Category Archives: Market Trends & Indicators

Market trends, leading or lagging indicators. As it relates to industrial property.

Capital Gains Tax Increase Coming

On January 1, 2011, the capital gains tax reduction that was signed into law by President Bush under the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act will “sunset.” The tax rate will revert from the current 15 percent rate back to the former 20 percent capital gain tax rate that was in effect prior to 2003.  This will affect the decision making of commercial real estate property owners who have plans to dispose of their property in the near future.  Perhaps some sellers will have a higher level of motivation to dump their asset.

CMBS dinlinquency update: Industrial holding up the best

About 30 percent of newly delinquent commercial real estate loans in the U.S. were from commercial mortgage-backed securities loans originated in 2005, according to Fitch Ratings’ February delinquency index. Upcoming maturities for deals originated five years ago contributed to a delinquency rate that stood at 6.29 percent at the end of February.

Office properties had the largest increase in the loan delinquency index, growing by 45 basis points from January to a total rate of 3.5 percent. The hotel industry’s delinquency rate is the greatest at 16.6 percent, while multifamily is at nearly 9 percent, retail at 5.1 percent and industrial at 4.2 percent.