14th January 2021
In the early years of my career, I wanted to start my own business. Stories of entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley captured my imagination, and in 1994 I... Read More >
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14th January 2021
If you plan to play the REITs game next year, here’s what you need to know.
“Bad News for REIT Investors” … “Negative Ratings Bias Rises as... Read More >
7th January 2021
The paper of record in 2020 shifted dramatically to the most illiberal stance possible on the virus, pushing for full lockdowns, and ignoring or burying... Read More >
6th January 2021
How the world's most popular golfer was implicated in the Florida land boom. Read More >
17th December 2020
Most people today regard America’s experiment with alcohol prohibition as a national embarrassment, rightly repealed in 1933. So it will be with the... Read More >
15th December 2020
In the world of commercial real estate office leasing, the sublease market offers a less transparent subset of supply and demand that is difficult to track... Read More >
11th December 2020
Along with air miles and an agenda, a passport was probably the least useful accessory of 2020. For those of us as familiar with business lounges as we... Read More >
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3rd December 2020
During the last four years, the prospects for freer world trade have been in retreat. Now, with a new broom about to sweep into the White House, there is... Read More >
2nd December 2020
Historically, political party control of the US government has not had much bearing on investment performance of commercial real estate. However, NCREIF... Read More >
30th November 2020
A physical market cycle analysis of four property types across 54 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) for 3Q2020.
The V-shaped recovery happened... Read More >
27th November 2020
Sales of existing homes rose 4.3% in October to a 6.85 million seasonally adjusted annual rate. Sales are now up 26.6% from a year ago and are at their... Read More >
24th November 2020
Consumers won’t turn back from e-commerce now – so what do institutional investors need to know about the logistics property market?
The influence... Read More >
12th November 2020
As I write this, we still don’t know who won the presidency. It is, however, time to declare at least one winner. After almost sixty years of fighting,... Read More >
4th November 2020
The brutal correction in NASDAQ last week did not spare such former tech sector darlings as cloud software, semiconductors and social media shares. The big... Read More >
3rd November 2020
The broad-based REIT indexes were relatively flat last week, which was in tandem with the broader based indices.But the biggest talking point has been... Read More >
28th October 2020
Housing activity – starts and permits – posted strong results in September as the single-family segment made gains across most of the country while... Read More >