Reis 3Q Briefing Gives Reason for Optimism via Commercial Property Executive

“All indicators are pointing toward another year of recovery” was the optimistic bottom line of Wednesday’s Q3 2013 Capital Markets Briefing from Reis Inc. Hosted by Reis senior economist Ryan Severino, the conference call promised to tackle angles such as economic growth and the capital markets, interest rates and cap rates, and the GSE pullback.

Though he cautioned that the data are still preliminary, Severino said that GDP growth at an annualized 2.8 percent in the third quarter is better than what had been expected by many and added that job creation figures look good: “We are now ahead of last year’s pace of job creation.”

He does, however, expect a slowdown in growth in the fourth quarter, in part because of lingering effects from the government shutdown.

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