NAR Commercial – www.realtor.org/commercial NAR Commercial Advocacy – www.realtor.org/commercial/econ_stimulus_advocacy NAR Commercial Education -- www.realtor.org/commercial/commercial_education The Source, NAR Commercial's blog -- http://blog.commercialsource.com NAR Commercial Research -- www.realtor.org/research/research/reportscommercial NAR Commercial’s five commercial affiliates consists of the following:
NAR Treasurer Bill Armstrong highlights benefits of NAR membership for commercial REALTORS®, ranging from advocacy power at national, state, and local levels to:
Washington, DC, February 24, 2012
According to the National Association of Realtors® quarterly commercial real estate forecast, all of the major commercial real estate sectors are seeing improved fundamentals, but multifamily housing is becoming a landlord’s market commanding bigger rent increases. These trends also are confirmed in NAR’s recent quarterly Commercial Real Estate Market Survey.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said vacancy rates are improving... Read More
NAR Commercial would like to congratulate those listed below in recognition of achieving the Commercial Services Accreditation.
Full list of accredited associations. (PDF: 253KB)
Arizona
Scottsdale Area Association of REALTORS®, Scottsdale, AZ
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NAR Treasurer Bill Armstrong explains why REALTORS in the commercial sector need to be at the Rally to Protect the American Dream, taking place on May 17, in Washington, D.C.
Speaker: Bob Potter, author and Signature Series Speakers Bureau member Length: 25 min. Description: Explore a client's decision patterns involved in selecting a real estate service provider. Understanding that clients have a choice in who they select will help you to navigate the vendor selection process and ultimately win in competition. The more you understand how and why clients are making these decisions, the easier it will be to align and win.... Read More
With credit sources hard to access, it seems that more businesses would turn to the Small Business Administration (SBA) and its loan programs for building acquisitions. In spite of today’s sub five-percent, 20-year, fixed loan rates however, the program battles some misperceptions and does little to promote its loans.
Speaker: Bob McComb, co-Founder of Top Dogs and Signature Series Speakers Bureau member Length: 30 min. Description: Commercial real estate brokerage is not tough to get into—nor does take a long time to "make it." This program provides a strategy for achieving high-level success in commercial real estate. Bob McComb, co-Founder of Top Dogs, will introduce you to the world of commercial real estate brokerage and explain how to build a thriving practice quickly. You will learn the path to mastery and the... Read More
Speaker: Patricia Lynn, CCIM Length: 30 min. Description: Discover how you can take your business from a 'free' service to 'fee' based model. Learn what it takes to slightly change your focus to create a stronger business model. Listen now.
Speaker: Marsha Petrie Sue, MBA, CPS Length: 25 min. Description: Having a difficult time staying positively focused during this economy? Need to re-energize your success and accelerate your career? This webinar gives you tools to succeed, refocus, and maximize your talents. Reach your goals and improve your bottom line by taking control of what you can control: YOU. ... Read More
It used to be “location, location, location.” But as the economy moves deeper into the IT age, commercial real estate – at least in certain sectors – is likely to become more about “information, information, information.” Take health care. Beginning in 2014, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is expected to expand health insurance coverage to some 32 million Americans, with about 16 million getting public coverage through Medicaid, and the rest through federal subsidies to buy private insurance.
April 2, 2012
On March 26, 2012, Reps. Bachus (R-AL) and Garrett (R-NJ) issued a letter expressing concern to six banking agencies regarding their risk retention proposal, which contained a requirement that securitizers set aside the profits from sales of securities in a “premium capture cash reserve accounts” (PCCRAs). Specifically, the two lawmakers raised concerns that this provision would greatly reduce the securitization market for many asset classes, thereby reducing a vital source of capital for the commercial real estate industry. Given this potential negative... Read More
Speaker: Dr. Drew Stevens Length: 30 min. Description: Dr. Drew Stevens discusses how to accelerate your networking tactics to enhance your business. Learn the three most common mistakes professionals make with networking and how to change your networking objectives to maximize your relationships. Listen now.
Speaker: Eric Boles Length: 28 minutes Description: Popular Signature Series Speaker Eric Boles examines what it takes to be fearless in your business. Learn how to approach your work with focus and how to tackle initiatives by priority. Listen now.
