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Jul 24, 2024

Land Sales for Residential Development: Resilience Amid Market Uncertainty

Land sales for residential development remain strong, driven by long-term investment perspectives, scarcity of available land, and adaptive market strategies. This resilience highlights ongoing confidence in housing demand and strategic foresight among developers and investors.

Jun 18, 2024

The Correlation Between Housing Demand and Land Sales

Existing home sales have stagnated, signaling potentially heightened demand for land to accommodate the need for new home construction.

Jan 30, 2024

Navigating the Evolving Urban Landscape: Success Strategies for Mixed-Use Developments Post-Pandemic

The Urban Land Institute recently engaged in discussions with diverse commercial real estate experts, delving into their insights on the immediate outlook for development, challenges faced, and opportunities in securing financing within the current economic climate.

Dec 26, 2023

Weighing the Impact of Urbanization, Population Growth & Climate Risk on Real Estate Investment

A recent analysis by Moody Analytics delves into the dynamics of population growth within flood-prone areas over the past few decades. Several high-income countries already harbor a significant proportion of developments in flood-prone areas despite a comparatively lower growth rate in flood zone settlement over the last 30 years.

Oct 4, 2022

Marijuana’s Impact on Real Estate

Marijuana's real estate impact, from medical to recreational use, is explored by CBC.

Mar 9, 2021

Shifts in Land Deals Reveal Direction of U.S. Economy

Land sales often reveal an interesting aspect of the U.S. economy. Activity surrounding land transactions can portend where the real estate industry may be headed. In the case of the most recent economic recession, land sales highlighted the shift away from commercial office and retail development.

Aug 28, 2019

Rails to Trails: Summer Fun and Community Development Engine

It wasn’t until 1998 that the railroad was purchased by Upstate Forever, a local nonprofit who launched a campaign for public acquisition of the line to convert it to a trail. Now a 22-mile multiuse greenway, the Swamp Rabbit Trail system stretches from north of Traveler’s Rest through Greenville.

Feb 15, 2019

Top Notable Closed Deals of January 2019

Coldwell Banker Commercial agents had a great start to the new year. To help celebrate their accomplishments, we are highlighting just a few of the top deals closed by Coldwell Banker Commercial agents this past January.

Aug 1, 2018

3 Ways Blockchain Is Impacting CRE

It has been said that it is only a matter of time before blockchain, the proprietary technology that supports cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, will begin to infiltrate industries worldwide. Believe it or not, even historically traditional industries are not immune to the disruption – commercial real estate included.

Jan 16, 2018

Investing In Commercial Real EstateWhat Is Commercial Real Estate?

Investing in real estate can be a way to earn passive income and increase your wealth. While plenty of investors have success in residential real estate, others make a move to commercial real estate to gain even more money.