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• Patricia Bacalao

• Urbanland: How Real Estate Professionals Are Using Climate Risk Data to Make Business Decisions

  The implications of climate change are becoming hard to ignore.

• The Philadelphia Inquirer: Stadium Entertainment Districts — Such as the One Proposed in South Philly — Are Changing the Game for Fans Around the Country

  The Phillies and Comcast Spectacor want to create a destination in South Philadelphia that will boost tourism and tax income and attract new residents and ideas to the city.

• Webinar Recording: What’s New at RCLCO?

  Watch the recording from the April 2024 edition of our Monthly Webinar: What’s New at RCLCO?

• Presentation Slides: What’s New at RCLCO?

  Download the presentation slides from the April2024 edition of our Monthly Webinar: What’s New at RCLCO?

• connectCRE: RCLCO Adds Principal to Lead Compensation Consulting

  RCLCO Real Estate Consulting has appointed Lucy Bertsch as principal of Compensation Consulting.

• Press Release: Lucy Bertsch Joins RCLCO Real Estate Consulting to Co-Lead Compensation Consulting Business

  Strategic new hire will add extensive industry expertise and momentum to a rapidly expanding sector of RCLCO’s Talent Management offerings

• Lucy Bertsch

• Press Release: RCLCO Real Estate Consulting Launches New Sports Venue-Anchored Development Tracker

  Increasingly, sports venues are a unique value driver for both commercial and residential real estate development, and a growing anchor for mixed-use development throughout the country

• connectCRE: RCLCO Launches Tracker for Stadium-Anchored Developments

  Los Angeles-based RCLCO Real Estate Consulting on Monday announced the launch of a new proprietary Venue-Anchored Development Tracker of every major league stadium in the U.S. and Canada.

• CNN: US New Home Construction Surged Last Month, as Mortgage Rates Stayed High

  Amid a housing shortage and an affordability crisis, US homebuilding heated up in February as builders anticipate demand for new homes to stay strong.

• Best Minds: Alliance Global Advisors

  In this Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate episode, Taylor Mammen, CEO of RCLCO Fund Advisors, sits down with Heather Fernstrom Border and Jennifer Stevens, Co-Founders and Managing Partners at Alliance Global Advisors

• Sports Business Journal: SBJ Unpacks

  Real estate firm RCLCo debuts first tracker for mixed-use developments

• Philadelphia Business Journal: Master Plan Calls for Transforming City Avenue Into Diverse Retail, Dining and Entertainment District

  With hundreds of apartments being built along City Avenue, business leaders are setting a new vision for the car-centric corridor with more sit-down restaurants, entertainment options and grocery stores.

• Sports Venue-Anchored Real Estate Development – Overview by League

  RCLCO has created a proprietary Venue-Anchored Development Tracker of every major league stadium in the United States and Canada in order to track existing, under construction, and planned venue-anchored real estate development

• Sports Venue-Anchored Real Estate Development – PDF Download

   

• Orlando Business Journal: Sunbridge Gears Up for More Future Development in Osceola County and Beyond

  Sunbridge is gearing up for more development in this year and beyond, including in Osceola County.

• Underperformance Paradox

  Some recent research argues that more direct approaches to real estate investing can more effectively address the characteristics, opportunities, and risks associated with the current state of commercial real estate.

• Houston Agent Magazine: NAHB names Bridgeland its MPC of the Year for 2024

  The National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) named Bridgeland, a master-planned community from The Howard Hughes Corporation, its Master Planned Community of the Year at The Nationals 2024 awards gala, held last week in Las Vegas.

• Las Vegas Review Journal: Richmond American opens Overture At Cadence

  Richmond American Homes has opened its newest neighborhood, Overture, at Cadence. Overture boasts the expansive Boston and Chicago floor plans — stunning paired homes highlighted by vast, tranquil spaces and charming accents throughout.

• Webinar Recording: Strategy for Real Estate Companies – Exclusive Overview of the Newest Edition

  Watch the recording from the February 2024 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Strategy for Real Estate Companies – Exclusive Overview of the Newest Edition

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• Financing Mechanisms: The 50 Top-Selling MPCs of 2023

  How are master-planned communities financing and constructing public infrastructure? RCLCO has teamed up with Launch Development Finance Advisors to investigate and found that a significant majority of home sales within the 50 top-selling master-planned communities occurred within communities using special purpose taxing districts.

• Urbanland: RCLCO: An Interactive Guide To The 2024 Terwilliger Center Home Attainability Index

  Developed by ULI in partnership with consulting firm RCLCO, the index was created with the goal of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating housing-related data to support the broad range of ULI members and industry practitioners working to address longstanding home affordability challenges.

• Strategy for Real Estate Companies – Book Request

      Please fill out the form below to receive your copy of Strategy for Real Estate Companies: The Nine Essential Pillars of Success for Developers, Builders, and Investors          

• US News & World Report: New Homes Rise Modestly But Below Forecasts

  Sales dipped in the South, but rose everywhere else. US News & World Report: New Homes Rise Modestly But Below Forecasts

• Urbanland: ULI Housing Conference: The Unattainable American Dream

  The nation’s housing market may show a slight uptick this year, but for millions of Americans spanning the great gulf of home affordability will remain impossible, according to opening day speakers at the 2024 ULI Housing Opportunity Conference.

• Scott Haley

• Strategy for Real Estate Companies – Book Launch

    Event Location: 1st Floor – 1F Lobby of 11601 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025 Tuesday, April 16th – 5-7 PM PST Join us to celebrate the launch of the updated Strategy for Real Estate Companies book with the author Charlie Hewlett! Drinks and snacks will be served – we hope to see you there.

• Globe Street: How Debt Funds View the Market

  Aggregate capital raised by real estate debt funds reached $5.5 billion from 10 closes in Q4, second only to value-added funds, which totaled $6 billion on 25 funds, according to Preqin’s quarterly update on real estate.

• Ryan Guerdan

• Jim Wright

• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Las Vegas Master Plans Rebound in 2023

  Sales in Las Vegas master-planned communities, which took a bigger hit than the rest of the nation in 2022, rebounded in 2023 with a stronger second half of the year than the nation as a whole.

• Strategy for Real Estate Companies

  Strategy for Real Estate Companies lays out the methods and key steps you should take to optimize your company’s structure, plan for the extreme cyclicality in the business, and in so doing, build consensus and drive performance and profitability

• Webinar Recording: New Year, New Trends – Compensation & Talent Management

  Watch the recording from the January 2024 edition of our Monthly Webinar: New Year, New Trends – Compensation & Talent Management

• Presentation Slides: New Year, New Trends – Compensation & Talent Management

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• U.S. News & World Report: Boom! Economy Ended 2023 on a High Note as Fourth Quarter GDP Blows Past Forecast

  The U.S. economy ended 2023 with a bang, as growth in gross domestic product in the fourth quarter came in at 3.3%, easily dashing expectations on strong consumer spending and exports.

