CRE Price Index Rises for Seventh Consecutive Month via CoStar Group

The CoStar National Composite Index of commercial real estate pricing rose for the seventh straight month since last spring as investment-grade sales made solid pricing gains in November 2011, and the level of distressed sale transactions continued to decline during the month.

The composite index rose 0.6% in November from the previous month, with prices now an average 1.8% higher compared to the same period a year ago, according to this month’s release of the CoStar Commercial Repeat Sale Index (CCRSI), which tracks sale pair transaction data through Nov. 30.

November also brought the second consecutive year-over-year increase in the composite index. Last month, CoStar reported that the index rose 2.2% in October from the same period a year earlier, the first year-over-year improvement in the composite since the U.S. economy took a dive in 2008.

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