Insights

  How has the capital- raising process changed over the years? There is more capital in the market seeking opportunities than ever before. Despite the competition for capital going towards good deals, base underwriting has stayed conservative and realistic for the most part over the years. In addition to familiar underwriting, investors, including institutional investors, […]

  Los Angeles has had its fair share of challenges over the decades, but it continues to attract new talent and investors seeking opportunities. These challenges include the financial crisis, COVID-19, and Los Angeles’s biggest Achilles heel – housing construction. They have all shaped the area’s current real estate landscape and the shifting market preferences. […]

The COVID-19 pandemic stirred up uncertainty within the retail sector, but as retail properties begin to rebound from the effects of the pandemic, lenders have returned to quoting and closing loans. The sale of retail properties was up at a double-digit rate in July, but despite this impressive growth, volume was still muted relative to […]

  Click the link below for the Matthews™ 2021 November Capital Markets Update.  

COVID-19 changed the American worker. According to Forbes, at the height of the pandemic, more than half of the U.S. workforce was working from home. Now, as we enter the post-pandemic world, employers and employees are rethinking what they want and need out of office space. Since the beginning of the pandemic, most traditional office […]

  Atlanta holds the role of a regional and national distribution hub, giving confidence to developers and investors in the market. Leasing volume has surged, and the metro has one of the largest speculative supply pipelines in the country on a nominal basis. Despite the vast construction inventory, vacancies have surprisingly trended downward and are […]

“The pandemic increased demand and made healthcare a more desirable asset class,” Rahul Chhajed, VP and senior director of healthcare at Matthews Real Estate Investment Services, tells GlobeSt.com about how the asset class fared during the pandemic. For one, medical properties moved onto the list of darling asset classes, and it isn’t hard to understand why.   […]

  Initially, South Florida suffered substantial economic disruption when COVID-19 hit as tourism came to a halt. The hospitality and leisure industry accounts for 15 to 20 percent of the workforce, depending on the market. However, the job market has since rebounded, with tourists adjusting to the new normal and eager to vacation again. Investors […]

The Matthews Podcast | Episode #1 The State of the Shopping Center Market On this episode of the Matthews™ podcast, specialized agents dissect the shopping center sector and the shifts occurring in the space with Matthews™ Market Leader, Matthew Wallace. We are joined by CRE experts Devon Dykstra the Director of Western US Shopping Centers, Tripp […]