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Commercial Real Estate Forecast Uncertain According to NAR

The recent deep economic downturn has had a pronounced impact on commercial real estate sectors, but credit availability is the big unknown that will determine how soon commercial markets recover, according to the National Association of Realtors®.

Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said some initial movements earlier this week in commercial mortgage-backed securities are encouraging. “The

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Commercial REALTORS(R) Sales Volume Down; Leasing Volume up according to NAR

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

According to the 2009 National Association of Realtors® Commercial Member Profile Realtors® specializing in commercial real estate experienced a slowdown in sales transaction volume in 2008, but also reported an increase in commercial leasing volume.
The study’s results represent Realtors® who practice commercial real estate, roughly 81,000 of the National Association of Realtors® 1.2

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Commercial Real Estate Slowing

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

Today the National Association of REALTORS(R) published their Commercial Leading Indicator for Brokerage Activity for the second quarter of 2009 showing a decline of 1.3 percent to an index of 101.5, down from an index of 102.8 in the first quarter.  At 101.5 the index for the second quarter of 2009

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