One of the megatrends I have talked about the past two years is that we will continue to have younger individuals being more predisposed towards rental housing. I truly believe that most of the college and trade school graduates in the past five years and… Read more

Since we talked about the Traits of Remarkable Employees last time–and what a great response, thank you–let’s add one additional article to the Human Resource side.  Even though this article is about questions when hiring an employee (or answering as an applicant), self-employed individuals should also… Read more

An MIT economist is now forecasting a rapid recovery in the housing construction segment (click here to see article). While I agree that construction will indeed return, growth is not imminent. In the long run, a growing population will require extensive construction. But in the… Read more

Just-released Spring edition of NAR’s Commercial Magazine Commercial Connections. See page 12 of NAR’s Commercial Magazine for my article on commercial real estate values and cap rates.  Bad news is that commercial real estate values have plummeted.  Great news is that transaction volume will increase… Read more

Demand for real estate is a function of effective demand (and that really means jobs).  But you should never say demand without also saying supply.  It’s the interaction of the two that yields prices.  Denver, for example, has added more than 149,000 new dwelling units… Read more

5 Million Square Feet Absorption by Year End in DC Alone As the government becomes the lone bright spot for office demand (see the Globe Street article ), it relays to the taxpayer that growing government cannot be tamed or shrunk at will. What is… Read more