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Vanderbilt’s Choice: A Win for San Francisco and the Bay Area
By Vladimir Bosanac, publisher of The Registry The hand-wringing over Vanderbilt University’s decision to establish its West Coast campus in Showplace Square rather...
Trump Administration Unveils Housing Market Interventions to Address Affordability Crisis
New policies target institutional investors and mortgage rates, though implementation details remain sparse The Trump administration launched two major housing policy initiatives this...
Labor Market Treads Water as Job Growth Stalls in Final Month of 2025
December payrolls rose just 50,000 while unemployment edged down to 4.4 percent, leaving Fed likely on hold for January meeting The U.S. labor...
U.S. Housing Construction Starts Slide 4.2% to a 1.25MM Pace as Builders Pull Back
Elevated inventories, affordability pressures and uneven demand keep residential construction subdued After several years in which housing construction helped buffer the economy against...
Data Challenges Narrative on Institutional Investors and Homeownership Crisis
U.S. Lost 1.5 Million Single-Family Rentals as Individual Homebuyers Outcompeted Investors, Contradicting Claims About Institutional Impact on Affordability The heated debate over institutional...
Consumer Prices Expected to Rise 0.35% in December After Data Collection Issues
Wells Fargo forecasts 2.7 percent year-over-year headline inflation, down from September peak despite monthly rebound The longest government shutdown in U.S. history created...
Manufacturing Sector Closes 2025 With 10th Consecutive Month of Contraction, ISM Index at 47.8
Employment gauge shows modest improvement despite persistent weakness in new orders and production activity The disconnect between America’s booming overall economy and its...
CJ Park & Assoc. Spends $27MM on 143,000 SQFT Pacific Town Center in Stockton
Newly remodeled, 142,957 SF shopping center anchored by Smart & Final Extra!, Chuze Fitness and Ross Dress For Less STOCKTON, Calif. – Hanley...
Labor Market Treads Water as Job Openings Fall to 7.1 Million
The U.S. labor market showed continued signs of cooling in November, with job openings declining and workers increasingly reluctant to leave their positions,...
UCSF to Lease 300,000 SQFT of Additional Space at Kilroy Oyster Point Phase 2
LOS ANGELES — Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYSE: KRC) (“Kilroy” or the “Company”) today announced 300,000 square feet of additional lease executions during 2025 at...
3D Printed Houses and Other Fairy Tales
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) The prophecy was always that technology would save us. And here we are in 2026,...
CIM Group Faces Default on $61.5MM Loan for 55 Hawthorne in San Francisco
Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm CIM Group now confronts the possibility of losing control of a San Francisco office tower after lenders...
