Commercial Calamity? S&P/GRA Commercial Real Estate Index January 2008

Like the MIT/CRE Property Index, Standard & Poor’s also tracks commercial real estate (CRE) prices for various commercial property types.

Although recent results have revealed some slowing across all classes of commercial real estate, January’s results again show a continuation of price growth.

All components experienced growth both on a year-over-year basis with all but the “office” component gaining as compared to the prior monthly result.

The charts below show the National index and the component indices since 1994 (click for larger).

This report will be particularly important to monitor over the next few months as continued growth and stability would surely quell much concern over potential spillover effects of the recession and credit crunch on to commercial real estate.