With a new streamlined look and highly focused theme, Commercial Connections this month features a commercial real estate expert from the REALTOR® Commercial Signature Series Speakers Bureau in every interview, article, and event. Signature Series is a value-added program offered by NAR Commercial, which negotiates reduced rates from top commercial real estate speakers for your commercial board gatherings or your firm’s sales meetings. Each Signature Series speaker is hand-selected by NAR Commercial, based on extensive feedback from REALTORS®, as well as their stellar... Read More
Speaker: Richard Muhlebach, CPM, CRE Length: 18 minutes Description: Join Richard Muhlebach, CPM, CRE, as he offers a review of three critical components successful leasing agents use to develop a plan to efficiently and effectively lease a building: understanding client needs; developing a thorough plan of the building; and understanding the building's market position. Armed with this information, you'll be best positioned to develop and implement a marketing and leasing plan that will lead to a desired outcome.... Read More
Speaker: Dr. Margot Weinstein, CIPS, TRC Length: 31 minutes Description: Face-to-face networking is not always easy, even for the seasoned professional. Signature Series Speaker Dr. Margot Weinstein will share the "7 Lessons" to guide you through the entire process. Listen now.
Speaker: Rob Nahigian Length: 34 minutes Description: Develop your skills and knowledge in positioning your clients for the next upside in real estate. Signature Series Speaker Rob Nahigian will walk you through the state of the current commercial real estate market and offer his thoughts regarding its direction. Rob will also discuss how this recessionary market has become an optimal strategic crux for investment acquisitions and why investors are positioning themselves to act.... Read More
Speaker: Dr. Mark Dotzour, PhD Length: 28 minutes Description: Dotzour discusses the outlook for job growth in the next twelve months and what he describes as a "bi-polar" commercial real estate market. He takes a look at the health of businesses and consumers in today's economy. He also discusses Fed monetary policy and refers to Ben Bernanke as a "warrior without ammunition". This is a fast-moving half-hour of insight and analysis for commercial real estate professionals.... Read More
Speaker: Rod Santomassimo, CCIM Length: 30 minutes Description: The greatest insight to deal flow and opportunities is the broker's pipeline. There is no single operational element more important than this. The pipeline is in fact, the brokerage bloodline. Listen to Signature Series Speaker Rod Santomassimo, Founder and President at the Massimo Group and hear his invaluable advice on how to properly create and utilize your pipeline for achieving maximum commissions.... Read More
Speaker: Cindy Chandler, CCIM, CRE Length: 30 minutes Description: This webinar gives you a preview of Cindy's "Fundamentals of Commercial Real Estate" course. This offers you a great introduction to the basics of commercial real estate culture, lingo, practices and marketing, along with further training opportunities and additional resources. Listen now.
Loosely defined, a co-working space is a site where independent professionals and freelancers—anyone with workplace flexibility and mobility—can come to work.
WASHINGTON (May 3, 2012) - Although commercial real estate markets showed signs of recovery in 2011, commercial lending standards have tightened in the past year for small businesses and scuttled a major portion of contracted transactions for smaller properties, according to the National Association of Realtors® annual Commercial Real Estate 2012 Lending Survey.
Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said there is a significant split in commercial lending depending on value. "This is very much a tale of two markets. There have been notable improvements in capital for large... Read More
NAR Treasurer Bill Armstrong explains why when it comes to commercial real estate, the concept of lenders having "skin in the game" by holding them partially responsible for loans, doesn't work and could actually harm the industry.
Speaker: Frank Parker Length: 30 minutes Description: In the last year the American commercial real estate industry has been forced to deal with the Gulf Oil Spill, the Japanese Nuclear Disaster, the Arab Spring and American tornadoes. Each one possesses profound implications for the forthcoming regulatory environment in the United States. Topics in this webinar include the U.S. economy, the nuclear future, oil prices, wind tunnel and solar panel events, water access threats and carbon sequestration.... Read More
Anaheim, November 12, 2011
Depressed conditions in the financial and small business sectors continue to negatively affect the commercial real estate industry and the nation’s economic recovery. That’s according to economists at the Economic Issues and Commercial Real Estate Business Trends Forum at the 2011 Realtors® Conference & Expo yesterday.
