Archive for the ‘Research Reports’ Category

Moody’s/REAL CPPI jumps 6.3% in May

Monday, July 25th, 2011

After hitting a new low in April for the index (which dates back to December 2000), the CPPI popped back into positive territory for the month of May, 2011. All Property Type Aggregate Index recorded its first increase in six months and its largest one month jump since its inception. ... More

Moody’s/REAL CPPI vs. S&P Case Shiller

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Calculated Risk is known for its informative graphics. One of our favorites is the comparison between S&P's Case-Shiller Housing Price Index and Moody's/REAL Commercial Property Price Index. But, the last one we were able to find was about 12 months old. An updated one in Google Charts is below. What is ... More

Moody’s/REAL CPPI in Google Charts

Friday, June 17th, 2011

Recently, I've been toying around with Google Charts.... and finally getting the hang of it! Below is a chart of Moody's/REAL CPPI by asset class. I've demo'd other charting utilities, such as Blytic and Tableau Public, with limited success. I knew that Google had charting abilities in their Google Docs service, ... More

S&P Case Shiller hits lowest level since 2002

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Yesterday, we posted on Moody's/REAL CPPI reaching lows not seen since the early 2000s. The same can be said about The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index. From the S&P Press Release: Data through March 2011, released today by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. ... More

Moody’s CPPI drops 4.2 percent in March

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

Moody's Commercial Property Price Index (CPPI) fell 4.2 percent in March. This drop makes for 4 months of consecutive declines for the index and marks a new post bubble low, resting at 101.17. Find the full report on RealIndices.com or RCAnalytics.com. The reason for this decline? Moody's: Nearly one third of ... More

Moody’s CPPI drops 3.3 percent in February

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

The Moody's/REAL Commercial Property Price Index (CPPI) saw its largest one-month drop since August 2010, declining 3.3 percent. The index is down 44.6 percent from its October 2007 peak. This drop is the index's largest in 5 months and is mostly a product of distressed trades making up 29 percent of ... More

Commercial real estate and inflation

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Recently, National Real Estate Investor published an article asking, "Will Commercial Real Estate Provide a Good Hedge Against Inflation?" In the 1980s, a slew of papers examined the rate of return on various property types and concluded that commercial real estate investors were in fact compensated for inflation risk. However, with many ... More

REITs vs. CMBS Property Sales

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

In Dr. Geltner's March issue of his Professor's Corner newsletter, he broke out repeat sales of properties sold by REITs and those previously acquired using CMBS loans. His findings? REIT properties tended to exhibit less of a price bubble during the boom period, but then they did not fall nearly ... More

CBRE Cap Rate Survey – Year End 2010

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

As we've referenced before, CBRE's Capital Markets Group conducts one of the more useful cap rate surveys available. Courtesy of Scott Pollock & Steve Latkovic over at The Commercial Insider, you may view the full report on Scribd. An excerpt of CBRE's commentary from this report: Total U.S. investment transaction volume is ... More

Moody’s/REAL CPPI declines 1.2 percent

Monday, March 28th, 2011

Moody's/REAL CPPI continued its decline, dropping by 1.22 percent in the first month of 2011. While the index's volatility has subsided, the divergence between trophy and distressed assets continues. A nice addition to the Moody's newsletter is the new "From the Lab" section, which included continued coverage of the CPPI's ... More