Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 16, 2024

TSMC jump starts housing, business development in north Phoenix The cranes, visible from miles away, loom over a massive microchip “fab” taking shape in the desert near Loop 303 and Interstate 17. But far more is happening in the North Valley beyond the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plant, the engine driving much of that…» RealPage […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 15, 2024

Retail Sector Logs 11th Quarter of Sub-5% Vacancy Consumer resiliency has helped drive core retail sales to a new record in August, with spending up in real terms even after factoring in core CPI inflation. This strength helped drive tenant demand, and the retail sector entered the second half of 2024 as the only major […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 14, 2024

Commercial Real Estate: A Cause for Optimism Over the past several months, multiple experts have awaited the Federal Reserve to put an end to ongoing monetary tightening. In September, the Fed did so, cutting the Effective Federal Funds Rate (EFFR) by 50 basis points. While this doesn’t mean that dry powder will suddenly start flowing […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 4, 2024

Luxury Apartments Appeal to Households Squeezed out of Homeownership Luxury apartments are benefitting from challenging homeownership trends that appear to be prompting many higher-income households to rent luxury apartments instead of transitioning to first-time home ownership. According to Marcus & Millichap’s September housing research…» Apartment investing conditions improve, Freddie Mac says The Apartment Investment Market […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 3, 2024

Survey Indicates Renewed Optimism for CRE Financing in 2025 When the companies that finance CRE offer a mostly positive view of the sector after months of lending that seemed to have diminished to little more than a trickle, developers and investors may also have reasons to feel cheerful. The 3Q 2024 Sentiment Index survey of […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 2, 2024

Multifamily Permits Fall 16.8% Even though 8.3% more permits were granted for multifamily construction in August compared to July this year, viewing on an annual basis the rate of permitting dropped 16.8% in all U.S. census regions. That came even as…» The Commercial-Property Market Is Coming Back to Life Buyers and sellers in US commercial […]