Subject: Economic News (ECO)

New York Daily News New York State's Assembly is planning an additional 1% tax on homes purchased for $1 million or more in cash in New York City. The surcharge would apply only to homes sold in New York City ...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report The commercial real estate market is enjoying a period of substantial lender liquidity. Properties that have been stabilized will generally be able to get financing and often will find offers from a number of ...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report The commercial real estate sector has become increasingly bifurcated. Class-A properties, even offices, are doing quite well. Others: not so much. That was the meat of the discussion at the Bifurcation and Recovery panel ...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report Lenders of all stripes are bullish. They've got plenty of capital to lend and property owners have accepted the fact that interest rates will remain higher than what became the norm until late 2022. ...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report The second annual Trepp Connect conference got underway earlier today in Manhattan's Rockefeller Center, with more than 200 attendees. After opening remarks by Annemarie DiCola, chief executive of Trepp Inc., Victor Calanog, managing director ...

The Commercial Real Estate Finance Council's upcoming Miami conference, set for Jan. 11-14, is shaping up to be among the best-attended of the trade group's major events. So far, more than 4,000 people are expected to attend. However, not all ...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report Commercial property capitalization rates increased by 83 basis points between 2022 and 2024, according to Victor Calanog, managing director & global co-head of research and strategy at Manulife, who spoke at Trepp Inc.'s inaugural ...

The Trump Administration's imposition of tariffs on dozens of countries has reversed a substantial chunk of optimism that commercial real estate professionals had expressed as recently as late last year.

The incoming Trump administration's clear preference for fewer regulations and obstacles to conducting business brings a unique concern to the commercial real estate industry: uncertainty.

The rest of this legislative year promises to be clouded with uncertainty, stemming largely from the recent increase in lawsuits to kneecap regulations.