Real estate investors seek advice on today’s issues that will impact property today — and today’s issues that will impact their decisions over the next 10 years. With that in mind, The Counselors of Real Estate has put together an annual list of issues to watch. In a break with how The Counselors’ has announced its top 10 list in past years, the Top 10 Issues Affecting Real Estate 2018–2019 differentiates between current and longer-term impacts on real property.

The list is developed annually by members of The Counselors’ external affairs group, led by Victor Calanog, Ph.D., CRE, chief economist and senior vice president, Reis, and Hugh F. Kelly, Ph.D., CRE, special advisor, Fordham University Real Estate Institute, and principal, Hugh F. Kelly Real Estate Economics. The 1,100 CRE members around the world undertake an extensive collaborative dialogue on current issues and trends to identify the final list.

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