Analysis

While year-to-date deal activity across all the top markets diminished amid the COVID-19 crisis, Dallas simply dropped less than other heavyweight markets such as Manhattan and Los Angeles.

Multiple factors are converging to drive this increase in automation.

Since the pandemic began, employees have been reluctant to return to the office and risk COVID exposure.

Many property owners have managed to keep loans current without seeking relief during the pandemic, but that doesn't mean they won't fall into distress.

Losses in rent growth are beginning to widen, particularly in low-income housing, as both landlords and tenants await an additional stimulus package.

A majority of investors and fund managers surveyed for Future of Alternatives 2025 believe ESG policies have a positive impact on returns, with 83% of fund managers expecting ESG to be more important by 2025.

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.