Article: The pending state of interest rates: while rising interest rates bolster rental demand, higher cap rates for apartment communities can follow. These conditions will also help define tomorrow's renter and condominium buyer.

Article: CMBS: When Are Cap Rates Too High, Too Low, or Just ...
Asset Securitization Report;  March 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... early 1970s, when interest rates were also at sub ... as they are now. (Cap rates are from the American ... are also well below cap rates - in fact, by the ... positive leverage of interest rates below cap rates are what we believe ...

Article: Optimistic market keeps cap rates low.(News)
Hotel & Motel Management;  May 16, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... continuing to keep cap rates low, he said. "Interest rates are well, well below ... percent drop in cap rates. "Interest rates have gone up some ... the bottom." While cap rates decreased, interest rates remained relatively ...

Article: Investors asking how low can cap rates go.(luncheon ...
Real Estate Weekly;  November 10, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... 6% in Midtown, cap rates have steadily declined ... driven by "low interest rates, which has pushed ... bought into low cap rates with their acquisition ... market with low interest rates and related concepts of low cap rates and higher prices ...

Article: Cap rates vex experts.
Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV);  October 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... asked. "If you look at cap rates in a vacuum, are they ... are they going down? Cap rates are historically correlated with interest rates. Interest rates were going down. Now ... said he hasn't seen cap rates drop below 5 1/2 percent ...

Article: Chicken little or cautious optimist: could rising cap ...
Journal of Property Management;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... investment. Cap rates are used in addition ... Capitalization and Interest Rates" in the Fall ... combination of low interest rates and lack of high ... believe when interest rates rise, money ... investments, and cap rates will increase ...

Article: Interest rates dictate real estate strategy.
Asset Securitization Report;  June 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... it assumes that rising interest rates will have a negative impact ... rise. For instance, as interest rates rise people usually assume that cap rates on property values will ... factors, including whether interest rates are rising due to positive ...

Article: Interest rates weigh heavy on 2005 ...
Real Estate Weekly;  March 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... enormously from the very low interest rates of recent years," said ... the prospect of rising interest rates, "pricing for commercial ... Research, higher long-term interest rates will lead to flat or rising cap rates, exposing those buildings ...