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The Morning After and How The Cycle Turned While You Were Sleeping
After two years of paralysis, capital is clearing its throat and deal volume is stirring — but this cycle rewards scalpels, not sledgehammers....
AXS Opportunity Fund Acquires 477,000 SQFT Concord Technology Center for $42MM
Beverly Hills investor purchases distressed East Bay office campus at 71 percent discount following major tenant’s lease commitment A distressed Concord office campus...
Consumer Confidence Plunges to Decade Low as Labor Market Anxieties Mount
Growing Job Market Concerns and Cost-of-Living Pressures Push Sentiment Below Pandemic-Era Levels American consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest point in a...
San Francisco’s Comeback Investors: Why We’re Betting Big Despite the Risks
Exclusive developer roundtable reveals acquisition strategies, cost challenges, and fears that could derail the city’s recovery The developers and investors actually writing checks...
Small Business Optimism Climbs to 99.5 as Economic Uncertainty Falls to Seven-Month Low
Policy clarity and monetary easing drive nine-point jump in near-term outlook despite persistent labor challenges American small business owners closed out 2025 with...
Tax Refunds Set to Surge 18% in 2026 Filing Season as Retroactive Cuts Take Effect
American taxpayers can expect substantially larger refunds this filing season as retroactive tax provisions from last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act finally...
Labor Market Wobbles as Unemployment Hits Post-Pandemic High
The U.S. labor market’s struggles intensified in November, with unemployment climbing to its highest level since the pandemic’s end and job growth remaining...
San Francisco Office Market Shows Resilience with 10.4MM SQFT in Tenant Demand Across 400+ Active Requirements
San Francisco’s commercial office market is demonstrating signs of stabilization as it closes out 2025, with tenant demand reaching 10.4 million square feet...
DivcoWest & Blackstone Expand Hawaii Footprint with $2.3 Billion Alexander & Baldwin Acquisition
The San Francisco real estate firm joins forces with Blackstone and MW Group to take Hawaii’s largest grocery-anchored shopping center owner private DivcoWest...
Two-Building Office Complex in San Ramon Returned to Lender in Foreclosure
By The Registry Staff A two-building office complex in San Ramon has been seized through foreclosure, underscoring the persistent challenges facing the East...
McNellis on CMBS: “Commercial Mortgage BS”
By John McNellis This essay is taken from John’s forthcoming 3rd edition of Making it in Real Estate. I was leaning against the bar...
U.S. Economy Positioned for Steadier Growth as Policy Uncertainty Recedes
Wells Fargo forecasts 2.3 percent GDP expansion in 2026 as fiscal stimulus, monetary easing and stabilized trade framework replace year of escalating tariffs...
