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Higher interest rates are a problem, but not the only one facing CRE professionals. Moody's Investor Service has noted that insurance costs were up 73% between 2017 and 2022. Combined with other increases, like taxes and utilities, the challenge of keeping a reasonable NOI can be formidable.

Everything counts, so anything you can do to control and mitigate each part is important. Moody's Analytics offered some ideas earlier in January for insurance. It's actually a three-part approach.

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