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Few new retail centers are under construction. Those that are involve either neighborhood shopping centers or mixed-use projects. With the continued barrage of retail bankruptcies, stores closures, repositionings and rightsizings of store... View Article

Inflation The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% month-over-month and 6.0% year-over-year on a seasonally adjusted basis through February, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ March 14th release. Both... View Article

Homebuilding Sentiment Rises According to the latest data from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), homebuilding confidence is on the rise. The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) rose... View Article

By Clifford Hockley, CPM, CCIM SVN Bluestone, Principal Broker If your desk is like mine, it might be a little cluttered. You probably have many ideas driving through your brain... View Article

January Jobs Report According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US economy added 517,000 jobs in January while the unemployment rate was little changed at 3.4%. The number of... View Article

GDP Real GDP increased at a 2.9% annual rate in Q4 2022, according to the advance estimate by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Economic output has slowed from Q3 2022,... View Article

By Clifford Hockley, CPM, CCIM SVN Bluestone, Principal Broker Henry Ford, the father of Ford Motors, had a relentless focus on planning. He looked ahead and planned his innovations, to... View Article

CPI Inflation The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 6.5% year-over-year and just 0.1% month-over-month, according to the latest numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — relatively in line with... View Article

When a list of predictions includes that the US housing market will not experience a “wave of foreclosures” one can assume the forecast for 2023 is not filled with optimism.... View Article

For the next two years, the US will have a divided Congress, with Republicans hanging onto a slim majority in the House of Representatives while Democrats snagged similarly slim control... View Article

By Clifford Hockley, CPM, CCIM SVN Bluestone, Principal Broker The world’s climate is changing and so are the methods adapted to adjust to the changes. Real estate investors need to... View Article

Thanksgiving Inflation As Americans sit down for this year’s Thanksgiving, it’s more than just after-dinner-waistlines experiencing uncomfortable inflation levels. According to a recent Chandan Economics analysis, the average price of... View Article

By Clifford Hockley, Principal Broker In economics, a recession is a business cycle contraction when there is a general decline in economic activity. Recessions generally occur when there is a... View Article

By: Clifford Hockley, Senior Advisor and Principal Broker Who is going to run your company or care for your investments if you die or become incapacitated? Have you planned ahead?... View Article

By: Clifford Hockley, Senior Advisor and Principal Broker Active Management           George owned a three-plex in a quiet neighborhood. He had no trouble getting tenants to... View Article

By: Clifford Hockley, Senior Advisor and Principal Broker Assume Life is Not Perfect           The way life usually happens when you are selling your property (or... View Article

By James Schaff, President SVN Bluestone and Bluestone Real Estate Services Changes in Portland FAIR Access in Renting Ordinance The Portland City Council voted on June 29, 2022, to roll... View Article