U.S. construction is down, Denver decreases 51%
Nationwide, apartment construction is experiencing a considerable slowdown this year with 293,000 new apartments projected to hit the market – a 12% drop compared to last year’s deliveries. The decline is primarily due to fewer
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November 9, 2020The menu of lenders & loan programs is bigger than ever
There has never been a better time to be a commercial real estate borrower. The cliché has been repeated on a loop for the last several years, but it still is truer than ever today. The Fed has signaled it is going to hold short-term
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November 6, 2020Understand eviction orders and their impact on landlords
The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic fallout have exacerbated a housing crisis in Colorado and across the country. Many citizens risk losing their homes due to job loss or illness. Landlords face their own challenges as they
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November 2, 2020Multifamily is key leader in economic recovery
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about turbulent times throughout the nation’s major real estate markets. Nationally, commercial real estate transactions dropped 60% in the second quarter year over year due to strict economic shutdowns
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November 2, 2020Strong fundamentals to help us thrive post-pandemic
In the middle of March, the COVID-19 pandemic took over the U.S. and abruptly stopped the world’s largest economy, with no certainty of what could happen next. Mass layoffs occurred quickly in the restaurant and
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August 11, 2020Developers report delays in permitting, starts
COVID-19 has disrupted the commercial real estate industry in more ways than we can count. Some of those changes have been positive, such as accelerating the industry’s embrace of virtual leasing. Others, however,
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August 10, 2020Upcoming Colorado evictions: The sky is not falling
With millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief grant funds at stake and widespread unease about the economic impact of virus-related restrictions, political profiteers, clever enough to form a nonprofit corporation
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August 3, 2020COVID-19 affects multihousing pricing, underwriting
Like so many real estate professionals, my days during this COVID-19 pandemic have been filled with more conference calls than I’m even able to count. Understandably, everyone is searching for real-time information
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August 3, 2020COVID-19 and CRE: 2020 vs. the Great Recession
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst for unprecedented health, economic and social events, locally, nationally and globally. Although every economic downturn varies in cause, impact and timeline,
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May 11, 2020Opinion: Inclusionary zoning hurts middle-class renters
The vast majority of Coloradans do not support rent control as the solution to fix Colorado’s housing shortage and the high prices that go with it. A 2019 Baselice poll showed that people prefer public-
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