How do you spot a hot real estate market overheating? An increase in distressed asset volume is a sure sign. The brokers at Kidder Mathews, the largest fully independent commercial real estate firm in the Western US, offer their views on where and what to look for and what might happen to future commercial real estate pricing expectations.
Multifamily Value-Add Turned BadApartments have been a top investment target for many years, but tighter margins combined with economic headwinds have led to more investor jeopardy, especially for value-add multifamily product. There are some signals that suggest a wave of distress is incoming.