Latest Real Estate Economic Updates

CRE Distress Reaches Highest Level Since 2013

  • Mike Lembeck
  • 20 October 2023

The value of distressed U.S. commercial real estate reached its highest level in a decade during the third quarter, Bloomberg News reported. The value of buildings in bankruptcy, repossessed by lender...

What the New Jobs Report Means for CRE

  • Mike Lembeck
  • 08 October 2023

Expert analysis of the surprisingly strong results reported Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. September data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that total payroll employm...

Soft Landing? Five Risks Could Derail It

  • Mike Lembeck
  • 08 October 2023

During the fall of 2022 and into 2023, many economists were convinced that the U.S. was headed toward a recession. The question was timing, length and severity. But fast-forwarding about a year, ...

Charge-Offs of Bank CRE Office Loans Surge

  • Mike Lembeck
  • 06 October 2023

Delinquency and default rates have returned to the heights of 2020 Q4. Understanding how well or badly the office market has been doing has become a challenge, at least when closely watching the dail...