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Here's What's Happening In The Market, Here’s What This Means For You

US Inflation May Soon Undershoot Fed's 2% Target
Falling short-term average inflation metrics, slumping commodities prices, a softening labor market, and cooling wage pressures are all pointing one way: disinflation.
Multifamily Looks Forward to Increased Deal Flow
Lower rates will provide relief for underwater multifamily loans.
RXR CEO Says CRE Faces a 'New Paradigm' of Permanently Higher Interest Rates
Interest rates will be higher than they have been for many years.

CRE Debt Origination May Have Hit Bottom
Banks are likely to spend the next several years reducing CRE exposures.
CMBS Special Servicing Rates Continue Their Series of Jumps in 2024
August brought another three-year high.
Green Street: CRE Pricing Increases in August
Continuing a reversal of a year-long trend toward price declines, the Green Street Commercial Property Price Index increased 1.6% in August from July. 
Trepp: Delinquency, Servicing Rates Hit Highs Not Seen In Years
Distressed CMBS loans increased across commercial real estate last month, but apartment issues stood out.
Fed Policymakers Say They Are Ready To Start Cutting Interest Rates
Noting a cooling in the labor market that could accelerate into something more dire in the absence of a policy shift.
Fed Rate Indicator Hints at Big Cuts, Looming Economic Challenges
The Fed funds and 2-year Treasury suggests recession.
44% Surge In Orange County Home Sellers Fails To Boost Buyer Activity
August's $1.48 million median list price is up 13% in a year and up 70% vs. 2018-19.
Anticipated Rate Cuts May Not Offer Quick Relief for CRE
Among other things, timing could be slow.
Investment Sales Reach Lowest Level in Four Years in July
Investors are closing fewer, but larger, deals across the board.
CRE Index Shows Market is Ready to Move
CRE transaction activity has inched up every month since March.
US Household Income Increases For First Time In 4 Years
Yet they still have not fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
Fed Must Decide If Quarter-Point Cut Will Be Enough For Workers
The monthly jobs report showed the pace of hiring in the US moderated over the last three months to the slowest since the onset of the pandemic in 2020. 
Special Servicing Rate Leaps Once More in August 2024, Multifamily Reaches New High
The rate has still sustained an increase during every month of 2024 and reached another three-year record high in August.
US Small Business Surges, Sentiment Improves, Treasury Report Says
Applications for businesses most likely to hire employees have risen to 140,000 per month, 30% more than 2019.
Property Insurers Retreat from Industrial, Multifamily Amid Widespread Softening
Record losses last year is prompting stricter terms for renewals and new policies.
With a Light Jobs Report, How Big a Rate Cut Will the Fed Do?
The Fed will consider several factors about this report.
Fed Rate Cuts Aren't Even Here Yet. Wall Street's Booming Commercial Real-Estate Business Isn't Waiting
Even as loan delinquencies climb, new mortgages from Wall Street have been in high demand.
Mortgage Rates Fall To Lowest Level Since February 2023 Ahead Of Fed Rate Decision
At 6.2%, the rate dropped slightly compared to 6.35% a week earlier.
Mortgage Applications Continue to Climb as Rates Come Down
Lower rates are driving refinancing higher, but applications are still limited as many people hold sub-5% rates.

Orange County

7
Closed Sales Last Week
59
Closed Sales - Average Days on Market
$3,412,500
Closed Sales - Average Sales Price
2
Transactions Sold At or Above Asking Price
6
Financed Transactions Last Week
1
All Cash Transactions Last Week
5
2-4 Unit Transactions Last Week
2
5+ Unit Transactions Last Week
25
New Listings Last Week
6
Months of Inventory
269
Total Number of Active Listings
$989,598,746
Active Listings, Dollar Volume
9
Active Under Contract Last Week
2
Pending Listings Last Week
6
Expired Listings Last Week

Orange County Closed Sales - MikeLembeck.com


Avg. Cap Rate: 4.44%
Avg. Gross Rent Multiplier: 14.74

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Southern California

9
Closed Sales Last Week
51
Closed Sales - Average Days on Market
$1,449,444
Closed Sales - Average Sales Price
2
Transactions Sold At or Above Asking Price
9
Financed Transactions Last Week
0
All Cash Transactions Last Week
6
2-4 Unit Transactions Last Week
3
5+ Unit Transactions Last Week
11
New Listings Last Week
7
Months of Inventory
172
Total Number of Active Listings
$475,466,284
Active Listings, Dollar Volume
5
Active Under Contract Last Week
1
Pending Listings Last Week
1
Expired Listings Last Week

Orange County Closed Sales - MikeLembeck.com


Avg. Cap Rate: 4.63%
Avg. Gross Rent Multiplier: 14.16

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