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Fed Rate Bumps Could Mean It's Time to Sell

Cap rates are certainly going up this year, along with Fed rates, so experts are saying it's a good time to look for buyers of net lease investments.

chi-Walmart store exterior The market for net lease retail should be steady in 2018, largely due to the robust demand from investors.

CHICAGO—The Fed’s decision this week to push up its key interest rate, and the likelihood of several more hikes in 2018, has a lot of commercial real estate professionals advising clients that it’s time to think seriously about selling some properties. No one seems to be predicting any kind of real turmoil in the market, just that the direction is clear.

“Cap rates are not going to do anything but go up this year,” Camille Renshaw, chief executive officer and co-founder of Brokers + Engineers, a net lease brokerage, tells GlobeSt.com. “So, if you’re going to sell something, you’re going to want to get it on the market sooner rather than later.”

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Brian J. Rogal

Brian J. Rogal

Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.

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