During the forum, National Association of Realtors® Chief Economist Lawrence Yun shared his predictions for the commercial real estate market in 2012 and 2013, anticipating a steady improvement in... Read More
Frequency, Relevancy, and Sincerity: These are the three keys to building relationships online and in life. Ravit Lichtenberg of Ustrategy advises companies and individuals on elevating their e-commerce strategies and their clients' user experience. Listen as she suggests how to integrate marketing and communications tactics with your online activity to create a stronger role as an industry leader.
Much of your business information will soon be in a 2-inch-by-3-inch device; get ahead of the curve with these innovative guidelines and suggested resources.
NAR Treasurer Bill Armstrong takes a look back at some of the important legislative issues for the commercial sector in 2011, related to flood insurance, lease accounting, and refinancing. He also talks about the latest commercial economic forecast and highlights a new member benefit from Chrysler.
Get insights on the commercial real estate industry from peers, tips for professional development from experts, and a fresh perspective on the issues impacting you and your business.
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Read about healthcare facilities and the new SBA refinance program in this issue of Commercial Connections.
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Read about SBA lending and capital availability in this issue of Commercial Connections.
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The Commercial Real Estate Outlook (CREO) is NAR's flagship commercial research publication. It is produced quarterly and includes the latest market information on five major commercial real estate sectors — industrial, office, multi-family, retail and hospitality real estate.
The publication includes national and metropolitan data from the respected research firms of CBRE Econometric Advisors and Real Capital Analytics, along with in-depth analysis from NAR Research. The full report is available only to NAR members, and the summary report is open to all... Read More
In the Dec. 27 podcast on commercial real estate, NAR Treasurer Bill Armstrong takes a look at the top three issues that are at stake for the industry in 2012 and highlights the latest commercial forecast for 2012. He also provides details on a commercial refinancing program that has recently been expanded.
The Commercial Real Estate Lending Survey is conducted annually and provides an overview of lending conditions that impact commercial transactions nationally, based on responses from commercial real estate members. The 2012 survey shows that while commercial markets turned a corner in 2011, commercial lending standards have tightened in the past year for small businesses and have remained an obstacle to a major portion of contracted transactions for smaller properties.
The Innovation Grant Program provides financial resources for new commercial programming at REALTOR® associations that have an active commercial structure. Innovation Grant proposals must demonstrate an impact on the REALTOR® association; new products, programs, processes, or services that improve an organization's commercial real estate presence will be considered.
Stay tuned for more details and updates on progress.
Need a smart resource to educate potential investors? The Four Benefits of Commercial Real Estate Investing & You is designed as a marketing tool to help would-be investment clients learn more about the commercial real estate field.
The REALTORS® Commercial Real Estate Market Survey is a new quarterly project from Research that measures activity in the commercial real estate markets. The survey collects data from commercial REALTORS® and is designed to provide members with an overview of the market performance, sales and rental transactions, current economic challenges, and future expectations.
Smart growth can have a significant impact on commercial property demand and values—and is often overlooked by many commercial practitioners.
On September 27, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 (H.R. 5297).
NAR supported this law that:
Beginning April 4, 2011, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will expand its temporary 504 commercial real estate refinance program to assist more small business owners struggling to refinance commercial loans. This new refinancing option was initially restricted to small businesses with commercial real estate mortgages maturing by the end of 2012, but now small businesses will be allowed to refinance certain owner-occupied commercial real estate loans maturing after Dec. 31, 2012.
The 504 refinance program provides an SBA loan for up to 40 percent of the... Read More
This 2011 report covers the economic conditions underpinning current commercial real estate markets and presents trends in market fundamentals, investments and financing. List of Markets Covered
The 2012 Commercial Lending Survey provides insights into REALTORS®' commercial... Read More
The CCIM Institute confers the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation to commercial real estate professionals through an extensive curriculum of 200 classroom hours, in addition to industry experience. The CCIM education curriculum addresses financial analysis, market analysis, user decision analysis and investment analysis - the cornerstones of commercial investment real estate. There are 9,500 CCIMs in 1,000... Read More
Access FREE on-demand education by downloading monthly webinars brought to you by NAR Commercial. To learn more about each session and the speakers who will be presenting, follow the link below.
