Market Conditions

Fundamentals in the national self-storage market have remained healthy compared to most other property sectors, including the retail, office and industrial sectors. But the downfall of the housing market may soften the self-storage market.

While the self-storage industry has always been touted as recession-proof or, at the very least, recession-resistant, it was put to the test in 2008. New construction and self-storage real estate slowed, but occupancy levels for most facilities...

In these difficult times, many self-storage owners are giving some thought to selling their property rather than waiting out the market. To achieve a successful sale, they must know how to price their facility as well as how to market it.

The decline of commercial real estate values during the current credit crisis does not accurately reflect self-storage values. Self-storage owners are counseled to evaluate all facets of the market before determining their facilities true worth.

Self-storage real estate brokers discuss rental rates, finance, cap rates, inventory and sales through the West. The conversation encapsulates current economic influences on self-storage locales.

In the self-storage industry, cap rates are up and prices are down. This article explains what this mean for investors.

A self-storage owner can increase the cash flow of his facility through the use of cost segration, which allocates depreciable property to the correct categories in an effort to maximize allowable deductions.

Life has changed from the days when you could walk into your lender’s office with an appraisal in hand and get a loan. In today’s lending environment, it's the lender who decides the appraiser and you, the property owner, are often left out of the...

In the upcoming year, self-storage borrowers can expect tighter loan criteria and fewer lenders, but financing is still available.

On Oct. 8, investment-analysis specialist Charles Ray Wilson will present a special overview titled Self-Storage at the Crossroads: Which Way Will You Go? as the opening session of the Inside Self-Storage Expo in Nashville, Tenn.