Growth

Oct 24, 2019
2 min

Small Business Owners, Still Among the Most Confident, Report Slip In Optimism

CoStar Analysis: NFIB Survey Finds Dimming Prospects, More Uncertainty Small Business owners have consistently been among the most confid...

Jason Tuvia

Oct 10, 2019
6 min

CoStar Money: Colony Capital Shifts Gears, Opportunity Zone Fundraising Picks Up

Investment strategies have changed a lot in the historic 10-year economic expansion that's still ongoing. During the span, major investor...

Playing Defense May Define Commercial Real Estate Next Year, Urban Land Institute Finds

Jason Tuvia

Oct 4, 2019
2 min

Playing Defense May Define Commercial Real Estate Next Year, Urban Land Institute Finds

Annual Survey Shows Industry Remains Optimistic Despite Economic Uncertainty Next year may be the time to get defensive with real estate ...

Next Year May Be The Time To Get Defensive With Real Estate Investments

Jason Tuvia

Oct 2, 2019
3 min

Next Year May Be The Time To Get Defensive With Real Estate Investments

Firms Seen Raising Risk of High Office Vacancy, Greater Defaults in Any Recession The president of the Boston Federal Reserve Bank is war...

Fed Cuts Interest Rates to Try to Cushion US Economy From Global Headwinds

Jason Tuvia

Sep 23, 2019
2 min

Fed Cuts Interest Rates to Try to Cushion US Economy From Global Headwinds

CoStar Analysis: US Central Bank Now Must Gauge Effects of Recent Changes The Federal Reserve reduced its policy rate by 25 basis points ...

Treasury, HUD Seek to Limit Scope of Nation's Largest Multifamily Lenders

Jason Tuvia

Sep 19, 2019
3 min

Treasury, HUD Seek to Limit Scope of Nation's Largest Multifamily Lenders

Trump Administration Needs Bipartisan Support to Decrease Government Roles of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae The U.S. departments of Treasury an...

Foreign Capital Flows to US Property Seen Increasing Into Next Year

Jason Tuvia

Sep 16, 2019
3 min

Foreign Capital Flows to US Property Seen Increasing Into Next Year

With Recession Not Imminent, Overseas Investors May Look More to US While foreign investment in U.S. commercial real estate fell signific...

Presidential Problem: Candidates Pitch Solutions to Nation’s Housing Shortage

Jason Tuvia

Sep 13, 2019
9 min

Presidential Problem: Candidates Pitch Solutions to Nation’s Housing Shortage

Proposals Give New Prominence to the Lack of Shelter in a Growing Economy As Democratic presidential candidates debated on Thursday night...

Tech and Media Boom Is Driving Down Vacancies in Westside Los Angeles Neighborhood

Jason Tuvia

Sep 12, 2019
2 min

Tech and Media Boom Is Driving Down Vacancies in Westside Los Angeles Neighborhood

Stakeholders Say Playa Vista is Heating Up The convergence of media and technology is helping to make a dent in vacancies in Playa Vista,...

California Legislature Passes Historic Rent Control Bill

Jason Tuvia

Sep 11, 2019
3 min

California Legislature Passes Historic Rent Control Bill

Governor Indicates He's Likely to Sign Legislation Capping Rents at 5% Plus Inflation California lawmakers passed a statewide rent contro...

Jason Tuvia

Aug 8, 2019
3 min

What to Make of Gyrating Markets and Global Trade Wars

It appears that U.S. financial markets are finally waking up to the reality of the intended and unintended consequences of the trade war....

Jason Tuvia

Jul 15, 2019
4 min

California Earthquake Aftershocks Could Extend to Commercial Mortgages

Property Damage Might Slow Refinancing of $3 Billion in Loans Real estate fallout could extend well beyond the immediate damage caused by...

Housing and Tenant Advocates Fail to Advance Key Bills in Push Watched Nationally

Jason Tuvia

Jun 3, 2019
4 min

Housing and Tenant Advocates Fail to Advance Key Bills in Push Watched Nationally

Measures to Protect Tenants, Produce More Rental Housing Get Luke-Warm Reception California lawmakers, under pressure from real estate de...

California Assembly Passes Bill Capping Rents at 7%

Jason Tuvia

May 30, 2019
3 min

California Assembly Passes Bill Capping Rents at 7%

Tenant Protection Measure Passes After Several Concessions to Landlords, Real Estate Brokers The California Assembly narrowly passed a bi...

Apartment Development Boom Spreads Into New Areas in Downtown Los Angeles

Jason Tuvia

Apr 2, 2019
2 min

Apartment Development Boom Spreads Into New Areas in Downtown Los Angeles

Two New Towers Give a Boost to Historic Core's Revitalization Two new Los Angeles apartment towers in the city's Historic Core are the la...

Freddie Mac: These are the Most Rent-Burdened Housing Markets

Jason Tuvia

Apr 1, 2019
2 min

Freddie Mac: These are the Most Rent-Burdened Housing Markets

GSE releases analysis on rent-burdened communities It’s not exactly a secret that affordability for both home buyers and renters is shrin...

All Signs Point to a U.S. Housing Boom Ahead

Jason Tuvia

Mar 20, 2019
3 min

All Signs Point to a U.S. Housing Boom Ahead

(Bloomberg Opinion) Investors have been so focused on how the Fed’s dovish stance on interest rates led to a rebound in stock prices that...

Rent Hikes Restricted to 5% Near New Los Angeles Pro Football Stadium

Jason Tuvia

Mar 18, 2019
3 min

Rent Hikes Restricted to 5% Near New Los Angeles Pro Football Stadium

Landlords in Inglewood, California, Limited to 5 Percent Increases During Moratorium Inglewood, California, one of the last remaining aff...

LA Rent Control Increases will climb to 4% in 2019

Jason Tuvia

Mar 12, 2019
2 min

LA Rent Control Increases will climb to 4% in 2019

Angelenos living in rent-controlled apartments may see monthly rent payments climb slightly higher than expected in the coming months. In...

Burgeoning Koreatown Development Reflects Growing Demand

Jason Tuvia

Feb 28, 2019
3 min

Burgeoning Koreatown Development Reflects Growing Demand

Latest Development Reflects Neighborhood's Growing Demand Driving through the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, it’s impossible to m...

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