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Brokers Retail at Risk: 3 Consumer Warning Signs CRE Investors Can’t Ignore

Retail at Risk: 3 Consumer Warning Signs CRE Investors Can’t Ignore

Retailers have leaned on the resilience of the American consumer to carry 2025’s recovery. But cracks are beginning to form....

6 mins
Brokers Market Talk: While Trump and Elon Spar, the CRE Market Softens as a Beige Outlook Meets a Blinking Labor Market

Market Talk: While Trump and Elon Spar, the CRE Market Softens as a Beige Outlook Meets a Blinking Labor Market

While the headlines have been glued to the Trump–Elon slugfest—an oddly entertaining combination of bravado, battles on social, and billion-dollar...

5 mins
Appraisers Avoid the FOMO: The CRE News You Need to Know—June 9

Avoid the FOMO: The CRE News You Need to Know—June 9

The Latest Data, News, and Analysis Impacting the Commercial Real Estate Market Every week, LightBox analysts carefully select the most...

8 mins
Appraisers LightBox CRE Activity Index Dips Amid Tariff Turbulence and Market Uncertainty

LightBox CRE Activity Index Dips Amid Tariff Turbulence and Market Uncertainty

The LightBox CRE Activity Index declined slightly in May to 105.5 from 109 in April, which is the first monthly...

4 mins
Appraisers Avoid the CRE FOMO: The 5 Leading News Stories of the Week of May 26th-30th

Avoid the CRE FOMO: The 5 Leading News Stories of the Week of May 26th-30th

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

7 mins
Appraisers Commercial Real Estate in 2025: Volatile, Yes—But Still Advancing

Commercial Real Estate in 2025: Volatile, Yes—But Still Advancing

One of LightBox’s most-attended webinars to date—“CRE in the Crosswinds: Q1 Insights & Near-Term Forecast”—cut through the noise and pushed...

5 mins
Appraisers Avoid the CRE FOMO: The 5 Leading News Stories of the Week of May 19th-23rd

Avoid the CRE FOMO: The 5 Leading News Stories of the Week of May 19th-23rd

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

7 mins
Brokers Market Talk: Whiplash Markets and the Fragile Pillars of CRE

Market Talk: Whiplash Markets and the Fragile Pillars of CRE

By: Head of Data Strategy at LightBox, Manus Clancy We’re living through a market moment where sentiment can shift on...

  • Manus Clancy
3 mins
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 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
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