Perspectives

Space Utilization and the Built Environment

Space Utilization was listed as the #7 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. Many new ideas, solutions, and procedures have been born through the COVID-19 pandemic and will remain a part of our lives even after the pandemic subsides. For that reason, this period will… Read more

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Suspended Mobility Challenges Real Estate Markets

Flow of People was listed as the #6 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. The flow of people between and within countries has always been a critical driver of real estate and the economy. Demand increases where population flows. For those areas receiving migrants, the… Read more

Affordable Housing: The Same Problems, Only Worse

Affordable Housing was listed as the #5 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. In this era of political divisiveness, there are two things that most can agree on: 1) there is a tremendous need for affordable housing (“AH”) throughout America, and 2) there is a… Read more

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The Consequences of Public and Private Debt on Real Estate

Public & Private Indebtedness was listed as the #4 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States was on track for its first $1.0 trillion fiscal year deficit since 2009 and the onset of the Financial Crisis. The aggregate… Read more

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Capital Markets: Revisiting Risk and Return in the Face of Uncertainty

Capital Market Risk was listed as the #3 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. The last three months have presented the real time volatility of the capital markets and how quickly debt and equity capital liquidity can stop flowing when risk and returns are difficult… Read more

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The Economy Beyond the Tipping Point: Crisis and Opportunity for Renewal

Economic Renewal was listed as the #2 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. As we reach the half-way point in calendar year 2020, real estate is facing a triple threat across the United States. We are in a public health emergency, an economic contraction of historic proportions, and a suddenly explosive condition of civil unrest. The third of these issues erupted as an immediate... Read More