2+ hour, 42+ min ago   (555+ words) The Federal Reserve ended its three-meeting streak of rate cuts Wednesday as the commercial real estate industry prepares for a stabilization of long-term borrowing costs in 2026. In a 10-2 vote, the Fed maintained its benchmark interest rate at between 3.5 percent and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (808+ words) Last Sunday night a political and legal bombshell went off that reverberated deeply throughout commercial real estate. The chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, put out a video saying that he had been served with a grand jury subpoena…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1809+ words) President Donald J. Trump's war with the central bank of the United States, and Jerome Powell in particular, ratcheted up several DEFCONs this week. On Sunday night, Jan. 11, the Federal Reserve chairman released an extraordinary video, in which he recounted how…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1477+ words) Many real estate investment trusts (REITs) absorbed everything the market threw at them in 2025, including tariffs, inflation, uncertainty over the direction of borrowing costs, and dividend cuts for investors. With the cloud of uncertainty far from dissipating as we head…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (319+ words) Well, that was bleak." 2025 was officially the worst year for hiring since 2020, with just 584,000 jobs created during the entire year, according to December 2025 job figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released Friday. That's far below the more than…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (677+ words) The Federal Reserve closed 2025 similar to the way it rounded out" 2024, with three straight interest rate cuts. Also giving a sense of deja vu, commercial real estate will enter the new year with lingering uncertainty about future borrowing conditions." In…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1757+ words) If you noticed holiday decor going up and "All I Want for Christmas Is You" playing in stores well before Halloween this year, that was no coincidence. Retailers are pushing holiday sales " including Black Friday deals " earlier than ever before,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (782+ words) The retail market enters the fourth quarter of 2025 in a healthy place, but uncertainty abounds as to whether high tariffs and sagging consumer confidence will undermine the sector during the holiday season." A new report from Newmark exclusive to the…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (595+ words) The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in nine months Wednesday in what the commercial real estate industry anticipates will be the start of a downward path to lower borrowing costs. "In the near term risks to…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (996+ words) A slowdown in both international and domestic tourism, as well as increased consumer caution and tariff uncertainty, is leaving many U.S. retailers high and dry. Downtown pedestrian foot traffic to major retail hubs in the country fell by 0.5 percent in August…...