Brokers & Investors

Brokers Capital Markets Are Stirring: What Q1 2025 Brokerage Earnings Reveal

Capital Markets Are Stirring: What Q1 2025 Brokerage Earnings Reveal

By: Dianne Crocker, LightBox research director The Q1 2025 earnings reports from the top five commercial real estate brokerages—CBRE, JLL,...

  • Dianne Crocker
6 mins
Appraisers Avoid the CRE FOMO: The 5 Leading News Stories of the Week of May 12th-16th

Avoid the CRE FOMO: The 5 Leading News Stories of the Week of May 12th-16th

The Latest Data, News, and Analysis Impacting the Commercial Real Estate Market Each week, LightBox carefully selects the most impactful...

6 mins
Brokers LightBox Q1 2025 Property Listings Index Hits Three-Year High

LightBox Q1 2025 Property Listings Index Hits Three-Year High

Q1 2025 opened with a surge in property listings—jumping to a three-year high—signaling renewed activity across the U.S. commercial real...

4 mins
Real Estate Developers REITs’ Q1 Earnings Reports: What They Say About the CRE Trajectory 

REITs’ Q1 Earnings Reports: What They Say About the CRE Trajectory 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) showed their trademark resilience in Q1, holding steady through 10-year Treasury yield swings, volatility in...

12 mins
Brokers Market Talk: Tariff Truce with China—A Shot in the Arm for CRE, or Just a Sugar High?

Market Talk: Tariff Truce with China—A Shot in the Arm for CRE, or Just a Sugar High?

By: Head of Data Strategy at LightBox, Manus Clancy As we mentioned on last week’s LightBox CRE Weekly Digest podcast,...

  • Manus Clancy
4 mins
Brokers Major CRE Deals Analysis: Spring Surge as April Deals Bounce Back

Major CRE Deals Analysis: Spring Surge as April Deals Bounce Back

After losing some steam in February and March, the CRE market didn’t slow further in April—it shifted gears. Rather than...

6 mins
Appraisers Avoid the CRE FOMO: The 5 Leading News Stories of the Week of May 5th-9th

Avoid the CRE FOMO: The 5 Leading News Stories of the Week of May 5th-9th

The Latest Data, News, and Analysis Impacting the Commercial Real Estate Market Each week, LightBox carefully selects the most impactful...

7 mins
Appraisers LightBox CRE April Index Surpasses 100 in First Read of a Post-Tariff Market

LightBox CRE April Index Surpasses 100 in First Read of a Post-Tariff Market

Deal Momentum Continues In the first clear signal of CRE velocity following the sweeping Trump tariff announcements, the LightBox CRE...

5 mins
Appraisers LightBox CRE Monthly Commentary: Markets Rebound—Can it Last?

LightBox CRE Monthly Commentary: Markets Rebound—Can it Last?

By: Head of Data Strategy at LightBox, Manus Clancy Last month, we noted that March ended with investors on tenterhooks....

  • Manus Clancy
5 mins
Appraisers Avoid the CRE FOMO: The 5 Leading News Stories of the Week of April 28th-May 2nd

Avoid the CRE FOMO: The 5 Leading News Stories of the Week of April 28th-May 2nd

The Latest Data, News, and Analysis Impacting the Commercial Real Estate Market Each week, LightBox carefully selects the most impactful...

7 mins
Brokers Pharmacy Downsizing Is Redrawing the Retail Investment Map

Pharmacy Downsizing Is Redrawing the Retail Investment Map

The pharmacy retail sector—long prized by commercial real estate investors for its stability and essential service offerings—is undergoing a profound...

6 mins
Brokers April Reveals a Housing Market Under Pressure with Cracks Forming Beneath the Surface

April Reveals a Housing Market Under Pressure with Cracks Forming Beneath the Surface

Stress fractures are showing in the housing market—and April’s data offers the clearest picture yet. Single-family housing starts fell 14.2%...

5 mins