The following NAR Affiliate organizations provide educational programs that promote professionalism and offer real estate designations. Click on each to read more about their educational offerings.
May 7, 2012
On Thursday, April 26, 2012, a coalition of real estate and other business organizations (including NAR) wrote to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) reaffirming their calls for an economic impact study, extensive field testing, and full re-exposure of the entire lease accounting proposal — with the goal of creating a standard that will meet the tests of the marketplace and fulfill the needs of all stakeholders.
Under the boards’ proposal, U.S. companies that lease commercial space would... Read More
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The following NAR Affiliate organizations provide educational programs that promote professionalism and offer real estate designations.... Read More
The National Association of REALTORS® has established two types of Commercial property services ("Services"): the Commercial Information Exchange and the Commercial/Industrial MLS. While both are designed for the orderly correlation and dissemination of listing information so that participants may better serve their clients and the public, there are distinct differences between them. The following summary highlights their similarities and differences. A "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQ) section regarding the operation of CIEs may be found at the end of this... Read More
The National Awards Program, exclusively for associations that have earned Commercial Services Accreditation, was created to highlight and honor NAR members who have distinguished themselves in their communities.
Congratulations to all of the members recognized with this year's National Commercial Award from the National Association of REALTORS®. See... Read More
Reference these articles and blog posts from NAR and other news sources to learn about the latest on the proposed QRM rule.
Recent Lessons for the QRM (Dec. 8, 2011) NAR Economist Ken Fears discusses how the qualified residential (QRM) mortgage rule could affect the economy.
QRM Means Higher Rates During Market Volatility (Aug. 16... Read More
The provision in the Dodd-Frank Act requiring financial institutions to retain 5% of the risk on loans they securitize exempts certain qualified-residential mortgages (QRMs) from the requirement.
NAR believes that Congress intended to create a broad QRM exemption, but the proposed rule narrowly defines QRMs.
NAR wants federal regulators to honor Congressional intent by crafting a QRM exemption that includes a wide variety of traditionally safe, well underwritten products such as 30-, 15-, and 10-year fixed-rate loans; 7-1 and 5-1 ARMs;... Read More
Videos to help you understand the proposed QRM rule and other risk retention issues.
Momentum is building as lawmakers on a bipartisan basis lead effort to modify banking regulators' proposal to require 20% down for affordable qualified residential mortgage (QRM) loans.
An updated... Read More
The index is designed to provide early signals of turning points between expansions and slowdowns in commercial real estate. NAR reviewed a wide variety of indicators, examined the relationships of indicators that demonstrated a historical impact on commercial real estate, and modeled a forward looking index based on historic trends.
Quarterly data for 13 selected series were reviewed back through the first quarter of 1990. The modeling demonstrated a change in commercial brokerage activity that could be seen two quarters later as measured by net absorption in the industrial and... Read More
Your association can be recognized by NAR for a commitment to offering commercial services, programs and benefits for members. This prestigious achievement not only can help you retain your current members, but is also part of a strong membership recruitment tool.
List of Accredited Commercial Overlay Boards and Associations
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NAR Commercial offers these free webinars designed to supply members and association staff with valuable information to support their business growth and development. These prerecorded webinars address a mix of topics—ranging from sales techniques to marketing and negotiations—that can be applied to commercial real estate or any business. The goal of each webinar is to arm attendees with knowledge and information to support their overall business needs.
Environmental Impacts on Real Estate Wednesday,... Read More
The latest version of the Commercial Real Estate Advocacy Timeline cites NAR's recent action on lease accounting. For a longer view, take a look at the timeline from 2008 to present.
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Second Century Ventures, the strategic investment arm of the National Association of Realtors®, has sold ePropertyData (ePD) to Xceligent to create a competitive national alternative in commercial real estate information.
Xceligent will leverage ePD’s commercial information exchange (CIE) solution to help expand its existing coverage of fully researched commercial real estate information into the largest U.S. markets. ePD provides commercial real estate information in... Read More