Any renewals of the Opportunity Zone program would have to be enacted by a divided Congress, but real estate industry experts are cautiously optimistic.
While much of the sector continues to be dominated by small owners/operators, its solid property fundamentals, credit tenants and low capital expenditures are beginning to bring in institutional money.
Lack of stringent regulations in the U.S. real estate industry has allowed criminals, kleptocrats and sanctioned foreign nationals to launder their money through real estate investments.
In the past three months, trading in private real estate secondaries, including non-traded REITs, BDCs and private placements, has increased by an order of magnitude compared to last year, says the CEO of LODAS Markets.
Newmark’s managing director of geopolitical strategy consulting talks about the risks and opportunities the current economic and political climate brings.
