2024 Maine’s Capital Market Outlook     By Chris Paszyc, CCIM, SIOR | Partner, Broker       In 2024, despite all current indications of a successful Fed-piloted “soft landing” we predict the commercial real estate investment volume to fall year-overyear, continuing the downtrend that started in 2022. However, the State of Maine will out perform the national averages and … Continue reading 2024 Maine’s Capital Market Outlook

The 2023 Maine Capital Markets Outlook     By Chris Paszyc, CCIM, SIOR | Partner, Broker         2022 was the tale of two halves. I harken back to the 2017 Superbowl where the Patriots were down 28–3 in the first half. Unfortunately, in this analogy, we CRE professionals are Atlanta, and we all know how that story … Continue reading Maine Capital Markets Update – 2023

Capital Markets 2022 Mid-Year Update By Chris Paszyc, CCIM, SIOR – Partner, Broker Here at The Boulos Company, and in Maine in general for the first half of 2022, investment sale volume has TRIPLED when compared to the first half of 2021!  While we like to think we’re unique here in Maine, these phenomenal results mirror a national trend.  However, … Continue reading Maine Capital Markets 2022 Mid-Year Update

Maine’s 2022 Capital Markets Outlook: GENERAL TRENDS  In last year’s Market Outlook, we stated that given the savory ingredients of abundant liquidity, low cost of capital, wider yield spreads, and rebounding asset value appreciation, we expected investor appetites to acquire more commercial real estate (CRE) in 2021 to return to the insatiable pre-COVID levels, albeit with some sectors faring better … Continue reading Capital Markets Overview

Insights Capital Markets Overview: 2021 Chris Paszyc, Broker & Partner Originally featured in our 2021 Greater Portland Market Outlook. In last year’s Market Outlook, I said that there was a growing consensus that the commercial real estate market had peaked in the cycle and was experiencing a deceleration. However, indicators pointed to a soft landing and it looked like we … Continue reading Capital Markets Overview: 2021

In this episode, guest host Chris Paszyc talks with Kevin Mattson, president of Dirigo Capital Advisors, LLC, a real estate…

As we drop into the unknown of 2020, will the capital markets continue an impressive ten-year run, or will that unending flow of investor capital into commercial real estate (CRE) suddenly be turned off at the spigot? It is widely accepted that economic expansions end because of investor tolerance for risk, both real and perceived. Indicators of risk include growth … Continue reading 2020 Capital Markets Outlook

National Trends Despite a rising interest rate environment, investment in national commercial real estate year-to-date was $394.2 billion, up 10.6% from a year ago. For context, 2015 had the largest volume of transaction activity—$569 billion—since the 2009 bottom ($69 billion). 2017 was slower ($487 billion) than 2016 ($511 billion) due to fewer properties available for sale. In this current cycle, … Continue reading Capital Markets Outlook