Analysis

Many people plan to carry their home improvement projects passed the pandemic, and the trend will keep home improvement retailers in the essential retail category.

If there is widespread adoption, some questions need to be answered, including which sales should be included in the retail calculation.

Rent collections have improved over the six months of the pandemic and are beginning to near 90%.

The average size of a single-family home has increased to nearly 3,300 square feet, while the average size of an apartment has decreased to 808 square feet.

Factories and hotels in particular have been well suited to adaptive re-use, but the office sector has become a target too in the last 10 years.

A new report from Fitch Ratings finds that a lack of meaningful upper-tier hotel demand will slow recovery in the US lodging market.

Normally, low interest rates would stimulate commercial real estate investment, but that isn't the case in 2020.

These people are attracted to the lack of competition and record low-interest rates in the market today.