Commercial Real Estate Vacancy Rates Improving, Rents Firming
23.05.12
WASHINGTON, DC, Feb 24, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
According to the National Association of Realtors(R) quarterly
commercial real estate forecast, all of the major commercial real
estate sectors are seeing improved fundamentals, but multifamily
housing is becoming a landlord's market commanding bigger rent
increases. These trends also are confirmed in NAR's recent quarterly
Commercial Real Estate Market Survey.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said vacancy rates are improving
in all of the major commercial real estate sectors. "Sustained job
creation is benefiting commercial real estate sectors by increasing
demand for space," he said. "Vacancy rates are steadily falling.
Leasing is on the rise and rents are showing signs of strengthening,
especially in the apartment market where rents are rising the
fastest."
NAR forecasts commercial vacancy rates over the next year to decline
0.4 percentage point in the office sector, 0.8 point in industrial
real estate, 0.9 point in the retail sector and 0.2 percentage point
in the multifamily rental market.
Source: MarketWatch (press release)