New safety regulations targeting condominium buildings in Florida are upending the state’s real estate market, leading to an influx of condo listings and financial challenges for many property owners. The safety regulations, signed into law in 2022, require all condominiums
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Florida’s new condo laws recognize the total price of living on the beach
Nearly a million Florida condo owners face an important deadline at the end of the year. That’s when a law passed in 2022 requires most Florida condo associations to submit inspection reports for their buildings and to collect money from
MSF students give best solution for commercial real estate debt
Only 12 teams from 10 national universities were invited to compete at the Commercial Real Estate Finance Council’s (CREFC) third annual Real Estate Debt Case Competition, and the University of Florida’s team came out on top. In October, the team
Gainesville’s mixed-use housing buildings have an abundance of vacancies. Why?
The high retail vacancy rates are highlighted in a recent study by the Kelley A. Bergstrom Real Estate Center at the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business. It identifies six of the most popular mixed-use student housing properties near the
Taking the Over on the Office Market
Sports gamblers will be familiar with the concept of “taking the over” or “taking the under.” For any game, the “market,” or group of all betters, will establish the most likely total number of points that will be scored. Individual
UF Bergstrom Center launches Due Diligence magazine
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida Kelley A. Bergstrom Real Estate Center has launched Due Diligence, a print and digital magazine featuring Florida’s most relevant commercial real estate research. Due Diligence is a product of the Bergstrom Center’s Applied
The latest innovative ideas from Warrington
Over the 2020-2021 academic year, Warrington College of Business faculty members reminded us why they’re some of the best in the world, despite the challenges brought on by the pandemic. From producing hundreds of new research papers, to teaching countless
Bergstrom Real Estate Perspective – Initiating a Trend
A series of three quarterly results starts to establish a trend. The first of the Bergstrom Center’s Member Perspective Surveys was conducted during the fourth quarter of 2020. This was a time when the “two week” economic shut-down was in
Death, Taxes & Real Estate
Since the beginning of the year, approximately $6 billion in new spending has been approved or proposed in the Covid Relief Bill, American Families Plan (AFP), and American Jobs Plan (AJP) . The corollary to incremental spending is incremental funding
Bergstrom Market Perspective – Member Survey Results
Thank you for responding to our survey last quarter. Each quarter we hope to collect our members’ views on the current market conditions. Most interesting will be the trends that reveal themselves over time. The next survey will arrive in
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