Do Proptech the Smart Way
Brokers should only adopt tools that align with their clients’ needs
Back in Business
The end of the eviction moratorium should spur the fix-and-flip market
Alan L. Pontius, Marcus & Millichap
Don’t lose faith in the office sector
Office-market optimism is rooted in a strong foundation
The aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic is not the first time that the importance of the office has been questioned. In the latter half of the 20th century, business leaders and economists debated the merit of a meeting place full of cubicles and 9-to-5 workers. During an era of high-speed computing and rapidly improving communication […]
Commercial Spotlight: Mid-Atlantic Region
These East Coast states continue to face uncertainty.
International Investments: China
Chinese investment into U.S. commercial real estate is, at its simplest, a tale of two cycles — and a really clear turning point. A few years back, Chinese capital sources were rampant across commercial-property investment deals. Data from Real Capital Analytics (RCA) put Chinese investors as the largest foreign investor group in the U.S. market […]
Will remote work kill the office sector?
A survey conducted this past summer — just one of many recent and sometimes conflicting studies that have attempted to pilot companies through the fog surrounding the office sector — suggests that white-collar workers are quite happy working from home. The July 2021 survey of 1,000 U.S. workers by insurance company Breeze reported that the […]
Biden pick Chopra finally confirmed as head of CFPB
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has a new head, with Rohit Chopra finally confirmed by the Senate as its next director. The confirmation vote was 50-48 along party lines. Chopra, a noted financial watchdog, helped Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., initially establish the bureau before officially joining in 2011 as student loan ombudsman. Prior to […]