The question companies ask economic developers has fundamentally changed. Twenty-five years ago, the first thing prospects wanted to know was simple: “How much money are you going to give me?” Today, that question rarely comes up first. Instead, companies lead with two different priorities: “How can you fill my workforce’s needs?” and “How fast can ...
Real estate investment performance is often determined long before construction starts or a property opens. While many developers focus on acquisitions, financing, or construction execution, the real difference between success and failure is whether a deal is properly validated before capital is committed. Early-stage assumptions about demand, cost, and performance frequently go unchecked—and those gaps ...
St. Paul’s downtown recovery strategy highlights a core reality of urban real estate. In distressed city centers, properties are never neutral. They either help drive revitalization or deepen decline, leaving little room for gradual stabilization. Traditional thinking about downtown turnarounds assumes that slow, incremental improvements and patient investment will eventually steady struggling urban cores. However, ...
Southwest Florida’s real estate market has changed dramatically over the past two decades, moving from a seasonal retirement haven to a full-time residential destination that attracts a broad mix of buyers from across the country. This change is driven by shifting attitudes about lifestyle, remote work, and long-term value in housing. Jesse McGreevy, co-founder of ...
The Treasure Valley’s real estate market is undergoing rapid, large-scale changes as a result of a $15 billion federal investment in semiconductor manufacturing. What started as steady population and business growth has become a complex landscape of opportunity and strain, as developers, investors, and municipalities adapt to the demands of one of the nation’s most ...
Two years ago, you bought a rental property using a short-term loan, planning to refinance before it matured. At the time, this was a common strategy — property values were climbing, and banks were eager to lend. But now, with the loan coming due, the property is worth less than you expected, and your bank ...
After a year marked by hesitation and stalled activity, Ottawa’s residential real estate market is gaining momentum this spring. Homes are selling faster, negotiations are returning to the table, and the uncertainty that kept buyers on the sidelines is fading. For those who have been waiting for the right time to act, local agents say ...
Location and price dominate real estate discussions, but a less visible factor often decides which apartment projects move forward and which ones stall out: the amount of real, verifiable cash equity a developer puts into the deal before any loans are made. Numbers like cap rates, rent projections, and market comps matter, but they don’t ...
San Clemente, California, once a mostly local market, is now drawing a steady flow of investors and second-home buyers from Los Angeles, inland Orange County, and out of state. Recent deals include a Tustin doctor purchasing a four-unit property for part-time use while renting out the remaining units, and a Pasadena couple buying a small ...
A single median price often summarizes Santa Barbara’s residential market, but this figure conceals a sharp divide between high-end luxury homes and the broader market. Combining sales from Montecito and Hope Ranch with those from more typical neighborhoods creates a misleading impression of overall strength and masks declines across most price segments. According to Mark ...
After a prolonged slowdown, the self-storage sector is beginning to regain momentum. Demand is ticking back up alongside a modest recovery in housing activity, while new construction has sharply declined, easing competitive pressure. But this is not a return to the easy growth of the pandemic years. Performance varies widely by market, unit type, and ...
Out-of-state investors are driving up prices for rental properties in Des Moines, Iowa, by accepting lower returns than local buyers have traditionally required. According to Scott Wendl, broker/owner of RE/MAX Precision in Des Moines, this shift is making it harder for local investors to justify purchasing duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes at current prices. Wendl says ...
The movement to bring manufacturing back to the United States is reshaping commercial real estate, especially in the small industrial sector. While headlines spotlight massive factories and billion-dollar projects, a significant opportunity is emerging for developers and investors focused on smaller properties. Daniel Levison, CEO of CRE Holdings USA, has spent over 40 years in ...
The Greater Boston real estate market is returning to familiar patterns following years of pandemic-related volatility. Local agents report that Boston’s core strengths, including a diverse economy and limited land supply, continue to support property values and steady activity amid fluctuating interest rates. Chuck Silverston, team leader at The Chuck Silverston Team, Gibson Sotheby’s International ...
The flexible workspace industry has long prioritized speed — speed to market, speed to scale, speed to the next city. But two months of operational data from a premium Holborn location suggest the industry may have its priorities backward. When professionals choose where to work in 2026, they are making decisions based on criteria that ...
