Low Cap Rates Driven By Macro Economics
By Rick Longpre
on Mar 01, 2015 at 02:25 PM in Investing in Commercial Real Estate, Macro Economic News
As the year gets underway, the investment world is increasingly anxious about various global risks. The economies in the European Union remain challenged, and despite the European Central Bank’s commitment to quantitative easing, the fear is that stagnation is becoming ingrained throughout Europe and that Greece may leave the Union altogether. The Japanese economy has seen some progress with improvements in growth and inflation with the various “Abenomics” policies, but in general, the policy has not been widely supported by Japan’s consumers. In addition, Russia continues to wage war in the Ukraine, and the Islamic State is extending its reach beyond the Middle East to Europe with attacks on select communities in Paris and Denmark…
