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Real estate and the middle market go hand in hand. Developers in commercial, residential and industrial markets provide the economic fuel to transform local economies, building infrastructure that leads to new business and job creation.

C-PACE: Government push toward greener buildings may fuel financing demand

Mar. 3, 2021 by Laura Dietzel

Real estate businesses looking to move forward with their strategic plans during the downturn while preserving equity may just have another tool in their tool belt: Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy programs, or C-PACE. C-PACE, a public-private financing option, allows commercial property owners to obtain low-cost, long-term financing for capital ... READ MORE >

CHART OF THE DAY: New home sales continue to rise

Feb. 24, 2021 by Troy Merkel

The demand for new homes continues to be high as Americans take advantage of low interest rates and flee cities in search of more room. Sales of new homes in January increased by 4.3% month over month, exceeding expectations and climbing to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 923,000, the Commerce Department reported on Wednesday. At the same time, ... READ MORE >

Hanging on: Five ways that hotels can survive the pandemic economy

Feb. 12, 2021 by Laura Dietzel and Ryan McAndrew

(This is the last of three articles examining how the pandemic is affecting the hospitality industry. Read the first and second.) Even the most basic financial strategist knows that there are two ways to improve a company’s bottom line — cut costs or drive revenues. In a time of Depression-like shockwaves rippling through the general economy, as happened ... READ MORE >

Hotels face a long road to recovery emerging from the pandemic

Feb. 9, 2021 by Laura Dietzel and Ryan McAndrew

(This is the second of three articles examining how the pandemic is affecting the hospitality industry. Read the first here, about how the industry is struggling to adapt.) Even as the American economy continues to emerge from the shock of the coronavirus pandemic and economists predict strong growth this year, the forecast for the hospitality industry ... READ MORE >

Reeling from the pandemic, hospitality industry struggles to adapt

Feb. 1, 2021 by Laura Dietzel and Ryan McAndrew

(This is the first of three articles examining how the pandemic is affecting the hospitality industry.) If there was any sign of the hospitality industry’s rapid change amid the continuing fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, look no further than the recent debut of home rental portal Airbnb in the public markets. The stock quickly traded at a healthy ... READ MORE >

CHART OF THE DAY: New home sales bounce back

Jan. 28, 2021 by Troy Merkel

New home sales bounced back to 842,000 in December, representing a 1.8% increase over the previous month, the Commerce Department reported on Thursday. The 11% month-over-month decline in November was a jarring halt to the red-hot housing market that had new home sales in excess of 949,000 from July through October. While many saw that decline as a ... READ MORE >

CHART OF THE DAY: Housing activity continues to surge

Jan. 21, 2021 by Troy Merkel

Home builders remain active as the housing market closed out last year in a strong fashion. Housing starts rose by 5.8% to an annualized rate of 1.67 million in December, ending the year as one of the strongest in a decade, the Commerce Department reported on Thursday. And housing permits, an indicator of future activity, increased as well, by 4.5% to an ... READ MORE >

CHART OF THE DAY: Residential construction spending remains robust

Jan. 6, 2021 by Joseph Brusuelas

Residential spending has been rising since February of 2019, increasing by nearly 18% on a year-over-year basis in November. These strong numbers helped to lift construction spending by 0.9% overall in November, according to data released this week by the Commerce Department. The demand for housing was initially powered by the low interest rates put in ... READ MORE >

Traditional retail’s loss has been industrial’s gain

Dec. 22, 2020 by Nick Grandy and Scott Helberg

The holiday season is upon us and like most everything that has happened in 2020, it will bring unprecedented experiences due to the pandemic. Most people associate the holidays with buying presents for friends and family and getting together to share each other’s company. But with the coronavirus still raging, these time-worn practices may not be possible. ... READ MORE >

CHART OF THE DAY: Homes for the holidays

Dec. 17, 2020 by Troy Merkel

Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays. So begins the holiday standard made famous by Perry Como. Composed in the 1950s by Robert Allen with lyrics by Al Stillman, the song seems fitting these days as Americans are lured to the suburbs, just as they were when Mr. C. was in his prime. Only this time around, instead of being fueled by postwar ... READ MORE >

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