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Blackstone Mortgage Trust Covers Dividend Third Straight Quarter as Platform Pivots Toward Data Centers and Net Lease
The $19.7 billion CRE lender posted a GAAP net loss but distributable earnings cleared the dividend hurdle, signaling that a portfolio reset built...
Northern California Carries Essex as Bay Area Tech Demand Outpaces Seattle, Los Angeles in Q1
The West Coast’s largest multifamily REIT beat expectations as cap rate compression and a $62 million stock buyback signaled a private-public valuation gap....
D.R. Horton Cuts Forecast as Affordability Bites Into Q2 Margins
America Builder’s $7.6 billion quarter showed disciplined execution, but Northwest closings tumbled 19 percent and gross margins compressed under the weight of elevated...
Bay Area Swallows Q1 Venture Capital as Seattle and Los Angeles Fall Further Behind
OpenAI, Anthropic and xAI concentrate $221.1 billion in Northern California while Southern California and the Pacific Northwest scrape single-digit billions in a market...
AI Set to Flatten Office Job Growth Through 2030, Pushing U.S. Vacancy to 21.5%, Newmark Finds
A new Newmark research report forecasts that artificial intelligence will moderate office-using employment to near-zero growth over the next five years, reshaping demand...
U.S. Life Sciences Vacancy Tops 70% of New Deliveries as 60MM SQFT Pipeline Reshapes Market
Savills says supply surge from pandemic-era development boom is outpacing demand, leaving major lab projects unleased across key hubs A development cycle that...
North American Life Sciences Sector Grapples With Supply Glut as 55% of Recent Lab Deliveries Sit Vacant
A pandemic-era construction wave has collided with cooling demand, leaving nearly 60 million square feet of new lab space struggling to find tenants...
Carmel Partners Closes Fund 9 at $1.35 Billion
SAN FRANCISCO, April 7, 2026 – Carmel Partners (“Carmel”) announced today the final close of Carmel Partners Investment Fund 9, its U.S. multifamily real estate value...
The Great Migration: How Population Loss Is Reshaping Bay Area Commercial Real Estate
As census data reveals persistent out-migration, office landlords pivot strategies while housing supply tightens despite multifamily recovery. The San Francisco metropolitan area faces...
Federal Reserve Holds Rates Steady at March Meeting as Oil Price Spike Clouds Outlook
Wells Fargo economists expect two rate cuts remain on the table in 2026, though elevated inflation from energy costs could push the timeline...
Consumer Spending Shows Early Signs of Caution as Income Strength Meets Emerging Headwinds
A modest gain in January spending masks slowing discretionary activity, while rising gasoline prices tied to the Iran conflict threaten to weigh on...
Multifamily Surge Lifts January Housing Starts But Falling Permits Signal Sluggish Outlook
A 29.9 percent jump in multifamily starts masked underlying weakness in single-family construction, with total permits declining 5.8 percent year-over-year to open 2026...
