Franco Faraudo
Oct 9, 2018
Softbank is Writing Big Checks in RE Tech... Again
Two more big follow-up rounds of funding were announced from SoftBank’s giant $100 billion “Vision Fund.” They have put another $400...
Jim Costello
Sep 27, 2018
More Competition Across High LTV Loans
U.S. commercial mortgage professionals are increasingly concerned about the competitive pressure presented by debt funds. This pressure...
Erika Morphy
Sep 26, 2018
What's Worrying The Fed?
To no one’s surprise, the Federal Reserve has opted to increase interest rates for the third time this year, by a quarter-point to a...
Franco Faraudo
Sep 6, 2018
First ‘ICO of a Building’ Is Set to Take Place on a Crowdfunding Platform
After months of claims that real estate assets would be able to offer investments through ICOs, it seems like the first one is actually...
U.S. Census Bureau
Aug 23, 2018
Home Ownership Remains Below 2006 Level Across All Age Groups
Home ownership rates for all age groups were lower in 2017 than in 2006, the year before the Great Recession (2007-2009). The home...
Betsy Kim
Aug 14, 2018
How Much Larger and Faster Can Same-Day Deliveries Go?
NEW YORK CITY—Innovo Property Group and Square Mile Capital are building a 700,000 square-foot multistory industrial warehouse on 20...
Jim Costello
Jul 12, 2018
Cross-Border Investment in US Edges Up in Q1
Cross-border investors increased their U.S. acquisitions into 2018, and Chinese investors were the second largest buyer group, the latest...
Jim Costello
Jul 2, 2018
Will Resets to Variable Rate Loans Cause Trouble?
U.S. commercial real estate finance in the recent era of low Libor became a business driven by variable rate loans. Libor, though, has...
Erika Morphy
Jun 27, 2018
What REITs Tell Us About The Market's Direction
For the last two months REITs have begun to outperform the larger US equities market, after being pummelled by investors for two years....
Natalie Dolce
Jun 19, 2018
Top 6 Commercial Real Estate Trends
The ninth annual Akerman US Real Estate Sector Report, which has been tracking executive sentiment in CRE for nearly a decade, identified...