• NEW BOOK ALERT: STRATEGY FOR REAL ESTATE COMPANIES: The Nine Essential Pillars of Success for Developers, Builders, and Investors

  The Nine Essential Pillars of Success for Developers, Builders, and Investors

• The Wall Street Journal: Their Home Has Water Views and a Sandy Beach—And It’s Nowhere Near the Ocean

  In planned communities across the country, developers are ditching backyard pools for giant, artificial lagoons

• U.S. News & World Report: Permits for New Construction Edge Up as Builders Grow More Optimistic

  The pace of new construction was mixed in December, as builders pulled more permits for new homes but started work on slightly fewer than a month earlier, according to a report from the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

• CNN: New home construction slowed at the end of 2023

  The annual pace of new home construction pulled back last month after soaring in November, despite a historic shortage of housing inventory and falling mortgage rates.

  Housing starts came down by 4.3% in December compared to the previous month, according to data released Thursday by the Census Bureau.

• Site Selection Snapshot: Florida Tops Sales and Houston Leads Regions in Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities

  RCLCO Real Estate Consulting this month released its annual report on the top 50 master-planned communities in the United States, ranked by sales the previous calendar year.

• Realty News Report: Inside the Minds of Real Estate Pros

  Real estate professionals operate in a world that is…well, real – solid, objective, filled with things that can be seen and felt.

• Naples Daily News: What SW Florida communities led the United States in building the most homes in 2023?

  The state has more than a third of the nation’s 18 hottest housing developments, and most of those are in Southwest Florida, according to data released last week.

• CoStar: Executives Say Property Industry Faces Staffing Challenges Even in a Slow Market

  Salaries Could Climb Almost 5% As Labor Pool Remains Tight, Survey Finds

• Yahoo News: Lakewood Ranch, Wellen Park, Babcock Ranch rank in Top 10 of master-planned US communities

  Lakewood Ranch had another strong year for home sales, ranking as the No. 1 multigenerational master-planned community in the country in 2023, according to an annual list by RCLCO Real Estate Consulting.

• Associated Press: RCLCO Ranks Summerlin® and Bridgeland® Among Nation’s Top Five Best-Selling Master Planned Communities of 2023

  Summerlin® and Bridgeland®, two of the award-winning communities in the Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HHH) portfolio, have been ranked among the nation’s top five best-selling master planned communities (MPCs) for 2023, according to the year-end report released by national real estate consultant RCLCO.

• 30-Years of Master-Planned Community Trends: The 50 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2023 Revealed in RCLCO Real Estate Consulting’s 30th Edition Year-End Report

  Sales are up nearly 14% from last year among the Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities in the country

• 30th Edition: The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2023

  Sales are up nearly 14% from last year among the Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities in the country

• Nareit: RCLCO Fund Advisors Says U.S. Institutional Investors Under-Allocating to REITs

  William Maher, director of strategy and research at RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA), was a guest on Nareit’s REIT Report podcast.

• 2024 Looking Better Than Before

  The RCLCO sentiment index has remained low throughout 2023 but the future outlook has become more encouraging as we approach the end of the year.

• Webinar Recording: 2023 Year-End Sentiment, STEMdex Metro Rankings, and a December Update for Real Estate Capital Markets

  Watch the recording from the December 2023 edition of our Monthly Webinar: 2023 Year-End Sentiment, STEMdex Metro Rankings, and a December Update for Real Estate Capital Markets

• Presentation Slides: 2023 Year-End Sentiment, STEMdex Metro Rankings, and a December Update for Real Estate Capital Markets

  Download the presentation slides from the December 2023 edition of our Monthly Webinar: 2023 Year-End Sentiment, STEMdex Metro Rankings, and a December Update for Real Estate Capital Markets

• CNN Business: Home Building Surged in November as Mortgage Rates Came Down

  The annual pace of new home construction surged last month amid a historic shortage of housing inventory and falling mortgage rates.

• 2023 New Home Sales Trends

  The jump in new home sales this fall came as somewhat of a surprise, given how new home sales had been declining with the increase in mortgage interest rates throughout 2022 and early 2023

• Academics Question the Value of Private Real Estate Funds: What’s an Investor to Do?

  A growing body of research has broadly found that closed-end real estate funds, in aggregate, have not delivered acceptable net returns across multiple metrics: relative to alternative opportunities, to risks, or to fees.

• Best Minds: Doug Adams & Mayor Shelley Brindle

  In this Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate episode, RCLCO’s Joshua Boren, sits down with Shelley Brindle, Mayor of Westfield, New Jersey and Doug Adams, Senior Vice President, Development at Streetworks Development

• Naples Daily News: 50% Rise in Mansions Costing More Than $5 Million Helping Drive SW Florida Housing Market

  Heading into snowbird season, the new arrivals are going to see even higher prices for the most part on Southwest Florida homes.

• Press Release: RCLCO Real Estate Consulting Announces Release of the Annual RCLCO & CEL Real Estate Compensation & Benefits Survey

  Compensation Growth Expected to Continue in 2024 Despite Economic Uncertainties

• Mile High CRE: Compensation Growth Expected to Continue in 2024 Despite Economic Uncertainties

  Leading consulting firm RCLCO Real Estate Consulting recently released its comprehensive guide to compensation and benefits in the real estate sector: the RCLCO & CEL Real Estate Compensation & Benefits Survey.

• RCLCO & CEL 2023 Real Estate Compensation & Benefits Survey

  Our compensation survey pairs comprehensive data with our deep understanding of real estate organizations, offering guidance and benchmarking.

• BISNOW: Uncertain CRE Job Market ‘Like a Middle School Dance’ — And No One Is Making the First Move

  After big brokerage firms laid off hundreds in the last year to stem the tide of dwindling revenue, 2024 was expected to be a rebound year for commercial real estate hiring

• U.S. News & World Report: New Home Sales Plunged in October as Prices Fell

  Sales slumped and prices fell in October, but activity was still higher than a year ago.

• MSN: Powering Progress: STEM Occupations Are the Backbone of Innovation and Economic Strength

  From climate change and energy sustainability to national security and scientific discovery, STEM occupations play a pivotal role in bolstering the economy, serving as the backbone of innovation and competitiveness.

