RCA in the News
New U.S. Rent Regulations Already Eroding Values of Apartments
Bloomberg / September 25th, 2019This piece of the US real estate market is flashing a warning sign
CNN Business / September 4th, 2019The US market for commercial real estate flashed a warning sign in the first half of 2019. For the first time in seven years, overseas investors in office buildings and retail space became net sellers...
Commercial Real-Estate Prices Stumble in Global Capitals
The Wall Street Journal / August 14th, 2019Commercial-property prices in major cities around the world tumbled in the second quarter, amid signs of slower global growth and heightened trade tension between China and the U.S.
Foreign Investing in Chinese Commercial Property Hits New High
The Wall Street Journal / June 26th, 2019Foreign investors are starting to buy commercial real estate in China again, shrugging off frothy prices and the trade dispute with the U.S. while focusing on China’s maturing domestic market and longer-term...
The Last Great Neoliberal Experiment Comes to a Neighborhood Near You
Bloomberg / June 24th, 2019The opportunity zones created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 have all been set up, and the money has started to flow. When will we know if they’re working as promised to bring new growth and prosperity...
Unhitched From Wells Fargo, Property Firm Bets It Can Thrive
The Wall Street Journal / June 19th, 2019Real-estate firm Eastdil Secured LLC is buying back control of the company from Wells Fargo & Co., betting it can prosper as an independent boutique operation even as its competitors are growing bigger...
South Korean cash finds a home in European prime property
Financial Times / March 12th, 2019When 6,000 staff of Goldman Sachs move into their new London office in the city’s financial district this summer, many may be unaware that the 826,000 square foot Plumtree Court building is owned by...
Strong Economy, Cheap Money Boost Commercial Property Market
The Wall Street Journal / February 5th, 2019A strong economy helped lift commercial real-estate sales to near-record levels last year, and many investors are counting on low interest rates to keep sales going in 2019.
Chinese Exiting U.S. Real Estate as Beijing Directs Money Back to Shore Up Economy
The Wall Street Journal / January 29th, 2019Chinese purchases of U.S. real estate last year dwindled to their lowest level since 2012, as Beijing kept up the pressure on Chinese investors to bring cash home during a period of worsening economic...
Welcome to Tax Breaklandia
Bloomberg Businessweek / January 18th, 2019hat’s turning this city of about 650,000 into a microcosm of what critics see as one of the biggest problems with opportunity zones: Among a nationwide patchwork of struggling areas, there are a small...