Apartment demand turned negative last quarter, the first Q3 in at least 30 years that such a phenomenon occurred. Net demand was -82,095 units in Q3 among the markets tracked, bringing year-to-date net demand to -47,143 units.
The Fed has lifted rates by 0.75 percentage point at each of its past three meetings, bringing its benchmark federal-funds rate to a range between 3% and 3.25% last month—the fastest pace of increases since the 1980s. Officials have indicated they could make a fourth increase of 0.75 point at their Nov. 1-2 meeting and raise the rate above 4.5% early next year.
The once-hot real estate market is swiftly slowing down, with mortgage rates for a 30-year fixed loan over 6% — up from 3.29% at the start of the year.
A U.S. Sentencing Commission report said that guilty pleas by corporations have trended downward in recent decades, reaching 90 in 2021 from a high of 304 in 2000.
With the surge in energy costs and rising interest rates weakening household demand, exports and imports should increase by just 1% in 2023, down from a previous forecast of 3.4%.
U.S. retail vacancy fell to 6.1% in the second quarter, the lowest level in at least 15 years, while asking rents for U.S. shopping centers in the quarter were 16% higher than five years ago.
The existing Interstate Hotels & Resorts portfolio, which has operated as Aimbridge’s international division since 2019, comprising some 114 properties (15,000 rooms) across the UK and Europe will be rebranded Aimbridge EMEA.
Dajia Insurance Group is putting up for sale the Montage in Laguna Beach, the Four Seasons resort in Jackson Hole and the Four Seasons in Scottsdale. The combined price tag is estimated at $1.3 billion.
A large-scale survey revealed a wide gap between employees’ assessments of their own remote productivity and managers’ perceptions of how much gets done away from the office. Some 87% of the rank and file say they’re just as effective at home, but 80% of bosses disagree.
