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TODAY’S DEALS: Steadfast Apartment REIT Closes First Acquisition
Steadfast Apartment REIT completes its first acquisition with a Tennessee purchase; NorthMarq Capital finalizes $41 million seven-year refinancing loan; and Cohen Financial secures a $26.3 million bridge loan for a fractured condo in suburban Orlando.
Apartments Still a Landlords’ Market, Says NAR
By Dees Stribling, Contributing Editor Washington, DC—The forecast for rental apartments is still positive, according to the Q1 2014 Commercial Real Estate Outlook, which was released this week by the National Association of Realtors. In fact, according to the outlook, the apartment sector will remain the strongest kind of commercial real estate into 2015, as it has been for a number of years now. NAR predicts that apartment vacancies nationwide will edge up from 4 percent, as of the second quarter of 2014, to 4.1 percent in Q2 2015. Though that represents a small increase, it doesn’t mean a fundamental…
TODAY’S DEALS: Harbor Group Buys 568 Units in CBRE-brokered Sale
CBRE’s New York Institutional Group brokers a two-property Connecticut sale; Grandbridge brokers $24.5 million Miami rental apartment construction financing; and The Bascom Group closes the first acquisition under its new private capital program.
TODAY’S DEALS: PCCP Provides Northland with $98M for Massachusetts Development
Northland Investment Corp. lands $98 million for a mixed-use development; NorthMarq refinances a student housing portfolio in Idaho; and HFF arranges an $8 million financing through Sun National Bank.
Economy Watch: Home Values Still Rising, But Not As Fast
S&P Dow Jones Indices released the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices (based on data through March), which showed that the 10-City and 20-City Composite Indices gained 0.8 percent and 0.9 percent respectively month-over-month.
TODAY’S DEALS: Greysteel Closes 200-Unit TOD Sale in Virginia
Federal Capital Partners grabs a Virginia asset; Orion lands a management gig in Houston; and Centerline Capital facilitates a $18.5 million funding of an acquisition.
Economy Watch: New Home Sales See Uptick in April
Sales of new single-family houses came in at an annualized rate of 433,000 units in April, according to the Census Bureau and HUD.
TODAY’S DEALS: Cushman & Wakefield Arranges Orlando Fractured Condo Sale
Cushman & Wakefield advises a Madison Capital Management affiliate on a fractured condo sale; Castle Lanterra enters Chicago with a $28.5 million, 425-unit buy; and Largo Group arranges a seven-year, $32.75 million permanent loan.
Economy Watch: Existing Homes Sales Rise in April
The National Association of Realtors reported that total existing-home sales rose 1.3 percent in April to an annualized rate of 4.65 million units, compared with 4.59 million units in March.
TODAY’S DEALS: Resource Real Estate Buys Two Atlanta Apartment Assets
Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT grabs 359 units in Atlanta; Aragon Holdings acquires a two-property portfolio in Denver; and NorthMarq Capital arranges a $20.5 million Freddie Mac refinancing loan.