Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 22, 2024
Renting Still Less Expensive Than Owning in Nearly All of US “Affordable housing” is becoming almost an oxymoron for many American households, whether they seek to rent or buy. The cost of renting or buying a three-bedroom home gobbles up more than one-third of wages in most county-level housing markets, and in some cases much […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 19, 2024
How Foreign Direct Investment is Ramping Up in Greater Phoenix During her 2023 International State of the State address, Gov. Katie Hobbs highlighted Arizona’s No. 1 national ranking in foreign direct investment (FDI) for the second year in a row, with the state attracting nearly $32 billion of investment from international companies in 2022. Some […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 18, 2024
Holiday Sales Hit New Record — So Do Full-Year Sales Despite inflation and high interest rates, consumers ramped up their spending in December, helping to end the holiday season and full year on an upbeat note. Core retail sales during the 2023 holiday season grew 3.8% over 2022 to a record $964.4 billion, according to […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 17, 2024
Here’s What GPEC Experts Predict for Arizona’s Economy In October 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported that a survey of more than 60 economic forecasters expected the U.S. to enter a recession in 2023 with inflation continuing to run high and employers cutting jobs as the economy contracted. Az Business magazine sat down with the […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 12, 2024
Maturing Loans Will Bring More Clarity to Capital Markets Even the experts appear reluctant to predict what 2024 holds for the commercial and multifamily mortgage markets, though they hope the year will bring more clarity. The just-released Mortgage Bankers Association’s 2024 Commercial Real Estate Finance Outlook Survey…» Once Highest, now near Lowest in the Nation. […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 11, 2024
Investment Sales Will Reach Pre-Pandemic Levels This Year After a more-than-sluggish 2023 when it comes to commercial real deals, Marcus & Millichap sees a revival in 2024, according to John Chang, its National Director of Research and Advisory Services. Leading the revival is that the industry is resilient, interest rates have started to…» Labor Market […]