Commercial real estate market gaining

The market for commercial real estate should continue to remain strong through 2007, according to a recent report from the National Association of Realtors.

For the second quarter of 2006, The Commercial Leading Indicator for Brokerage Activity, a leading indicator for the commercial real estate, was 119.4, marking a 0.4 percent increase compared with a reading of 118.9 in the first quarter of 2006 and a 2.5 percent increase compared with a reading of 116.5 for the second quarter of 2005. The second-quarter index also marked the fifth straight quarter of growth.