What the US’ Return to the Paris Climate Accord Means to CRE

President Biden recently signed an Executive Order to put the US back in the Paris climate accord. Kurt Stout, executive vice president, Government Solutions at Colliers International, says the US’s renewed focus on combating greenhouse emissions could affect...

Interest Rates, Job Growth | Economic Update

Interest Rates The yield curve, a measure of interest rate differences between short-dated and long-dated securities, has similarly continued along a path of recent recovery. A steep sloping yield curve is considered a market predictor of positive future economic...

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Senior housing qualifies for a critical exception The Treasury Department is completing several multi-year tax regulatory projects that primarily relate to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 before the new Biden Administration. Chief among them are procedures for...

Economic Update | December 4, 2020

Retail According to Moody’s Analytics / REIS reporting, signs of distress are spreading in the retail sector. The sector’s vacancy rate rose by 0.2% to 10.4% in the third quarter, reaching a seven-year high. Average asking retail rents declined 0.1% from the previous...