By Dees Stribling | MHN Online
Low interest rates are still important to the continued growth of prices in the U.S. commercial real estate market, but they aren’t the only drivers. Along with the most recent CoStar Commercial Repeat Sale Indices, which were released on Friday, the company posited that upward price movements have also been possible recently because of strong market fundamentals and improving market liquidity. As of the end of July, the indices that the company calculates still showed growth in CRE prices, but the pace of growth slowed down slightly when comparing the average pace for the six months ending in June.