American Banker, Aug. 27, 2025-Catherine LeffertAfter spending years as a wildcard on banks’ balance sheets, commercial real estate loans are again getting boring.Click here for more (subscription)
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Investors Hold Most Empty Houses
National Mortgage Professional, Aug 25, 2025-Lew SichelmanInvestors owned more than 882,300 vacant houses as of last year’s third quarter, according to the latest report from ATTOM Data Solutions. About 63% …
Chicago Ditches Parking Minimums to Make Room for Housing
Bloomberg News, Aug. 26, 2025-Arvelisse Bonilla RamosWhen Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson launched the Cut the Tape Initiative in 2024, the aim was clear: Accelerate housing construction and limit bureaucratic barriers …
Rent Collections Improve Slightly, but Late Payments Signal Strain
HousingWire, Aug. 25, 2025-Jonathan DelozierOn-time rent payments improved in August 2025, offering a rare positive note in a year marked by declining performance, according to new data from Chandan Economics.Click …
How Hurricane Resilience for Commercial Real Estate Is Leveraging Drones and AI
CNBC, Aug. 20, 2025-Diana OlickThe first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season is spinning off the East Coast, and there are sure to be more in its wake. As season …
Do You Need to Own a House? Many Older Americans Decide They Don’t
The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 12, 2025-Clare AnsberryClaire Kerr wanted to downsize from her five-bedroom, four-bathroom house after her children were grown.Click here for more (subscription)
Nobody’s Buying Homes, Nobody’s Switching Jobs—and America’s Mobility Is Stalling
The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 14, 2025-Konrad Putzier and Rachel Louise EnsignAmericans are stuck in place. People are moving to new homes and new cities at around the lowest rate …
121 College Towns Examined: Is Buying a Home Cheaper Than Campus Housing?
Globe St., Aug. 15, 2025-Erika MurphyAs college costs soar beyond tuition, families weigh not just where to send their children—but how best to house them. For many, the question comes …
S.F. Developer Buys Federal Land in Silicon Valley, Likely to Build Housing, Retail
San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 12, 2025-J.K. DineenThe developer responsible for the trendy Springline mixed used development in downtown Menlo Park is looking to replicate that success on a bigger scale …
Quantum Computing Could Be Commercial Real Estate’s Next Big Tailwind
CNBC, Aug. 12, 2025-Diana OlickJust as artificial intelligence turned the data center sector into a gold mine, quantum computing is already ramping up to its own real estate revolution.Click here for …