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Nov 18
New Research Examines Impacts of Phoenix Population Shifts : Despite speculation to the contrary, the population of metropolitan Phoenix appears to have remained unchanged or has dropped only slightly since 2007, meaning the area could be better positioned for...
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Nov 16
Monday's Numbers and Noteworthy News : Noteworthy News Commercial Mortgage Alert mortgage spreads based upon a weekly survey of 15 active portfolio lenders conducted by Trepp, the analytics firm....
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Nov 12
Second Home Buyers Still Looking : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. Despite the recession, high-end second-home buyers are still in the market, willing to purc...
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Nov 10
Business Management Tips from Leading Author : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. In a rough economic environment, forget success--pursue excellence as the goal, and success...
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Nov 10
ULI Global Awards for Excellence Winners Announced : Five outstanding developments have been selected as winners of the 2009 Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Global Awards for Excellence competition, widely recognized as the land use industry’s most prestig...
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Nov 10
Light at the End of the Tunnel : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. Has the financial meltdown ended? Yes. Is the recession over? Yes....
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Nov 9
Surviving and Thriving : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. A big part of weathering real estate cycles is using the downturns wisely--to polish profes...
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Nov 9
Monday's Numbers and Noteworthy News : Noteworthy News Commercial Mortgage Alert mortgage spreads based upon a weekly survey of 15 active portfolio lenders conducted by Trepp, the analytics firm....
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Nov 6
Top Four Markets for Real Estate : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. Washington, D.C....
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Nov 5
Demographics of the Next Decade Will Transform New Housing and Retail : This post was written for The Ground Floor by Robert Krueger, communications associate with the Urban Land Institute. SAN FRANCISCO -- There is no doubt that the big question at this year’s...
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Nov 5
New Models for Resort Development : This post was written for The Ground Floor by Robert Krueger, communications associate at the Urban Land Institute. SAN FRANCISCO -- What will resort development look like in a post-recessio...
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Nov 5
Paranoid Optimism: The Best Attitude Toward Economic Recovery : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. "Paranoid" optimism--a belief in the ability to overcome the negatives that could be coming...
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Nov 4
ULI Releases "Bay Area Burden" Report : This post was written by Trisha Riggs, vice president of communications for ULI. Workers in the San Francisco Bay Area area are caught between a rock and a hard place, when...
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Nov 2
Monday's Numbers and Noteworthy News : Happy Halloween! In response to reader’s suggestions, we are re-ordering—slightly—the order of presentation as well as adding commercial mortgage-backed securities trading sp...
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Oct 27
Celebrating Parking : This post was written for The Ground Floor by Robert T. Dunphy, Transportation Consultant and Emeritus Fellow, at the Urban Land Institute....
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Oct 27
Monday's Numbers and Noteworthy News : Noteworthy News Signs of the Times?...
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