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Two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and after multiple setbacks for planned returns to the office, tech companies remain the single largest driver of office leasing nationally. Since... View Article

While the specifics may be different, the industrial sector is lighting up across the western region. In Seattle, Los Angeles, and Reno, a scarcity of industrial land availability is prompting... View Article

At this point in the building supply chain miseries, if it’s any month, this must be a time for rising prices. That’s what January brought, according to the National Association... View Article

How the Federal Reserve responds to inflation could create headwinds for the commercial real estate market, particularly as the Fed walks back earlier efforts to keep the pandemic-era economy in... View Article

Many real estate investors are transitioning from Multifamily investments to commercial and NNN investments. Why are they doing this? Because they are tired of dealing with the day-to-day challenges of... View Article

For the vast majority of market-rate renters, apartments remain affordable and these renters moving in are bringing big incomes, according to recent data from RealPage. Demand for market-rate apartments in... View Article

By Cliff Hockley, CPM, CCIM, Principal Broker and Senior Advisor Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services SVN | Bluestone and Hockley Most commercial or multifamily properties have parking lots, and... View Article

The multifamily sector has experienced the effects of an increase in pent-up demand this past year, resulting in higher-than-average asking rents as well as concessions, depending on the type of... View Article

The winter solstice is an occasion for many old religions, in one form or another, on the longest night of the year to be thankful for the promise of lengthening... View Article

Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% in November, down from 4.4% in October. The U.S. unemployment rate was also 4.2% in November. Oregon’s unemployment rate has declined rapidly over the... View Article

The Federal Reserve provided multiple indications Wednesday that its run of ultra-easy policy since the beginning of the Covid pandemic is coming to a close, making aggressive policy moves in... View Article

By Cliff Hockley, CPM, CCIM, Senior Advisor Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services SVN | Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate investors forget how important accounting is to their investment success.... View Article

Commercial real estate in the US is nowhere near bubble territory in the near-term, but investors would be well-served to consider the three- to five-year supply and demand outlook before... View Article

New research shows that the number of companies willing to allow all employees to work remotely fell to 26% to 39% between March and September 2021 and 70% of survey... View Article

By Cliff Hockley, President of Bluestone and Hockley Real Estate Services Executive Director, SVN | Bluestone and Hockley Inflation is up and is more persistent than expected. The path of... View Article

The Biden Administration’s framework for the Build Back Better bill has some good news for 1031 Exchangers such as: No limitations on Sec. 1031 like-kind exchanges; No increase in the... View Article