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Thoughts and insights about valuing real estate. Regularly updated with posts that apply to what is happening today.

  1. Imagine not being able to get insurance for your car because too many of your neighbours had already gotten from the same local company. Why doesn't this happen?

    This situation sounds similar to the position Landlords find themselves in—forced to limit flexible leasing options because they can only afford to absorb a limited amount of flexible leasing risk. Insurance companies this problem of concentrated risk by turning to the reinsurance market. Can Landlords do something similar?

  2. Stuck between tenants that are demanding short-term, flexible leases and a financing and regulatory system that demands long-term leases, landlords risk being forced to choose between two unprofitable decisions.

    Landlords are facing a squeeze.
  3. In small commercial real estate markets, valuations can dictate sale prices rather than the other way around. Will this small market feature soon be coming to larger real estate markets?

    Valuers are dictating value.
  4. With the paradigm shift in office demand and valuation methodologies lagging behind this new reality, investors are facing a tough balancing act–how much should they focus on valuation versus maintaining Net Operating Income levels? While landlords understandably don't want to hurt values and financeability in the short-run, Net Operating Income is what pays the bills and it has to be prioritized.

    An individual choosing between income streams.
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