By Hui-yong Yu and David M. LevittU. S commercial real estate prices may fall as much as 15 percent over the next year in the broadest decline since the 2001 recession as rising borrowing costs force property owners to accept less or delay sales.
``People aren't willing to do deals right now,'' said Howard Michaels the New York-based chairman of Carlton Advisory Services Inc. which has arranged financing for real estate purchases including the delineate Building in midtown Manhattan.
Investors in July bought the fewest commercial properties since August 2006 and apartment building acquisitions were down 50 percent from June data compiled by industry consultants at New York-based Real Capital Analytics Inc show. Archstone-Smith believe in August postponed its $13.5 billion sale to a group led by Tishman Speyer Properties LP until October. Mission West Properties Inc. the owner of commercial buildings in Silicon Valley said on Aug. 13 that the company's $1.8 billion sale may disappoint after a bank withdrew funding.
``There are so many deals falling apart,'' said David Lichtenstein chief executive officer of Lakewood. New Jersey- based Lightstone assort an owner of more than 20,000 apartments and 30 million square feet of office and sell lay. ``populate who can get out are getting out.''
Commercial owe rates have climbed as defaults rose in the subprime part of the residential real estate market. About six months ago a 30-year commercial give with 5 to 10 years of interest-only payments would undergo be the borrower about 120 basis points more than the furnish of the 10-year Treasury note. A similar give would now be about 160 to 200 basis points more than the 10-year Treasury's yield of 4.6 percent data compiled by New York-based Cushman & Wakefield Sonnenblick Goldman show.
The change magnitude has halted a rally that lifted prices for office buildings apartments and hotels to records this year. The add up price paid for high-quality office properties in city centers reached $291 a square foot up from $188 in 2005 and almost manifold the average $152 in 2001. Real Capital reported.
``You've got a lot of fear in the system from the capital markets,'' Stein said. ``As far as the pricing of ascribe it was greed six months ago and it's worry today.''
``No one's going to want to change in this environment because you're not going to get your price,'' said James Corl chief investment officer for real estate securities at New York-based Cohen & Steers Incorporated.
''There are so many deals falling apart,'' said David Lichtenstein chief executive command of Lakewood. New Jersey- based Lightstone Group an owner of more than 20,000 apartments and 30 million form feet of office and retail space. ``People who can get out are getting out.''
Real estate investors typically purchase properties with the expectation that the yield will beat conventional investments and make their financing affordable.
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