• Press Release: Top 20 Cities for STEM Job Growth Announced in RCLCO’s 2023 Annual STEMdex

  Austin, Denver, Seattle, Raleigh, and D.C. top the list of cities with the most momentum for STEM job growth

• 2023 STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex)

  The annual STEMdex highlights metropolitan areas that are current strongholds of STEM employment and those that are likely to see positive growth in the coming years

• Best Minds: Special Episode – RCLCO + CEL Compensation Advisors: Talent Management in Today’s Economic Environment

  In this special episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, listen to the recent webinar where leaders of the new partnership, Eric Willett, Adam Ducker, Ellen Klasson, and Jim Wright, discussed challenges real estate companies are facing today regarding talent management, trends in employee and executive compensation, and answered questions from the audience.

• Investopedia: Why Homebuilders Can’t Meet Demand for New Homes—It’s Too Expensive

  New construction was supposed to boost supply and push home prices down, but builders are facing their own cost challenges

• PERE: Deep Dive: CalSTRS’ Real Estate Changemaker

  Taking charge of the pension giant’s $50bn AUM property business is a daunting task. But Julie Donegan is prepared for the challenge

• Scot Bommarito

• Michelle Clark

• Ann Slater

• Justin Cremer

• Rachel Hoeft

• Mortgage Professional America: New Home Sales Climb Against Rising Mortgage Rates: A Market Anomaly?

  Industry responds to surprising surge in new residential sales despite rising rates

• CNN Business: US New Home Sales Surged in September

  New home sales in the United States surged higher in September from the month before, even as mortgage rates remained over 7%, making financing a home costlier and pushing people out of the market.

• Webinar Recording: RCLCO + CEL Compensation Advisors: Talent Management in Today’s Economic Environment

  Watch the recording from the October 2023 edition of our Monthly Webinar: RCLCO + CEL Compensation Advisors: Talent Management in Today’s Economic Environment

• Presentation Slides: RCLCO + CEL Compensation Advisors: Talent Management in Today’s Economic Environment

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• Yahoo! News: Trader Joe’s New Lakewood Ranch Location Gets Opening Date

  Trader Joe’s is opening a store in Lakewood Ranch off of Interstate 75 in a week, the California-based grocer announced Thursday.

• Green Builder: Roadblocks and Pathways to Homeownership

  Millennials aspire to own a home, but there are obstacles to overcome. Green Builder Media’s survey data offers insights into problems and potential solutions.

• The Updated Neighborhood Atlas

  RCLCO is happy to announce an update and expansion to its Neighborhood Atlas. Originally created in conjunction with the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing, the Neighborhood Atlas is an interactive map that sorts neighborhoods into one of 13 categories, ranging from “Rural” to “Economic Center.”

• Yahoo! Finance: RCLCO Management Consulting and CEL Compensation Advisors Announce a Combined Compensation Consulting Practice, Bringing Together the Industry Leaders in Real Estate Talent Management

  The New Partnership Allows for an Enhanced Set of Human Capital Consulting Services, Leveraging the Industry’s Best-In-Class Compensation & Benefits Survey

• Press Release: RCLCO Management Consulting and CEL Compensation Advisors Announce a Combined Compensation Consulting Practice, Bringing Together the Industry Leaders in Real Estate Talent Management

  The New Partnership Allows for an Enhanced Set of Human Capital Consulting Services, Leveraging the Industry’s Best-In-Class Compensation & Benefits Survey

• Strategy for Real Estate Companies – Exclusive Content

  An extensive list of supplementary materials for readers who are looking to dive a little deeper into the topic of Strategy for Real Estate Companies

• The Real Deal: Greystar Starts First Built-To-Rent Community in Houston Area

  156 homes planned in Land Tejas and Starwood Land community in Katy

• CNN Business: New Home Sales Dropped in August as Mortgage Rates Climbed

  New home sales dropped in August from the month before, as mortgage rates topped 7% and rose to the highest levels in more than 20 years.

• U.S. News & World Report: Consumers Are Growing More Pessimistic About the Economy

  Inflation, interest rates and political infighting top their concerns.

• Best Minds: Ellen Dunham-Jones

  In this Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate episode, RCLCO’s CEO Adam Ducker interviews Ellen Dunham-Jones

• Financing Mechanisms: The Top-Selling MPCs of Mid-Year 2023

  How are master-planned communities financing and constructing public infrastructure? RCLCO has teamed up with Launch Development Finance Advisors to investigate and found that a significant majority of home sales within the 50 top-selling master-planned communities occurred within communities using special purpose taxing districts.

• CNN Business: Home Building Sank in August Amid Crushing Mortgage Rates

  US home building sank in August, dropping 11.3% from July levels, as mortgage rates stayed elevated amid lingering inflation.

• Pensions & Investments: CalSTRS Simplifies Its Reference Benchmark to 70/30

  CalSTRS’ investment committee on Sept. 13 adopted a new reference benchmark of 70% stocks and 30% fixed income that it considered simpler and more easily understood by the average beneficiary.

• Austin Business Journal: 570-Acre Lund Farm Community Near Elgin Could Break Ground Next Summer

  Parks to be opened to public, per development agreement

• San Francisco Business Times: WeWork Is Out to Negotiate ‘Nearly All’ of Its Leases, and Exit Others. Here’s What That Could Mean in the Bay Area

  WeWork Inc. takes up roughly a third of the rentable space at 2201 Broadway, a 213,000-square-foot building in Uptown Oakland, where the coworking firm has had a footprint since 2018.

• The Mortgage Note: The Future of Build-For-Rent Single-Family Communities Is Bright

  Build-for-rent communities have been growing in popularity as the housing landscape changes in the United States.

• Webinar Recording: August Update for Real Estate Capital Markets and Build-to-Rent Single-Family Takeaways

  Watch the recording from the August 2023 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Update for Real Estate Capital Markets and Build-to-Rent Single-Family Takeaways

• Presentation Slides: August Update for Real Estate Capital Markets and Build-to-Rent Single-Family Takeaways

  Download the presentation slides from the August 2023 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Real Estate Capital Markets and Build-to-Rent Single-Family Takeaways

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• CNN: New Home Sales Rose to a 17-Month High in July

  New home sales rose in July from the month before, beating estimates and reaching a 17-month high, as buyers continue to look to new construction as an option in the face of a historically low supply of existing homes.

• CNN Business: US Home Builders Ramped Up Construction in July, Beating Expectations

  US home building increased in July, rising 3.9% from June, as low inventory in the existing home market continued to boost interest in new homes.

• U.S. News & World Report: New Construction Moderated in July

  The pace of new home construction was mixed in July, as rising mortgage rates crimped demand, the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Administration reported on Wednesday.

