Investor competition for commercial real estate sees strongest growth in a year

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Investors are flooding back into the commercial real estate market, powered by a steep rise in liquidity from sources across the finance spectrum. That’s despite stubbornly high borrowing rates.

Bidding for properties in June posted its strongest monthly improvement in a year, according to quarterly bidding and credit indexes released Tuesday from JLL. Also, July saw the second highest count of unique bidders in the index’s five-year history. Competition among lenders is also well above previous record highs, according to JLL. LEARN MORE...