Deloitte Center for Financial Services recently released their annual report on the future outlook of the commercial real estate market. The report analyzes responses of C-suite executives from 500 real estate institutional investors globally to get a better understanding of what is driving investors’ decisions both currently and in the future. Topics explored by the […]
Technology is changing the way that CRE firms engage, communicate, and conduct business with investors, and customer expectations are higher than ever before.
As much as we would like it to, the commercial real estate market won’t always go up. The CRE market is cyclical, but where exactly are we in the cycle? How will it affect different locations and asset classes? And what does that mean for CRE owners and investors?
Before we get started, it’s important to understand what a CRM is. The term “customer relationship management”, or CRM, burst on to the scene in 1995, and the term was commonly used to describe front office applications. The road to the CRM we know today starts with the advent of database marketing in the early […]
Commercial real estate technology will drive greater efficiencies for your firm, improve analytics and data accuracy, streamline the business, and ultimately drive the bottom line.
Learn how one IMS client, Poe Companies, uses IMS to grow their company and expand their investor numbers.
At this point, almost everyone knows about the story of the few who gambled on the short positions of subprime residential mortgages and cashed in (if you don’t, you can read more about it here). Some investors now believe they have found the next “big short”: retail-backed CMBS loans. The Wall Street Journal first reported […]
There are several key emerging trends in the world of commercial real estate that are changing how CRE professionals do business. Blockchain is revolutionizing CRE transactions. Opportunity zone funds are presenting new, tax-incentivized options for investors.
Commercial construction, just like many other industries, is becoming much more environmentally conscious as the impact that the developed world has on the environment worsens every year. It has been reported that buildings account for 39% of C02 emissions in the United States. For a little background, buildings have a lifespan of 50-100 years during […]
While the commercial real estate industry has not historically been targeted, it is just as vulnerable as every other industry when it comes to cybersecurity. CRE professionals handle a lot of sensitive and
Capital raising has evolved tremendously in recent years, and technology presents more opportunities and makes it easier and faster to invest than ever before.
The JOBS Act has transformed capital raises and commercial real estate investing. This increasingly popular funding strategy has opened real estate investment opportunities to a larger pool of people, as well as enabled sponsors to obtain financing faster.