1.  Additive Printing Additive or 3D printing, a process used to make product prototypes, may actually be able to replace the manufacturing process in the near future.  This trend could result in lost manufacturing jobs, offset by new types of jobs in software programming and designing.  What does it mean for CRE?  There will no longer..

Is it possible that CRE CDOs are showing stability and inching toward recovery?  Yes, according to Fitch Ratings.  After nearly three years, the global ratings firm has started to receive more inquiries about new CRE CDOs.  B-notes, mezzanine loans, REIT debt, and seasoned multi and single borrower CMBS bonds have contributed to the broad range of..

The Moody’s/REAL Commercial Property Price Index is now 47% below the peak of October 2007, a 4.2% drop since this February. The sales of distressed properties amounted to almost one third of all March’s transactions, and continue to hurt real estate values and cause the index to drag along the bottom.  Overall, the index shows..

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo is backing the Assembly’s plan to place a mandatory 2 percent ceiling on property tax in New York and has made passing a property tax cap his number one priority before the ending of the legislative session on June 20.  The cap is geared towards areas like Long Island, Westchester County,..

Henry Cisneros, urban real estate investing expert, former HUD Secretary and four-term mayor of San Antonio, shares his thoughts with GlobeSt.com on changing demographics and its affects on urban investing and development. In a six-question interview, Cisneros discusses America’s new city-friendly economy, advises cities to advance infrastructure plans to promote environmental sustainability, and speculates the suburban-to-urban development..