• The Business Journals: WeWork Is Warning of Potential Bankruptcy. Here’s What It Could Mean for the Office Market.

  WeWork Inc. (NYSE: WE) leadership disclosed “substantial doubt” about the coworking company’s ability to continue to operate last week and warned of potential bankruptcy risk — but the news isn’t a surprise for those closely tracking the national commercial real estate market.

• Houston Business Journal: Houston-Area Residential Sales Help Offset Howard Hughes’ Second-Quarter Earnings Losses

  The Howard Hughes Corp.’s master-planned communities in Houston helped the company keep a positive outlook in the second quarter despite a net loss, according to its quarterly earnings report.

• Yahoo! Finance: Low Existing Home Inventory Drives Sales Up in Master-Planned Communities

  With high-interest rates causing many homeowners to stay put, sales of new homes are gaining traction — especially in master-planned communities that buyers perceive as a safe investment in a community perceived as high quality.

• Build-to-Rent Single Family: Early Takeaways from the First Movers

  Build-to-rent single family has been among the most “talked about” but least “invested” in property types of the last few years

• Realty News Report: Why Is Houston Number 1 in MPCs?

  Space City is beaming with pride after excelling in RCLCO’s just-released report on the “Top 50 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities (MPCs) for Mid-Year 2023.”

• Webinar Recording: July Update – Real Estate Capital Markets and Mid-Year Top 50 Master-Planned Communities Overview

  Watch the recording from the July 2023 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Real Estate Capital Markets and Mid-Year Top 50 Master-Planned Communities Overview

• Presentation Slides: July Update – Real Estate Capital Markets and Mid-Year Top 50 Master-Planned Communities Overview

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• CNN Business: New Home Sales Dropped in June After May’s Surge

  New home sales dropped in June from the month before, even as buyers continued to rely on new construction as an alternative to the historically low supply of existing homes for sale.

• The Real Deal: Rental Market a Winner in Houston as Would-Be Buyers Hesitate

  Single-family rentals and condos saw uptick of more than 15 percent year-over-year

• Yahoo! News: Home Sales Are Still Accelerating in Florida’s Lakewood Ranch, Up 20% This Year

  Home sales in Lakewood Ranch are still accelerating in the fastest growing area of Manatee County.

• Press Release: Florida and Texas Top RCLCO Real Estate Consulting’s Mid-Year 2023 Master Planned Communities Report

  Sales among the Top-50 communities of Mid-Year 2023 increased by 7% compared to the pace set in the first half of 2022

• The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of Mid-Year 2023

  Sales among the Top-50 communities of Mid-Year 2023 increased by 8% compared to the pace set in the first half of 2022

• Bankrate: Will Your Next Home Be a Former Office?

  When Erin Sykes stepped into the condominium tower at 15 Broad Street in Manhattan’s Financial District, she was smitten by the lobby’s elegant chandelier and the building’s high ceilings.

• Harnessing Automation in Your Asset Management System

  Asset management from an institutional perspective has several challenges when scaling from single assets to having several hundred

• Commercial Property Executive: Poll Results: Biggest Challenges of H2 2023

  It’s all about interest rates and capital availability, according to most CPE readers.

• Healthcare Real Estate Insights: Wellen Park Announces New 75,000-Square-Foot Medical Office Building by CASTO, Expands Healthcare Access in South Sarasota County

  Wellen Park is bringing additional medical services and healthcare options to the region with The Medical Center at Wellen Park, a planned 75,000-square-foot medical office building just east of the River Road and U.S. 41 intersection.

• Multifamily Dive: Residential Conversions Continue to Rise as Office Values Decline

  Changes in the office and new residential construction markets resulting from remote work have made office-to-residential conversion projects more viable for developers, according to a report presented at Bethesda, Maryland-based real estate consultancy RCLCO’s latest monthly webinar.

• The Katy News: Starwood Land Starts Construction of the Retreat Amenity Village at Sunterra

  Construction has started on The Retreat, a massive amenity village located in Sunterra, a master-planned community in Katy, TX.

• Institutional Real Estate: RCLCO Real Estate Sentiment Increased Slightly, Risk of an Impending Recession Remains

  The RCLCO current real estate market sentiment index (RMI), which measures sentiment on a 100-point scale, has increased 10.7 points to 19 during the past six months.

• Mortgage Professional America: Higher Mortgage Application Payments Dampen Affordability Conditions

  Homebuyer affordability worsens, but experts find optimism in growing supply

• RCLCO Real Estate Sentiment Increases Slightly, Risk of an Impending Recession Remains

  RCLCO’s Sentiment Survey has tracked real estate market conditions in the U.S. for over 10 years. Events of the last three years have generated unprecedented volatility in the index – with significant swings in sentiment (both positive and negative) with COVID-19 and the initial recovery, followed by inflation and rising interest rates.

• Forbes: Acute Housing Shortage Carries Health Risks for Aspiring First Time Home Buyers

  It’s no secret that there’s a housing shortage in the U.S. and there’s plenty of blame to go around for its myriad causes.

• The Mortgage Note: Hot Topic: Converting Office Spaces Into Residential Places

  With a lack of housing plaguing the country, it may be easy to jump to the conclusion that vacant offices could be the perfect fit for new apartments and condominiums, but industry leaders say there are a number of considerations to take into account with these projects.

• Webinar Recording: Sentiment Survey Mid-Year Results & Office-to-Residential Conversion Overview

  Watch the recording from the June 2023 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Sentiment Survey Mid-Year Results & Office to Residential Conversion Overview

• Presentation Slides: Sentiment Survey Mid-Year Results & Office-to-Residential Conversion Overview

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• Washington Business Journal: Homebuilding Starts to Pick Back Up as Buyers Adjust to New Pricing Norms in Tight Market

  After months of slowdown in the wake of weaker buyer demand, homebuilders are starting to pick back up on construction — and feeling more confident about the housing market since mortgage rates surged last year.

• The Business Journals: Homebuilding Starts to Pick Back Up as Buyers Adjust to New Pricing Norms in Tight Market

  After months of slowdown in the wake of weaker buyer demand, homebuilders are starting to pick back up on construction — and feeling more confident about the housing market since mortgage rates surged last year.

• Press Release: Sriyas Pande Joins RCLCO Fund Advisors as Vice President

  Sriyas Pande Joins RCLCO Fund Advisors as Vice President

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• Multi-Housing News: Trends in Single-Family BTR Communities

  Is the sector benefitting from prohibitive housing costs or offering would-be buyers an alternative?

• Yahoo! Finance: Mayor Muriel Bowser Joins Golden Triangle and DowntownDC BIDs and Federal City Council to Kick Off Public Engagement Effort for Downtown Action Plan

  DC’s Downtown BIDs Unite to Reimagine the City’s Central Business District as a Thriving, Livable Urban Core for the 21st Century

• Institutional Real Estate, Inc.: RCLCO Fund Advisors to Serve as U.S. Real Estate Market Advisor for Development Bank of Japan Inc.

  RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA) has entered into an agreement with the Development of Japan Inc. (DBJ) to serve as an advisor on its U.S. real estate investments.

• Press Release: RCLCO Fund Advisors to Serve as U.S. Real Estate Market Advisor for Development Bank of Japan Inc.

  RCLCO Fund Advisors to Serve as U.S. Real Estate Market Advisor for Development Bank of Japan Inc.

• Webinar Recording: May Outlook for the Real Estate Market & Retail Trends Overview

  Watch the recording from the May 2023 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Outlook for the Real Estate Market & Retail Trend Overview

• Presentation Slides: May Outlook for the Real Estate Market & Retail Trends Overview

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• Sports Business Journal: Spinoff Companies Manage Real Estate for Teams, Outside Projects

  The innocuously named Strategic Property Partners real estate development firm in Tampa is a 50-50 joint venture between Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik and Cascade Investment, the private investment arm of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.

• Washington Business Journal: D.C. Launches Action Plan Aimed at Reviving a Fading Downtown

  Mayor Muriel Bowser and other D.C. officials announced the launch of a downtown action plan Wednesday, seeding it with a $200,000 grant to the DowntownDC Business Improvement District, which will work with the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District and the Federal City Council to set out an agenda for enlivening the city’s core.

• CNN Business: New Home Sales Climbed More Than Expected in April

  New home sales rose in April, climbing to a level not seen in over a year, as mortgage rates eased and buyers looked to new construction as an alternative to the low inventory of existing homes for sale.

• U.S. News & World Report: New Home Sales Rise 4.1% in April

  The March number was revised downward.

• Commercial Observer: Grocery-Anchored Retail Lures More Investors Coming Out of COVID

  Its enduring appeal might actually be driving prices for shopping centers tied to supermarkets to unsustainable levels. Who cares?

• Retail Reimagined: 8 Ways Retail Spaces are Being Converted and Revitalized

  RCLCO has highlighted eight types of retail conversions across the United States which present more dynamic conversion opportunities

• CNN Business: New Home Construction Rose in April After a Dip in March

  US home building unexpectedly rose in April, climbing 2% from March, as low inventory in the existing home market boosts interest in new homes.

• The Real Deal: Greystar Adds 176 Homes in Rural North Texas

  Wildcat Ranch, 25-miles from Dallas, will feature over 3,000 homes when complete

• San Antonio Report: In This Newly Built Neighborhood of Single-Family Homes, None Are for Sale

  The homes in Abbott Place, a half-built neighborhood in the town of St. Hedwig, about 15 miles east of San Antonio, look like any others in South Texas: pickup trucks resting in the driveways, U.S. and Texas flags hanging from the porches, live oak saplings setting roots in the front yards.

• WRE News: Person of the Week: Kelly Mangold, Principal at RCLCO Real Estate Consulting

  The Person of the Week spotlight is shining on Kelly Mangold, principal at RCLCO Real Estate Consulting in Bethesda, Maryland, and the subject is today’s housing scene.

• ULI Forecast Shows Economic and Real Estate Slowdown Likely in Near Term with Recovery Expected in 2025

  Prospects for the U.S. real estate market and economy changed little over the past six months, based on a survey of real estate economists.

• Housing Progress Interactive Index

  Following the release of RCLCO’s report, The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2021, RCLCO has created an interactive map tool that visualizes the sales at Top-Selling MPCs across the country from 2013 to year-end 2021.

• Multi-Housing News: Why RCLCO Encourages SFR Developers to Ready Their Shovels

  Columnist Lew Sichelman on the factors priming this multifamily segment for growth.

• Best Minds: Jon Paul “JP” Testwuide and Andrew Lang of Alterra Mountain Company

  In this Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate episode, RCLCO’s CEO Adam Ducker interviews JP Testwuide and Andrew Lang of Alterra Mountain Company

• U.S. News & World Report: New Home Sales Blow Past Estimates in March, Up 9.6%

  Sales of new homes defied gravity in March, increasing 9.6% instead of falling by 1.6% as had been expected, the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development said on Tuesday.

• CNN Business: New Home Sales Rise for the Fourth Month in a Row

  New home sales rose in March, climbing for the fourth month in a row as mortgage rates eased and buyers looked to new construction as an alternative to the tight inventory of existing homes for sale.

• Webinar Recording: April Real Estate Market Outlook and Multifamily Sector Overview

  Watch the recording from the April 2023 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Real Estate Market Outlook and Multifamily Sector Overview

• Presentation Slides: April Real Estate Market Outlook and Multifamily Sector Overview

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• Houston Business Journal: Johnson Development’s Grand Central Park Master-Planned Community Adds Estate Home Sections

  The first of two new luxury home sections is underway at Johnson Development Corp.’s 2,046-acre Grand Central Park community in Conroe.

• CNN Business: New Home Starts Pulled Back in March

  US home building pulled back in March, falling 0.8% in March from February as a decline in multifamily home construction failed to balance out an increase in single-family homes.

• Office to Residential: 6 Myths and Facts Regarding Market Dynamics of Conversions

  Findings from RCLCO’s Market Feasibility Work on the Reuse of Office Buildings

• Mile High CRE: RCLCO Releases 2023 Renter Consumer Preference Survey

  RCLCO Real Estate Consulting has released a new in-depth national research report on the consumer preference of renters.

• Office to Residential Conversion

  RCLCO serves as a unique resource for owners, investors and operators of office buildings, many of whom are looking at ways to reposition, change the mix of uses, or convert their office assets (either holistically or piecemeal) to housing or other uses. We are asked to: Triage office portfolios to assess long-term viability and redevelopment … Continue reading Office to Residential Conversion

• NMHC: Code 53 – Rick Pollack

  RCLCO Fund Advisors’ Managing Director Rick Pollack was a guest on an episode of the NMHC: Code 53 podcast, From Office to Residential: The Rise of Commercial Conversions in Multifamily Housing Season 2, Episode #11

• Institutional Real Estate, Inc.: How Foreign Investors Can Invest in the U.S. Real Estate Market

  The U.S. real estate market is the largest in the world and has attracted a wide range of market participants, including pension funds (foreign and domestic), sovereign wealth funds, foundations and endowments, public companies, banks and insurance companies, and private investors.

• Webinar Recording: March Outlook for the Real Estate Market & Interactive Housing Tools

  Watch the recording from the March 2023 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Outlook for the Real Estate Market & Interactive Housing Tools

• Presentation Slides: March Outlook for the Real Estate Market & Interactive Housing Tools

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• CNN Business: New Home Sales Rose for the Third Month in a Row

  New home sales rose in February, climbing for the third month in a row as mortgage rates eased off their highs of the past year and buyers looked to new construction amid historically low inventory of existing homes for sale.

• RCLCO Neighborhood Atlas: Urban & Suburban Neighborhoods Interactive Map

  Welcome to RCLCO’s neighborhood atlas, a new, interactive visualization of U.S. suburban & urban neighborhoods. The atlas classifies the urban and suburban neighborhoods in 60 of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S., based on the key factors that define their housing markets. RCLCO developed the atlas to complement Housing in the Evolving American Suburb and The New Geography of Urban Neighborhoods, published by the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing.

• The Updated Neighborhood Atlas: Methodology

  RCLCO developed a methodology to broadly categorize geographies in 150 of the largest metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) as urban, suburban, or rural/other at the census-tract level. Using this framework, RCLCO delineated the census tracts into more specific categories. Urban categories included high-density urban, urban, and low-density urban. Suburban categories included high-density suburban, suburban, and low-density suburban. Other categories are low-density commercial/institutional/park and rural.

• CNN Business: US Home Building Surged in February

  US home building jumped higher in February, turning around after five consecutive months of falling.

• Best Minds: Dan Biederman, President of Biederman Redevelopment Ventures, Bryant Park Corp., & 34th Street Partnership

  In this Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate episode, RCLCO’s Joshua Boren interviews the President of Biederman Redevelopment Ventures, Bryant Park Corp., & 34th Street Partnership Dan Biederman

• Steamboat Pilot & Today: Initial Analysis Shows Brown Ranch Won’t Pay for Itself, Would Increase Steamboat’s Housing Stock by 20%

  A preliminary fiscal analysis of the annexation of the Brown Ranch into Steamboat Springs shows it would increase housing stock in the ski town by roughly 20%, but that the new development overall would have a net-negative impact on the city’s general fund.

• Press Release: Evolving Preferences of Growing Renter Market Revealed in New Report from RCLCO Real Estate Consulting

  With so much industry emphasis on homeowners, proprietary survey data offers unprecedented and detailed insights into a rising segment of the more than 34% of the population that rents their homes

• Yahoo! Finance: Evolving Preferences of Growing Renter Market Revealed in New Report From RCLCO Real Estate Consulting

  With so much industry emphasis on homeowners, proprietary survey data offers unprecedented and detailed insights into a rising segment of the more than 34% of the population that rents their homes

• Chattanooga Times Free Press: Public Input Sought on Future of Current Chattanooga Lookouts Stadium Site After Team Relocates to Southside

  In the next couple of years, one of the largest properties in downtown Chattanooga is scheduled to open up for redevelopment after the Chattanooga Lookouts minor league baseball team relocates its stadium to the Southside.

• RCLCO 2023 Renter Consumer Preference Survey

  In the 2023 Renter Consumer Preference Survey Report, RCLCO shares data from a comprehensive national survey, conducted in late 2022, that illuminates the motivations, product type preferences, and locational considerations that are driving today’s renters of both multifamily and single-family product

• Financing Mechanisms: The Top-Selling MPCs of 2022

  How are master-planned communities financing and constructing public infrastructure? RCLCO has teamed up with Launch Development Finance Advisors to investigate and found that a significant majority of home sales within the 50 top-selling master-planned communities occurred within communities using special purpose taxing districts.

• Institutional Real Estate, Inc.: RCLCO’s Taylor Mammen on Ways to Invest as a Direct Property Investor

  Taylor Mammen, CEO at RCLCO, discusses some of the ways to invest as a direct property investor

• Washington Business Journal: Horning Taps MidCity’s Jamie Weinbaum as New President and CEO

  D.C-based real estate firm Horning has a new leader.

• CNN Business: New Home Sales Rise as Prices Drop in January

  New home sales rose in January from December, as mortgage rates eased off their highs of the past year at the start of 2023.

• U.S. News & World Report: Consumers More Optimistic About the Present, but See Inflation Higher in the Near Term

  The latest survey will add to concern the Federal Reserve needs to keep interest rates higher for longer.

• Press Release: River City Company Releases New Downtown Market Study

  River City Company recently engaged RCLCO Real Estate Consultants to complete a detailed market analysis to assess the forward-looking market opportunity

• Benzinga: ESG as an Investment Strategy

  Investors are increasingly looking at environmental, social and governance (ESG) as part of their analysis to identify risk and growth opportunities.

• Webinar Recording: February Update and Outlook for Real Estate Capital Markets

  Watch the recording from the February 2023 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Update and Outlook for Real Estate Capital Markets

• Presentation Slides: February Update and Outlook for Real Estate Capital Markets

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• Institutional Real Estate, Inc.: RCLCO Fund Advisors’ Ben Maslan on the Office Sector and Bifurcation Between Winners and Losers

  Ben Maslan, at RCLCO Fund Advisors, discusses why newer office properties are performing well amid declining demand, which products will find the most success moving forward and which properties will get left behind.

• The Villages Daily Sun: More Flock to Our Way of Life

  Florida is experiencing a population boom like never before. The Sunshine State was the fastest-growing in the nation last year, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

• IPE Real Assets: CalSTRS to Hire RCLCO as Real Estate Investment Consultant

  California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) intends to pick RCLCO Fund Advisors as its real estate investment consultant.

• Las Vegas Business Press: Three Vegas Communities Rank in the U.S. Top 25

  Sales in Las Vegas master-planned communities took a bigger hit than the nation as a whole in 2022 amid rising mortgage rates but the valley managed to have three ranked in the top 25 and five in the top 50.

• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Three Vegas Communities Rank in the U.S. Top 25

  Sales in Las Vegas master-planned communities took a bigger hit than the nation as a whole in 2022 amid rising mortgage rates but the valley managed to have three ranked in the top 25 and five in the top 50.

• U.S. News & World Report: New Home Sales Rise 2.3% in December

  The increase comes as mortgage rates dip and builders offer incentives.

• Webinar Recording: January Update and Outlook for Real Estate Capital Markets

  Watch the recording from the January 2023 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Update and Outlook for Real Estate Capital Markets

• Presentation Slides: January Update and Outlook for Real Estate Capital Markets

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• Multi-Housing News: Orlando Multifamily Report – December 2022

  Despite slowing fundamentals, Central Florida had a great year for transactions.

• Press Release: RCLCO Fund Advisors Announce Promotion of Carter Smith and Mike Essig to Vice President

  RCLCO Fund Advisors Announce Promotion of Carter Smith and Mike Essig to Vice President

• MPA: US Housing Market Weakness Persists as Building Permits and Housing Starts Decline

  But uptick in housing completions indicates easing in supply chain issues and labor shortages

• CNN Business: New Home Construction in the US Fell in December

  US home building fell in December, as the housing market continued to slow.

• Time For an ESG Reset: Results from RCLCO’s Survey

  The results suggest a mixed story, and, RCLCO believes, a general lack of appreciation for why ESG became a matter of discussion in the first place. This article attempts to unpack what has become a loaded topic by going back to the original intent of the ESG movement in investing, and using our survey results to highlight how it is perceived and put into practice today.

• Mike Essig

• Carter Smith

• Caroline Flax Ganz

• Houston Business Journal: Amid Nationwide Home Sales Decline, Houston Again Tops Master-Planned Communities Lists

  RCLCO and John Burns have released their annual list of the 50 top-selling communities.

• Yahoo! Finance: RCLCO Fund Advisors Announce Promotion of Simon Soomekh to Managing Director

  Soomekh has an extensive background in advising institutional investors on all aspects of complex real estate portfolios

• Press Release: RCLCO Fund Advisors Announce Promotion of Simon Soomekh to Managing Director

  RCLCO Fund Advisors Announce Promotion of Simon Soomekh to Managing Director

• The Denver Post: Colorado’s Master-Planned Communities No Longer National Blockbusters

  After a long run, state fails to make the nation’s top 50 list for fastest selling communities

• The Villages Daily Sun: A Lifestyle That Draws Like Nowhere Else

  The Villages active lifestyle continues to attract new residents at impressive rates even as market forces have impacted many other communities nationwide.

• Urbanland: RCLCO: Sales Decrease 20 Percent Year Over Year at Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities

  Real estate consulting firm RCLCO has released the results of their semi-annual survey of the top-selling master-planned communities (MPCs) of 2022.

• The Dallas Morning News: Aubrey’s Silverado Was the U.S.’s Sixth Top-Selling Community in 2022

  Developments in the booming cities of Crandall and Little Elm also ranked nationally for home sales.

• The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2022

  A lack of new home inventory despite the consistent and growing demand for new homes was generally cited as the reason for modest growth by MPC developers, with supply chain disruptions, labor market tightness, and cost surges among the top reasons given for the inventory shortages.

• Press Release: RCLCO Real Estate Consulting Identifies the 50 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2022

  Sales are down 20% from last year among the Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities in the country, as rising interest rates and economic uncertainty continue to impact consumers

• Forbes: Connectivity Key in Successful Community Planning

  With every fresh news item about this nation’s homelessness epidemic, the need for dramatically more housing becomes ever clearer.

• CNN Business: American Home Building Slumped Again in November

  Home building pulled back in November, as buyers faced spiking mortgage rates topping 7% that make homes increasingly unaffordable. Rates fell slightly through the month, but are still double what they were a year ago, continuing to put pressure on new home purchases.

• COE Enterprises: Icons of DC Area Real Estate – Adam Ducker

  RCLCO’s CEO Adam Ducker was a guest on an episode of the COE Enterprises: Icons of DC Area Real Estate podcast, Advocating “Bifocularity” in Market Analysis (#75)

• Webinar Recording: December Update and Outlook for Real Estate Capital Markets

  Watch the recording from the December 2022 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Update and Outlook for Real Estate Capital Markets

• Presentation Slides: December Update and Outlook for Real Estate Capital Markets

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• The RCLCO & CEL Real Estate Compensation & Benefits Survey

  Since 1989, this annual publication has provided accurate, timely and confidential compensation information to thousands of users. No other survey is as comprehensive or offers equivalent validity based upon so many years of results.

• Real Estate Compensation Consulting

  RCLCO now offers a full suite of strategic talent management advice. We will help you create performance recognition and reward programs that align leaders and their teams, while recruiting and retaining best-in-class talent. By coming together with CEL, we can be more impactful in helping you execute with strong teams.

• Office Games

  Life sciences real estate has been a “hot” property type for the past decade—and even more since the pandemic. Will all the capital targeting the space be placed where it needs to go?

• Globest: CRE Sentiment Index Suggests Recession Will Be Shallow and Short

  Two-thirds said that inflation will increase at mid-year.

• Newsweek: Is the U.S. Headed for a Housing Market Crash in 2023?

  High mortgage rates, soaring inflation, rapid growth over the past couple of years and other factors have been at the center of recent discussions on the fate of the U.S. housing market.

• SpectrumNews1: Survey: Home Buying and Real Estate Sentiment Hit New Low

  Residential for-sale housing has moved into a downturn, real estate professionals said, as rising mortgage rates and economic uncertainty loom in the industry.

• connectCRE: RCLCO’s Real Estate Sentiment Index Reaches New Low as Recession Looms

  The RCLCO Current Real Estate Market Sentiment Index (RMI), measuring sentiment on a 100-point scale, has decreased 26.9 points over the past six months, and more notably has dropped 80.6 points since the most recent peak, ending 2022 at 8.3.

• RCLCO Real Estate Sentiment Hits All-time Low as Recession Looms

  RCLCO’s Sentiment Survey has tracked real estate market conditions in the U.S. for over 10 years. Events of the last three years have generated unprecedented volatility in the index – with significant swings in sentiment (both positive and negative) with the advent of COVID-19, the recovery, and now recent Fed action to tamp down persistent inflationary pressures that stemmed from the pandemic.

• PERE: Deep Dive: A Private Real Estate Sell-Off Is Starting

  Property owners are beginning to offload assets and fund ownership stakes as they face various market pressures. But who is buying?

• BusinessNews: West and South Account for More Than Half of Top STEM Growth Markets

  RCLCO Real Estate Consulting recently published Annual STEM Job Growth Index which “highlights key metropolitan areas that represent current strongholds of STEM employment, as well as those industries most likely to see positive growth in the coming years.”

• Globest: More Than Half of Top STEM Growth Markets Are West and South

  But right now, the broader set of industries is facing layoffs.

