Commercial Real Estate

California commercial real estate developers have likely heard about a looming tranche of commercial mortgage-backed securities that must be paid off or refinanced in 2017. About $2.4 billion of these loans became delinquent in June, and experts believe that this may...

California residents who own residential property may be interested in accommodating a growing tenant market. An app launching in the fall of 2017 is planning on pairing up young people, like millennials and college students, with older homeowners. In addition to...

Commercial property values have climbed steadily in recent years, and developers in California cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco have enjoyed particularly healthy returns. However, investors tend to become anxious after several years of sustained growth, and...

California residents may be aware that the U.S. Federal Reserve announced the latest in a series of interest rate increases on June 14, and the nation's central bank has braced markets for further rate hikes in late 2017 and 2018. Higher interest rates allow the...

Filing predatory lawsuits over alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act has become so prevalent that the weekly news show '60 Minutes" recently ran a segment on the practice, and more of this litigation is filed in California than in any other state....

Lawmakers in California introduced reforms in 2016 that were designed to reduce the number of predatory lawsuits filed against business owners for violations of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, but the data suggests that more needs to be done. The disability...

Commercial property developers in California may now be thinking twice before starting projects that would have been carried out without hesitation a few years ago. Potentially huge changes on the horizon, including tax reform and inflation, are uncertain and likely...

There are several reasons why real estate investors in California and around the country may be drawn to commercial rather than residential properties, and this may be especially true when they are landlords. Residential renters often complain belligerently about...

California commercial real estate investors and developers might be aware that interest rates are rising and expected go up twice more before the end of 2017. This could create a slowdown in the sector because borrowing money will become more costly. On the other...

The demand for office space has leveled off in most California markets, and vacant stores are a familiar sight in many parts of the state. While rents may be flat across the Golden State as a whole, they have risen by 25 percent in Pasadena over the last 12 months...