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FHA Announces Additional Steps to Spur Affordable Housing Development
A look at the new Small Buildings Risk Sharing initiative.
Economy Watch: Slow and Steady for Increasing Housing Prices
The economy is sluggish, but not necessarily for the real estate market.
Economy Watch: Inside the Volatile Retail Sector
Monthly numbers show just how unstable parts of the economy can be.
Economy Watch: Federal Deficit Outlook Better—and Worse
It’s almost like the beginning of a well-worn joke: there’s good news and bad news about the federal deficit.
Economy Watch: CRE Development Enjoys Best Year Since Before Recession
The U.S. economy might be a little uncertain after its first-quarter pause—and certainly the much of the rest of the world’s economy is very much uncertain—but there’s no doubt that U.S. commercial real estate is having a decent run as of the mid-2010s.
Economy Watch: International Monetary Fund Reports No Part of World Growing as Fast as It Should
A look at the IMF’s predictions for global growth.
Economy Watch: Risks for the Economy
There’s uncertainty outside the United States. And inside.
Economy Watch: One Property Type Hasn’t Benefited from the Recovery. Here’s Why
What’s holding the market back?
Economy Watch: Why Boomers and Millennials Will Have the Greatest Impact on Real Estate
A look at some macro and micro trends in real estate.