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Recession Is Easing, But Not Commercial Real Estate’s Woes

Published Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Despite strong evidence that the severe U.S. recession is receding, the problems in commercial real estate continue to mount. Real gross domestic product (GDP) contracted at an annualized rate of 1% in the second quarter, much improved over the 6.4% pullback in the first quarter. But continued job losses coupled with a pullback in consumer and business spending have led to considerably weakened property fundamentals. The U.S. apartment sector, for instance, long hailed as one of the most stable sectors in commercial real estate in good times and bad, experienced record deterioration in the ...

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