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S&P: RE Prices Show National Decline

NEW YORK CITY-The Standard & Poor's indices for September's commercial real estate sales show that office fared the worst, apartments the best.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on December 23, 2008

NEW YORK CITY-Commercial real estate prices nationwide declined year over year in September as they had done in August, according to data released Tuesday by Standard & Poor’s. The annual decline was only the second in the 15-year history of the S&P/GRA Commercial Real Estate Indices.

The S&P/GRA national composite for September reported an annual price change of -0.6%, versus September of 2007. This decline is smaller than the -1.6% change in the data for August, according to S&P, and also represents a 0.1% increase from August to September. It is, however, well below the high of +14.7% reported in August of 2006.

“For the second straight month, and the second time in the history of the index, the national composite recorded a negative annual growth rate, but there are some potential signs of improvement in commercial real estate prices,” says David Blitzer, managing director and chairman of the index committee at S&P, in a release. He adds, “In the property sector, three of the four sectors had negative returns for the month and year-over-year period. Office recorded its lowest annual return in its history, -3.1%.”

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