We estimate there are from $10.4-$13.3 billion in annual brokerage commissions on office and industrial properties. Our estimate is based on an underlying imputation of office and industrial sector size that relies on new data that constitutes a census of properties in major markets. This is...

This report summarizes the state of activity in the on-line commercial brokerage and listing spaces by reporting on the sites of over two dozen existing and prospective companies. <p> The sites analyzed represent a broad array of ideas and concepts. Most efforts are focused in the listings area....</p>

June 24, 2002 <p> Analysis of twenty large metropolitan areas shows that the spatial distribution of purchases made by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in support of the Low and Moderate- Income Housing Goal does not match the spatial distribution of low- and moderate-income households that apply for or...</p>

Even though the GSEs, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, meet their low-income related housing goals in aggregate, the spatial distribution of their loan purchases within metropolitan areas does not closely match the spatial distribution of households qualified to borrow under the goals. Tracts located...

Most of America’s largest cities in 1950 have declined since then. In these declining areas, most homes cost less than the cost of new construction. In 1990, nearly 60 percent of all owner-occupied single-unit residences in Midwest central cities were valued at less than the cost of...

Over the last two decades, only a few New Urbanism projects have been built. These include Laguna West in California, Kentlands in Maryland, and Celebration in Florida. The question that arises is whether current lending and investment practices constrain NU developments. Leading developers,...