Industrial is the new darling of commercial properties

A combination of sturdy space-market fundamentals, a rosy outlook and uncertainty elsewhere in the commercial- property sector has led to increased investor enthusiasm for industrial real estate.  Although capital-market and development activity plummeted this past year for most other property types, industrial investors showed a greater willingness to move forward with acquisitions and construction projects. […]

New-home sales expected to reach 15-year peak

The construction of new homes is important to meet the need for shelter of the expanding U.S. population. CoreLogic public records data shows that sales of new single-family homes were up 12% year over year in the six-month period before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020. The pandemic derailed closings last spring but only […]