Real News from RealNex

Jeffrey D. Fisher Ph.D

The Evolution of a Year: Navigating Real Estate Changes

RealNex was pleased to host another quarterly Commercial Real Estate Market Update with Dr. Jeffrey Fisher. During the session Dr. Fisher presented his perspective based on year-end 2022 data as reported by members of the National Council of Commercial Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) with additional analysis from a host of market experts. In addition to his perspective the audience provided real time market insights through a series of polls.

“Never seen anything like this in the history of the Index,” commented Dr. Jeffrey Fisher during his RealNex Webinar Series presentation on CRE Market Trends. Discussing his findings based on Q3 2021 research, Dr. Fisher noted the staggering 11% quarterly returns for Industrial property. And, while that sector continues to be white-hot, Apartments at 6.5% quarterly would have normally been something to get excited about!

The RealNex Webinar Series hosted by CEO Jeffrey Finn continued on Thursday August 26 with the Mid-Year 2021 CRE Market Update featuring Dr. Jeffrey Fisher. Dr. Fisher highlighted the continued strength of the overall market lead by record performance in the industrial sector, and the white-hot residential sector fueled by the growing institutional appetite for single-family rentals. The industrial market achieved its highest quarterly returns ever and the overall market realized the best quarter in over a decade

RealNex, in conjunction with the Houston Blockchain Alliance, was pleased to host the FIBREE webinar on March 26, 2021 entitled “Real Estate Tokenization and Blockchain – The New Goldrush?” The session featured UK-based keynote speaker Megan Hanney, CBRE Regional Innovation Lead. Megan was joined by special guests FIBREE co-founder/Board member Jo Bronckers and CEO/co-founder of Blocksquare Denis Petrovic. FIBREE Houston Chapter co-chairs Mark Kingston, RealNex Executive Chairman and Sachin Kapoor, CBRE Director - Projects and Business Analytics co-hosted the session along with Mahesh Sashital founder of the Houston Blockchain Alliance.

The February 19, 2021 episode of the RealNex Webinar Series featured Dr. Jeffrey Fisher for his quarterly CRE Market Update. The session titled “V-shaped so far” focused on the impact of Coronavirus on commercial property market prices and returns. The findings highlighted the winners and losers among all the major asset classes based on his research with NCREIF (National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries) with supporting data and perspectives from a host of industry experts. The data, as of the end of 2020, paints a picture of the precipitous drop in market activity and the equally dramatic recovery by year-end.

The RealNex Webinar Series continued November 19 with special Guest Mike Falk SIOR CCIM. RealNex CEO Jeff Finn interviewed Mike and discussed highlights from his new book Abundant Broker. Abundant Broker is a consolidation of best practices, systems and processes that have helped hundreds of brokers start their CRE careers fast and build consistent long-term success. These proven and time-tested techniques take the guess work out of the business to create predictable results and top performance. The Abundant Broker formula for success enables new agents to generate $100,000 in their first year and then, by continuing to refine their process and improve their skills, to build long term wealth in commercial real estate.

Based on research of Q3 2020 data, RealNex head of data and research Dr. Jeffrey Fisher presented his analysis and findings in a webinar last week. Dr. Fisher was joined in this quarter’s webinar by Terry Tallen, Chairman and CEO of Tallen Capital. Given his ownership of a diverse portfolio of retail assets, Terry was able to provide particular insight into real time activity in that sector.

With data now available from the first full quarter since the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the economy and forced work from home rules, RealNex hosted its quarterly Market Update with Dr. Jeffrey Fisher. Based on his research using data from the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) and others, Dr. Fisher presented his findings and analysis of a dramatically altered landscape. Although the impact was mitigated by government programs that enabled more rent to be paid than otherwise might have, rents, NOI and returns all dropped for the first time since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC).