Big Increase in Commercial Property Values: Don't Be Fooled

Brad Case submits:

The Moody's/REAL Commercial Property Price Index (CPPI) for September, released on 11/22, showed the largest monthly gain in the history of the index (back to January 2001) at 4.3%. That's misleading, though, because the small number of transactions gives a lot of turbulence to each month's reading. As Moody's noted,

The relatively large swings in the index in recent months are due in part to the uncertain macroeconomic environment and the low number of repeat-sale transactions.

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