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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

Fed Interest Rate Cut (1) The Federal Reserve cut its primary policy interest rate by 50 basis points (bps) in September to a target range of 4.75%-5%, the first interest... View Article

Inflation (1) According to the BLS, the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) reaccelerated on a monthly basis in July but continued to decelerate annually. Prices rose by 0.2% between June... View Article

CPI Inflation (1) The Consumer Price Index fell by 0.1% month over month in June, its first monthly downtick in over four years, according to the latest data from the... View Article

Bank Stress Tests (1) According to the Federal Reserve, all 31 “systemically important financial institutions” (SIFIs) passed their annual stress tests. These tests evaluate the ability of large US banks... View Article

Get the latest economic news impacting commercial real estate investors and commercial real estate brokers! Large Funds Increase CRE Footprint (1) A recent analysis by Reuters details how large funds... View Article

First Quarter GDP (1) The US economy expanded by a 1.6% annualized rate during the first quarter of 2023, according to the latest data from the US Bureau of Economic... View Article

Homebuyers Adjusting to Higher Interest Rates (1) A new survey by Fannie Mae suggests that home buyers are gradually adjusting to higher mortgage rates despite increasingly negative sentiments about the... View Article

Industrial’s Largest Operators Expand (1) According to an article by Commercial Observer, Industrial real estate heavyweights Prologis and Link Logistics are leading an ongoing expansion in warehouse use despite recent... View Article

1. Current Economic Conditions (Beige Book) According to the March 6th, 2024, release of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, national economic activity increased over the previous six-week period. Eight of... View Article

The SVN Research department has compiled the latest reports detailing where our economy is heading. The report covers the following topics: Inflation (1) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,... View Article

GDP (1) Real US GDP expanded at a 3.3% annualized rate during Q4 of 2023, according to the advanced estimate from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis. The estimate surpasses... View Article

By Clifford Hockley, CPM, CCIM The fluctuating demand for apartment and home rentals is closely tied to economic cycles. In the recent cycle of overbuilding, driven by low interest rates... View Article

The SVN Research team has the latest Economic Update for January 2024! December Jobs Report (1) US nonfarm payrolls increased by 216,000 in December, above November’s growth of 173,000 jobs... View Article

Inflation and Falling Energy Prices (1) The latest PCE price index rose in line with consensus expectations in October, but the divergence between the core and headline numbers reflects the... View Article

September Jobs Report (1) The US economy added 336,000 new jobs in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, almost double the consensus forecasts. The unemployment rate remained unchanged... View Article

By Cliff Hockley, CCIM, CPM Oregon’s annual legislative session ended June 25, 2023. There were 2,976 bills, memorials and resolutions introduced during the 2023 session and, of those, the Legislature... View Article