Despite market volatility, investors and property owners are largely reporting stability in real estate values and rents and they expect CRE values and transaction volume to remain steady throughout the remainder of the year.

According to Matthews Real Estate Investment Services' most recent sentiment survey, 55% of investors said the value of the real estate on average is the same for the first half of the year, while 46% said their rents have remained the same. About 30% reported values as lower and 2% said values were much lower over the first half. On the other hand, 30% said rents are higher and 2% said rents are much higher, according to the report.

These trends suggest a significant variation in real estate performance and could be related to Class A construction across the Sunbelt region, said Matthews. These deliveries have pushed up average rent, but vacancies have also increased across the board.