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US Banks to Tighten Commercial Real Estate Lending

Some say that there is a bubble forming in some parts of the country, which caused U.S. banks to be cautious about lending in the commercial property sector.

US Rental Market Sputtering

The research was conducted by Axiometrics and it found that the average rent for off campus school housing, which many new graduates would opt in their first months of finding a job, cost about $533 near the University of Florida campus. In nearby Florida State University, the cost of rent was at $536. In comparison, the average room rental for March in Miami was at $1,000. In Orlando, one room sets back an individual at $651 and in the Tampa- St. Petersburg area, the cost is at $657.

China's Impact on Global Real Estate

While much of the business is in mergers and acquisitions, especially in the agribusiness sector, Chinese purchases of real estate properties and/or interests have made a splash in the global real estate market. Amongst the purchases were the $13 billion spent for Starwood Hotels &Resorts Worldwide Inc. The total volume for the quarter had already surpassed $16 billion.
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