Coronavirus

How Covid-19 is Impacting the Hotel Industry Introduction to Hotel Industry Troubles   The coronavirus pandemic has impacted all industries, but perhaps the most significantly impacted has been the hospitality industry. As early as February, international travel from certain countries was banned. A COVID-19 outbreak caused by an international convening of biotech executives in Boston…

How Coronavirus is Impacting the Housing Market The Pandemic’s Impact on the Housing Market   The coronavirus pandemic has had varied impacts on the U.S. housing market. Some buyers, concerned over growing economic uncertainty, will inevitably sit on the sidelines. Others are seeing this as an opportunity to buy real estate, particularly because economic fundamentals…

How is COVID-19 Going to Affect CMBS Delinquency Rates? By Adam Gower Ph.D. With good reason, many commercial real estate industry professionals are monitoring the COVID-19 crisis closely. There has been a lot of chatter as to how the virus will impact the future of commercial real estate – from lending to new construction, from…

Rent Negotiations During the Coronavirus Crisis This article was written based on a conversation I had with attorney Peter Fischer you can listen to here. Commercial property owners have been holding their collective breath: what would April 1st, 2020 bring? Who would be paying rent and who wouldn’t?   The Coronavirus crisis had seemingly come…

COVID-19: A Look Inside the Commercial Real Estate Capital Markets This article written based on my conversation with Willy Walker at Walker and Dunlop, here. The commercial real estate industry, like many others, has been dramatically shaken up by the COVID-19 crisis. Nearly all deals have ground to a halt. Interest rates, which were hovering…

The Impact on Commercial Real Estate of Coronavirus – Insights from CrowdStreet By Adam Gower Ph.D. The COVID-19 crisis has swept America by storm. In most metro areas, retail activity has come to a grinding halt. Restaurants have been shut down. Office workers have been ordered to stay home. Layoffs and unemployment claims are simultaneously…

Covid-19 Didn’t Cause the Market Panic – Here’s Why Guest Post by Phillip J. Anderson If you reckon that this Covid-19 virus thing caused the panic, then you are looking at markets the wrong way. Let me explain. I also want to bring you some perspective about current events. If you know your history, it…

The Impact of Coronavirus Covid-19 on Commercial Real Estate   Over the past few weeks, I’ve fielded questions from investors, real estate professionals, and others in the CRE world regarding the potential effects of Covid-19, aka the “Coronavirus.” People want to know if this pandemic is really the end of the world, or if it…