Analysis

Several new and recent reports indicate that sales are lagging while large swaths of existing home owners are relocating specifically to cut costs.

If a company has large groups of workers in "the urban fringe," it may start to set up locations in these areas.

With housing demand remaining high, investors see safety in apartments.

Yet in Q3, cross-border investment fell 71% year over year to $3.5 billion.

Low rates could drive volumes higher in 2021.

Companies can turn unused or short-term office space into online learning hubs, allowing parents to bring older kids to work while staying productive.

Consumers are sitting on billions if not trillions of dollars in savings accrued during the pandemic.

The recovery of office-using jobs in the third quarter suggests a bright future for physical offices.