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therealdeal. com > national > 04/23/2026 > how-inflation-iran-war-is-impacting-cre

As inflation rattles economy, CRE holds steady for now

6+ hour, 45+ min ago  (973+ words) Experts predict slow-moving hit to rents and values as Iran war squeezes consumers" Inflation is shaking the broader economy, but commercial real estate has yet to feel the tremors. Energy price shock tied to the Iran war rippled through the…...

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therealdeal. com > chicago > 04/21/2026 > zombie-loans-try-to-feast-on-chicago-home-equity

Night of the living debt: Recession-era mortgages revived to feast on Chicago home equity

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (296+ words) Note buyers of so-called "zombie" loans made pre-2008 launch foreclosures on residential real estate Just when Chicago homeowners thought the ghosts of the 2008 financial crash were buried, a new nightmare is clawing its way to the surface: zombie mortgages. Now,…...

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therealdeal. com > national > 04/05/2026 > impacts-of-iran-war-on-real-estate

Real estate feels the impact of Iran war

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (451+ words) Plus, more mortgage fraud charges, an estate feud, and more national real estate news this week Mortgage rates, which had briefly dipped below 6 percent in late February, have moved decisively higher, climbing to about 6. 46 percent as of Thursday. The increase…...

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therealdeal. com > data > national > 2026 > u-s-commercial-real-estate-volume-drops-in-february

Fewer deals, firmer prices: CRE's mixed February

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (447+ words) Portfolio-level transactions dropped year over year by 21% U. S. commercial real estate deals contracted in February, though more so because of last year's outliers than because of a troubled market. CRE transaction volume fell to $30. 3 billion in February, representing a 13 percent year-over-year…...

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therealdeal. com > data > national > 2025 > u-s-industrial-rates-rise-amid-tariffs

Industrial vacancy rising as tariffs, recession fears loom

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (414+ words) Supply in the pipeline has reached pre-pandemic levels The vacancy rate for industrial buildings across the country is up " and there are more properties slated to hit the market soon, even as President Trump's newly enacted tariffs raise questions about…...

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therealdeal. com > miami > 04/08/2026 > nuveens-grocery-anchored-strategy-nabs-south-florida-center

Nuveen drops $46 M on Aldi-anchored center amid grocery spree

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (294+ words) Institutional investor raised $330 M to buy retail across US Nuveen Real Estate is jumping into South Florida's grocery-anchored shopping center game with a recent $46. 3 million purchase in Broward County that is part of the firm's broader strategy focused on neighborhood…...

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therealdeal. com > chicago > 02/26/2026 > investors-facing-byline-bank-lawsuit-seek-tax-sale-invalidation

Tax lien investors bet on $55 M bankruptcy and constitutional challenge to escape Byline Bank debt

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (806+ words) Lender suing Integrity Investment Fund for default as borrower challenges Illinois tax sale law Chicago-based Integrity Investment is caught in the middle of a web of legal battles over Illinois" property tax sales system, with a lender accusing the company…...

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therealdeal. com > national > 03/16/2026 > trump-adds-to-housing-action-with-pair-of-executive-orders

Trump targets mortgage, construction issues in executive orders

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (347+ words) Actions seek to ease rules facing community banks, builders President Donald Trump is taking aim at existing rules hampering mortgages and construction." The two executive orders signed by Trump on Friday come as part of the administration's push to address…...

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therealdeal. com > new-york > 03/07/2026 > why-real-estate-wont-miss-state-senator-brian-kavanagh

Departing senator gets failing grade from real estate industry

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1033+ words) Housing chair Brian Kavanagh passed rent law, and things got worse from there When Brian Kavanagh's reign as chair of the state Senate's housing committee ends this year, the real estate industry will celebrate " his departure, that is. Not his…...

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therealdeal. com > national > 02/26/2026 > mortgage-rates-finally-crash-through-6-threshold

Mortgage rates finally crash through 6% threshold

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (421+ words) Decline could help "people off the fence," economist says Thursday could prove to be a watershed day for the United States" post-pandemic housing market. Or it could just be a brief blip into improved affordability. The average 30-year mortgage rate…...