IPIN Live - Archived Articles for May 2011

A recent increase in sales of commercial property loan securities in the US has led to some experts feeling cautiously optimistic. It is thought that the increase could have far reaching benefits, including strengthening bank balance-sheets...

The listed property trusts in Australia have bounced back from the global financial crisis and have managed to not only match, but also better the equities market...

The latest Global Commercial Property Survey by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (UK) is positive on the prospects for growth in many global markets...

Recent research has suggested that the European hotel industry is showing steady signs of growth in the wake of the global economic crisis...

The European commercial property investment scene has begun to take an increasing share of the limelight as it finds its recovery legs...

The recovery is severely fragmented, with some countries seeing capital growth, some seeing incomes increase, and almost all seeing rents either stagnant or falling. One thing that is nearly constant however is a strong growth in investment returns...

The positive 1st quarter growth enjoyed by REITs was surprising to many, given the slightly negative returns in March. The FTSE NAREIT All Equity Index fell 1.28% on the month, and the All REITs Index fell 1.38%. This was against a 0.04% increase in the S and P 500.