Insights and Research
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Q4 2024 CRE Credit Market Update:
Finding Opportunities in Dislocation
Published date: 11/13/2024
Even with recent interest rate cuts, the commercial real estate market is experiencing significant dislocation, driven by tighter lending standards and scarce capital availability. While challenges continue, CIM sees attractive opportunities for private credit investors now.
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Core Real Estate Now: A Strategic Entry Point
Published date: 10/07/2024
The core real estate market has seen significant improvement in recent years, driven by stabilizing economic factors and strong real estate fundamentals. Several recent developments, including interest rate cuts and slowing inflation, may position core real estate as a more attractive sector for investors.
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Capitalizing on Data Center Expansion: The Evolving Risk Profile
Published date: 09/30/2024
Data centers are experiencing a build boom supercharged by AI and 5G technologies. As more opportunities emerge in the data center landscape, we believe it’s imperative for private investors to grasp the evolving risk profiles and return potential of data center investments.
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Changing Dynamics in Commercial Real Estate Lending: Understanding Today’s Private CRE Credit Opportunity
Published date: 09/30/2024
The private credit market’s rapid expansion can be both an opportunity and a challenge for investors. This asset class offers potentially higher current income and portfolio diversification, but it’s important to understand the nuances of private credit and the specific dynamics at play.
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Uncovering Value: Advantages of a Multi-Strategy Approach to Alternatives
Published date: 08/31/2024
Unlike traditional single-strategy funds that focus on just one style or asset class, multi-strategy funds like CIM Real Assets & Credit Fund (RACR) are designed to have multiple points of possible alpha generation. With an investment strategy that includes multiple asset classes, fund managers also have more flexibility to pivot allocations based on market conditions.
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From Businesses to Buildings: Comparing Corporate and Commercial Real Estate Private Credit
Published date: 08/31/2024
Private credit has played an increasingly important role in commercial real estate financing, but not all private credit is created equal. Discover how private corporate credit and private commercial real estate (CRE) credit compare and how each may enhance an overall investment strategy.