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More Real Estate Trends to Watch in 2022

The number of single-family rental units being built is on the rise. RCLCO estimates that single-family rental homes now represent about 5.1 percent of all new single-family home construction, up from 3.5 percent in the 2000s. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP) By Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin January 19, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EST Our last column covered…
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Five Commercial Real Estate Trends to Watch in the Wake of COVID-19

Original article It’s been a whirlwind 20 months for commercial real estate (CRE), which, like so many other areas, was hit particularly hard by COVID-19. According to a recent report, the pandemic created the worst recession the office sector has ever faced — leaving property owners to seek out new ways to entice tenants, navigate changing…
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Leveraging Property Management To Increase The Sale Value Of Commercial Property

Kyle Crown is the President of Crown Commercial PM. He holds a B.S. in business from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Original Article [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="368"] Getty[/caption] Commercial property managers conduct business in the present tense. Most of our work has to do with reacting to the needs of property owners in real time.…
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Are we becoming a nation of majority renters?

Nationally and locally, we have seen an increase in the number of semi-permanent renters by Index Staff • October 26, 2021 1:30 am By Morf Morford Tacoma Daily Index The rapid increase in housing costs has led to at least one entirely predictable consequence; more and more of us, working or not, are semi-permanently locked out of the home…
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