Interesting Times

Moody's reported today that the Moody’s/REAL All Property Type Aggregate Index increased 0.6% in November. Note: Moody's CRE price index is a repeat sales index like Case-Shiller - but there are far fewer commercial sales and there are a large percentage of distressed sales - and that can impact prices and make the index very volatile.

By CalculatedRisk, 1/24/2011

Below is a comparison of the Moodys/REAL Commercial Property Price Index (CPPI) and the Case-Shiller composite 20 index. Beware of the "Real" in the title - this index is not inflation adjusted.

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CRE prices only go back to December 2000. The Case-Shiller Composite 20 residential index is in blue (with Dec 2000 set to 1.0 to line up the indexes).

According to Moody's, CRE prices are up 2.8% from a year ago and down about 42% from the peak in 2007.

CoStar reported that CRE prices declined in November, and that the commercial market is bifurcated (even trifurcated) with trophy properties doing well, but prices for other properties still declining.