Buying Commercial Real Estate in Today’s Market By Yanni A Raz
Over the recent months, we have heard a lot of talk about the Real Estate Market and lending market. Although there has been a lot of talk about how people are losing their current homes, or unable to qualify for loans to purchase a home of their choice. We have no heard a lot of talk about the Commercial Real Estate side of things. The reality of it is, investors are taking a beating in this market as well.
With the issue arising with sub prime loans, and the crash of the mortgage market not only are families and individuals suffering, investors are seeing that business is taking a turn for the worse. For many investors, investing in commercial property is how they make a living. The cold hard truth is, these lenders who cannot fund individuals, cannot find the investors either. Simply because the have NO money to lend. They don’t have money to lend to the builders to start and even in some cases finish their new projects, leaving less of an inventory to the investor. The banks don’t have the money to lend the investor to purchase property that is already out there on the market.
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