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A Peculiar Phenomenon in the Rental Market Gets a Lot More Peculiar

by Wolf Richter Besides that, rents are in free-fall in Chicago, decline in Seattle, plunge here, soar there, city by city. The peculiar...

McNellis: Is the 1031 Exchange Panacea or Placebo?

By John McNellis [dropcap]U[/dropcap]pon selling a supermarket last week, we deposited our proceeds into a 1031 exchange account. Call this maneuver the triumph...

We’re Overbuilt in Retail

By John Cumbelich America’s inventory of shopping centers is ominously overbuilt. Even if the migration of retail sales to the internet had not...

McNellis: The Hell of Regulatory Interpretation

By John McNellis [dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne truth that bears learning is this: News is very seldom as good—or as bad—as it first appears. Even when...

Once Hot Seattle Apartment Market Hit by Onslaught of Supply

by Wolf Richter Rents fall most in the Amazon neighborhood, as new supply piles up. In Metropolitan Seattle, there are currently 24,554 apartment...

Suddenly, US Rental Markets Diverge by Bedrooms

by Wolf Richter But rents tank in the most expensive metros. Even Seattle cools off, awash in new supply. In New York City,...

Tax Cuts to Bring New Regulations to Real Estate Businesses

By Robert Keasal [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 will be the most complex re-writing of tax codes for flow-through business...

We Rise and Fall Together: How Curt Altig Created Builders Capital with the Team in Mind

An interview with Curt Altig, Founder and CEO of Builders Capital By Theresa Torseth, Founder/Managing Partner, Human Securities Executive Search Curt Altig started...

McNellis: Investing in Accidental Assets

By John McNellis [dropcap]C[/dropcap]asting about in the cluttered basement the night before our firm’s annual Christmas lunch, I happened across a couple bottles...

The US Cities With The Biggest Housing Bubbles

But red-hot Seattle has first back-to-back declines since 2014! by Wolf Richter The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index for October, released this...

Rents Plunge in the Most Expensive US Cities

But many mid-tier markets are red-hot. by Wolf Richter In San Francisco, the most expensive major rental market in the US, the median...

BOMA 2017 Just Increased Your Footprint by 3%

By Dan Mihalovich In our earlier piece, "Office Tenants Pay for More Phantom Space than Ever,” we called out the landlord community, its...