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The Great Office Market Divide

July 1, 2025

As we reach the midpoint of 2025, the U.S. office market is undergoing a transformation that’s reshaping investment strategies, tenant expectations, and urban development. The term on every commercial real estate professional’s lips? Bifurcation. This growing divide between high-performing, amenity-rich office…

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Peak People

June 23, 2025

What do you think of when you hear the word population? Ever expanding? Overpopulation perhaps? It seems natural to observe rising rents, low unemployment, shrinking apartments, crowded tourist attractions, supply shortages, or traffic jams in sprawling suburbs and conclude that…

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Home Ownership in America – A Fading Dream?

June 17, 2025

The American dream of home ownership might be fading. For decades, the government has tracked the difference between renting and owning. The Federal government recently published its latest home affordability index, which measures the cost of home ownership versus renting.…

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Days of Our Lives

June 9, 2025

Daytime soap operas have not been the same since “Days of Our Lives.” Known for its controversial subjects, it aired from 1965 to 2022. Today’s political news cycle continues to be a running soap opera of sorts.  Wave after wave…

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Will SBICs Thrive Under Pressure?

June 2, 2025

So far, 2025 has been a year of surprises from Washington. Among the changes have been headcount reductions in the federal government, including a 43% workforce reduction in the Small Business Administration (SBA) driven by the cost cutting efforts of…

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