Wednesday, February 4, 2009

A Commercial Real Estate Crisis? Probably Not



Written by Casey B. Mulligan

Posted by Yen Ho

For months now, experts have been predicting that commercial real estate will be "the other shoe to drop." But in fact, non-residential building fell far behind housing construction during the housing boom. This shortage of commercial buildings relative to housing suggests that a commercial real estate crisis will not occur, or that at worst it will occur with much less severity than did the housing crash.

While there is much disagreement as to the proper remedies for the current economic situation, there is wide agreement that the housing boom and crash that followed were the major factor in putting us where we are today. These days, "real estate" is a term that provokes fear, not optimism. Nevertheless, it is a mistake to assume that commercial real estate shares the housing sector's ailments.

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