain quite healthy, says David Loeb, senior real estate analyst for Robert W. Baird & Co., an investment bank in Milwaukee.

Modeled on the Certified Financial Analyst program, Wratten says CRI was created to make sure that as more real estate investment shifts to publicly held entities such as REITs and CMBS debt, the investors placing that money have the analytical skills to do the job right.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Controversial tax cut legislation, which contains important real estate provisions such as a reduction in the personal capital gains tax rate and gradual elimination of estate taxes, is headed for a presidential veto, NAR analysts say.

«We were impressed both with geoVue's highly experienced analysts and its superior software,» says Rich Buxton, executive vice president of real estate development, CKE.

«Bank entry into the real estate brokerage business [would become] inevitable,» says Jaret Seiberg, a financial analyst with the Stanford Washington Research Group.

Although there is no direct correlation between single - family sales and commercial real estate, analysts say there is a psychological link.

As our legendary home sales boom eases — existing - home sales are expected to dip 2.4 percent this year — analysts are tripping over themselves to say real estate will lose its attraction as an investment compared with stocks and bonds.

«The retail sector is still beaten down from the past,» says Clint McDonnough, an analyst in the Dallas office of San Francisco - based E&Y Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group.

The reform measures in the bill would put owners» real estate assets in a better position when tenants or owners file for bankruptcy, NAR analysts say.

«If the rules of the game they have been playing for 30 years might change, that gives investors pause,» said Dave Bragg, an analyst at Green Street Advisors LLC., a Newport Beach, California - based real estate research firm.

The association says its analysts on staff will closely examine the facts of these cases and build on existing guidance for real estate professionals for how to best comply with RESPA.

That effectiveness is best measured over the long term, because building a constructive legislative environment for real estate is an ongoing task, say NAR analysts.

«Both the volume and pace of new unit construction has been a concern in the multifamily space this year,» says Camilla Yanushevsky, senior analyst of real estate product operations for S&P Global Market Intelligence.

«I didn't see much of a change in their strategy at all,» says Lou Taylor, a senior real estate analyst at Deutsche Bank Securities in New York.

But with little appetite among members of Congress to open debate over changes to the MID and other tax provisions affecting real estate, the issue should remain quiet through 2006 at least, NAR analysts say.

«Street retail was the golden goose,» said Alexander Goldfarb, an analyst covering real estate investment trusts at Sandler O'Neill & Partners.

This preference was clear in the results of a LeadingRE - commissioned survey of more than 3,000 U.S. homeowners, conducted by McKee Wallwork + Co. and Decision Analyst, with more than 88 percent of respondents saying they preferred working with an agent from a «well - known, local real estate company,» while just 12 percent preferred those affiliated with a national franchise.

Real estate investment trusts including Retail Properties of America Inc., DDR Corp. and Kimco Realty Corp. are candidates to purchase some of the spaces in primary and secondary markets because many already operate similar properties, the analysts said.

With this first installment of the real estate business survey, NAR is set to track practitioners» changing views on residential market conditions, yielding a valuable tool for analyzing business growth, say NAR analysts.

He's a key real estate ally in Congress, say NAR analysts, so they'll be watching his Senate bid carefully.

Cutting capital gains without also cutting the depreciation recapture rate would be tantamount to a tax rate increase for real estate, NAR analysts say.

Because these events aren't necessarily tied to the economic cycle, the industry «isn't recession - proof, but it is recession - resistant,» says Ryan Burke, an analyst at real - estate research firm Green Street Advisors.

Andrew LePage, an analyst with San Diego - based real estate information firm DataQuick, said the lack of move - up buyers can easily be detected by looking at what's happened to sales of homes in the $ 250,000 - to - $ 600,000 range.