Office REITs remain on the downturn, but may see hope with international returning-to-office trends by Elise Mackanych | Jan 21, 2025 The poor performance of office REITs is holding down the recovery pace for the real estate sector, according to the S&P Global Ratings 2025 Real Estate Industry Outlook.
Pension funds across the United States remain fragile at the end of 2024 by Elise Mackanych | Jan 14, 2025 Thanks to strong financial market performance and a healthy average investment return, the funded status for local and state pension funds has improved in 2024.
High interest rates are causing alternative asset managers, wealth managers and family offices to reevaluate exit strategies by Elise Mackanych | Jan 10, 2025 Due to the current interest rate environment, 96 percent of asset managers working in alternative investments, senior executives at major companies, family offices and wealth managers are altering their exit strategies.
How investors are investing in the current state of private markets by Elise Mackanych | Dec 4, 2024 Private markets are receiving growing investment interest from family offices and wealthy individuals, despite being typically inaccessible to non-institutional investors.
Sales of service, logistics, hospitality and other robots rising worldwide by Mike Consol | Nov 13, 2024 Sales of robots for agriculture, hospitality, logistics, medical and professional service roles have risen globally by double digits, though their design, manufacture and adoption vary by region.
Self-storage industry leading charge on real estate conversions by Mike Consol | Nov 12, 2024 Self-storage construction has surged in recent decades, but not all self-storage space comes from new construction.
Principal Asset Management examines key real estate sectors in new U.S. report by Kali Persall | Nov 7, 2024 Principal Asset Management has released its U.S. Real Estate Sector Report, touching on performance and implications for a number of key property types and sectors.
REITs fall 3% in October, but remain up 10% YTD by Loretta Clodfelter | Nov 7, 2024 REITs fell in October, with the FTSE Nareit Equity REITs Index recording a decline of 2.9 percent. REITs are up 10.1 percent, year-to-date, according to the index.
U.S. adds only 12,000 jobs in October amid storms, strikes by Loretta Clodfelter | Nov 1, 2024 U.S. nonfarm payroll employment increased by 12,000 jobs in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent.
U.S. GDP in Q3 slows but remains strong by Denise Moose | Nov 1, 2024 U.S. GDP increased by 2.8 percent on an annualized basis in third quarter 2024 (advance estimate), down from 3 percent in second quarter and below market expectations of 3.1 percent, according to the recent CBRE research report titled, “Q3 GDP Slows But Remains Strong.”
