Samantha Goldberg

Economy Watch Weekly: Millennials, Interest Rates Impact CRE

Economy Editor Dees Stribling explains how these two hot topics are affecting the real estate industry, for the week ending Aug. 19, 2016.

Poll: Which of these issues would you most like to see addressed in the next legislative session?

As we head into this year’s presidential election, there are several major legislative issues on the top of real estate leaders’ minds. What are your top priorities? Tell us what you think and check out what your industry peers are thinking in our monthly poll!

Economy Watch: Americans Didn’t Shop With Enthusiasm in July

U.S. retail sales dropped for the month, but did manage a small gain from the same time last year.

Economy Watch Weekly: Job Growth Sizzles in Summer

Economy Editor Dees Stribling weighs in on why the U.S. economy’s nice boost in job growth in July bodes well for the real estate industry, for the week ending Aug. 5, 2016.

Shlomi Ronen

Financing Your Next Retail Project in Today’s Lending Market

By Shlomi Ronen, Founder & Managing Principal, Dekel Capital: In a constrained lending environment, how can retail property developers secure financing for their upcoming projects?

Economy Watch Weekly: The State of the US Economy

Despite some strong short-term metrics for job growth and consumer spending, the long-term outlook for the U.S. economy is still a bit iffy. Economy Editor Dees Stribling discusses the top factors that will impact economic performance over the coming months, for the week ending July 29, 2016.

Economy Watch Weekly: CRE Fundamentals Still Strong—Mostly

The U.S. economy is in reasonably good shape, and so is the commercial real estate industry, for that matter. But there are some caveats. Economy Editor Dees Stribling weighs in for the week ending July 22, 2016.

Economy Watch Weekly: Retail Sales Jump in June

The economy not only created more jobs than expected in June, but also saw a decent jump in retail sales for the month. Economy editor Dees Stribling weighs in on this surprising news, for the week ending July 15, 2016.

Economy Watch: Beige Book Reports “Modest” Economic Growth, Better For Most CRE

The recent expansion in economic activity has lead to stable or improved commercial real estate sales and leasing, with some markets doing better than others.