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Yield Curve Inversion Reignites Recession Fears, but Many Indicators Refute Risk
Possible recession predictor lit up this month. In early July, the spread between the two-year and 10-year treasuries inverted, with the...

Jason Tuvia
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Strategies for Greening Your Building
Reduce Costs and Increase Tenant Satisfaction with Energy-Efficient Upgrades to Your Building Greening a building is not just a matter of...

Jason Tuvia
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Hiring Continues in High Gear with Implications for Real Estate, Fed Policy
Job growth continues at consistent, above-average pace. Employers added 372,000 personnel to payrolls in June, bringing the total job...

Jason Tuvia
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Fed Increasingly Aggressive in Effort to Curb Inflation; Rising Interest Rates Form Headwind for CRE
The Fed’s 75-basis-point hike in the federal funds rate underscores the central bank’s ardent goal to stabilize rapidly climbing prices,...

Jason Tuvia
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Small Business Owners, Still Among the Most Confident, Report Slip In Optimism
CoStar Analysis: NFIB Survey Finds Dimming Prospects, More Uncertainty Small Business owners have consistently been among the most...

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CoStar Money: Colony Capital Shifts Gears, Opportunity Zone Fundraising Picks Up
Investment strategies have changed a lot in the historic 10-year economic expansion that's still ongoing. During the span, major...

Jason Tuvia
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Playing Defense May Define Commercial Real Estate Next Year, Urban Land Institute Finds
Annual Survey Shows Industry Remains Optimistic Despite Economic Uncertainty Next year may be the time to get defensive with real estate...

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Next Year May Be The Time To Get Defensive With Real Estate Investments
Firms Seen Raising Risk of High Office Vacancy, Greater Defaults in Any Recession The president of the Boston Federal Reserve Bank is...

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Fed Cuts Interest Rates to Try to Cushion US Economy From Global Headwinds
CoStar Analysis: US Central Bank Now Must Gauge Effects of Recent Changes The Federal Reserve reduced its policy rate by 25 basis points...

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Treasury, HUD Seek to Limit Scope of Nation's Largest Multifamily Lenders
Trump Administration Needs Bipartisan Support to Decrease Government Roles of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae The U.S. departments of Treasury...

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Foreign Capital Flows to US Property Seen Increasing Into Next Year
With Recession Not Imminent, Overseas Investors May Look More to US While foreign investment in U.S. commercial real estate fell...

Jason Tuvia
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Presidential Problem: Candidates Pitch Solutions to Nation’s Housing Shortage
Proposals Give New Prominence to the Lack of Shelter in a Growing Economy As Democratic presidential candidates debated on Thursday...

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Tech and Media Boom Is Driving Down Vacancies in Westside Los Angeles Neighborhood
Stakeholders Say Playa Vista is Heating Up The convergence of media and technology is helping to make a dent in vacancies in Playa Vista,...

Jason Tuvia
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California Legislature Passes Historic Rent Control Bill
Governor Indicates He's Likely to Sign Legislation Capping Rents at 5% Plus Inflation California lawmakers passed a statewide rent...

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What to Make of Gyrating Markets and Global Trade Wars
It appears that U.S. financial markets are finally waking up to the reality of the intended and unintended consequences of the trade war....

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California Earthquake Aftershocks Could Extend to Commercial Mortgages
Property Damage Might Slow Refinancing of $3 Billion in Loans Real estate fallout could extend well beyond the immediate damage caused by...

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Housing and Tenant Advocates Fail to Advance Key Bills in Push Watched Nationally
Measures to Protect Tenants, Produce More Rental Housing Get Luke-Warm Reception California lawmakers, under pressure from real estate...

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California Assembly Passes Bill Capping Rents at 7%
Tenant Protection Measure Passes After Several Concessions to Landlords, Real Estate Brokers The California Assembly narrowly passed a...

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Apartment Development Boom Spreads Into New Areas in Downtown Los Angeles
Two New Towers Give a Boost to Historic Core's Revitalization Two new Los Angeles apartment towers in the city's Historic Core are the...

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Freddie Mac: These are the Most Rent-Burdened Housing Markets
GSE releases analysis on rent-burdened communities It’s not exactly a secret that affordability for both home buyers and renters is...

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