As the “Riddler” might say, “Riddle me this: when is an occupancy rate not an occupancy rate?” When it’s a Marina occupancy rate. Better yet, when there are two marina occupancy rates.
When we inquire about competitive marina occupancy rates, there are two ways participants can respond. They can cite the average occupancy for the entire [...]
Entries from August 2008
The Deceptive Marina Occupancy Rate
August 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Marinas
Marina Market Position and Marginal Demand
August 10th, 2008 · No Comments
As I go about surveying marinas as part of our market analyses, one question I ask of owners/managers seems to surprise them. When I ask them what their market position is, I usually get an answer that is a question, like “what do you mean by market position?” Marina owners/managers are savvy and know what [...]
Tags: Marinas
MIT Center of Real Estate/Moody Don’t Like What they See
August 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Breaking News
Transactions-Based Index (TBI):
2008 Q2 Update
August 5, 2008
Results for the 2nd quarter of 2008 show a 2.7% decline in the capital return for the properties sold in the NCREIF database. The demand-side index continued to fall, by 2.7 percent and the supply side of the market also decreased its reservation prices by 2.8 percent in [...]
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