• Webinar Recording: November Update and Outlook for Real Estate Capital Markets

  Watch the recording from the November 2022 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Update and Outlook for Real Estate Capital Markets

• Presentation Slides: November Update and Outlook for Real Estate Capital Markets

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• COE Enterprises: Icons of DC Area Real Estate – Adam Ducker

  Adam Ducker- Advocating “Bifocularity” in Market Analysis

• CW 39 Houston: These Texas Cities Ranked Best in the Country for STEM Job Growth: Report

  STEM jobs are all the rage in this day and age as the workforce continues to grow in droves within this field of work which spans far and wide.

• FUNDfire: Single-Family Rentals Lagging After Two-Year Boom

  The single-family rental market was all the rage in 2020 and 2021, but it has not been immune from the fallout of capital markets volatility, with slowing deal activity and less capital flowing into the segment’s funds.

• Press Release: Top 20 Cities for STEM Job Growth Announced in RCLCO’s 2022 Annual STEMdex

  Austin, Washington, D.C., Raleigh, Denver, and Seattle top the list of cities with the most momentum for STEM job growth

• 2022 STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex)

  The annual STEMdex highlights metropolitan areas that are current strongholds of STEM employment and those that are likely to see positive growth in the coming years

• Best Minds: Nancy Lashine, Managing Partner & Founder of Park Madison Partners

  In this Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate podcast episode, RCLCO Fund Advisors’ CEO Taylor Mammen interviews the founder and managing partner of Park Madison Partners, Nancy Lashine

• Forecasters Downgrade Prospects for U.S. Real Estate Sector and Economy

  Real estate economists offered a less optimistic forecast of the near-term U.S. real estate and economic environment compared with six months ago, downgrading predictions for a wide range of economic, capital market, and real estate variables.

• Dallas Business Journal: Real Estate Investors, Bracing for Recession, Prepare to Seize on Potential Distress

  The growing threat of a recession and deal slowdown in the wake of higher interest rates has some real estate investors preparing to seize on potential distressed properties or loans.

• Best Minds: Robert Seldin, CEO of Highland Square Holdings

  In this podcast RCLCO interviews CEO of 2HSQ Robert Seldin, who is the US Patent Inventor for the proprietary 2HSQ live/work building conversion and construction method and apartment operating system.

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• Housing Wire: Homebuilders Buckle Up as New Home Sales Falter in September

  After rising in August as mortgage rates temporarily decreased, new home sales were back down for the start of fall

• U.S. News & World Report: New Home Sales Tumble 10.9% in September

  Higher mortgage rates are dampening sales activity.

• Webinar Recording: Update and Outlook for Real Estate Capital Markets

  Watch the recording from the October 2022 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Update and Outlook for Real Estate Capital Markets

• Presentation Slides: Update and Outlook for Real Estate Capital Markets

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• Mortgage Professional: September Housing Starts Revealed

  Experts weigh in on the latest home construction data

• CNN Business: New Home Building Retreated in September as Rising Mortgage Rates Scare Off Buyers

  Home building pulled back in September, as buyers faced spiking mortgage rates that have made homes increasingly unaffordable.

• Yahoo! Finance: 10 Best Home Builder Stocks to Buy Now

  In this article, we discuss 10 best home builder stocks to buy now. If you want to see more stocks in this selection, check out 5 Best Home Builder Stocks To Buy Now.

• Multi-Housing News: Why BTR Is Here to Stay

  The market for single-family rentals is a diverse one that appeals to empty nesters, young families and people seeking temporary housing, according to panelists at this week’s NAREE conference.

• BISNOW: Hybrid Is Here to Stay Even if There’s a Recession, CRE Leaders Say

  A recession could send employees back into the waiting arms of the office sector, yet any reunion will likely be short-lived, commercial real estate executives said at an industry panel in Atlanta this week.

• The Dallas Morning News: Once Far-Flung Dallas-Fort Worth Communities Are the Region’s Next Boomtowns

  Longtime North Texas residents are seeing their neighborhoods change as developers seek affordable, available land to build new homes.

• Strategy Planning

  Achieve operational excellence for your brand with RCLCO’s management consulting – focusing on strategic planning, organization, portfolio and capital.

• Webinar Recording: COVID-19 Impact – How Remote & Hybrid Work is Changing the Real Estate Industry

  Watch the recording from the September 2022 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: COVID-19 Impact – How Remote & Hybrid Work is Changing the Real Estate Industry

• Presentation Slides: COVID-19 Impact – How Remote & Hybrid Work is Changing the Real Estate Industry

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• BISNOW: After Historic Run-Up, Multifamily Construction Set to Slow

  Multifamily construction starts spiked in August by 28% compared with July

• U.S. News & World Report: August Housing Data Reflects a Slowing Market

  While builders were busy in August, future activity showed signs of the slowdown in housing

• Bloomberg: US Housing Starts Rise Unexpectedly Though Building Permits Drop

  – Pace of new construction rose 12.2% in August to 1.58 million
  – Permit applications decline to slowest pace since mid-2020

• CNN Business: New Home Building Picked Up Last Month, but Builder Sentiment Remains Low

  Home building bounced back a bit last month even though demand for new homes among buyers had started to cool off and the cost of building supplies remained high.

• Data Centers: Capitalizing on the Data Explosion

  Data centers are specialized buildings used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems

• Financing Mechanisms: The Top-Selling MPCs of Mid-Year 2022

  How are master-planned communities financing and constructing public infrastructure? RCLCO has teamed up with Launch Development Finance Advisors to investigate and found that a significant majority of home sales within the 50 top-selling master-planned communities occurred within communities using special purpose taxing districts.

• Urbanland: As U.S. Economy Pulls Back, Multifamily Segment Is Feeling Pain, but Remains Resilient

  One prominent advisor is telling developers and investors to be careful, but stay the course.

• MPA: New Home Sales “Disappointing” in July

  New home sales plummet to level not seen in more than six years

• CNN Business: New Home Sales Fall 12.6% in July as Rising Prices Take a Toll

  New home sales plunged in July as high prices and mortgage rates pushed buyers to think twice about closing the deal.

• U.S. News & World Report: New Home Sales Tumble in July, Down 29% From a Year Ago as Housing ‘Recession’ Deepens

  Sales of new homes fell 12.6% in July, following a drop in May, as the housing sector continues to soften from the twin shocks of rising mortgage rates and higher prices, the Census Bureau reported on Tuesday.

• Webinar Recording: Inflation, Rising Rates and the Real Estate Outlook – RCLCO Leaders Discuss the Complex Economic Environment and the Current Outlook

  Watch the recording from the August 2022 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: Inflation, Rising Rates and the Real Estate Outlook – RCLCO Leaders Discuss the Complex Economic Environment and the Current Outlook

• Presentation Slides: Inflation, Rising Rates and the Real Estate Outlook – RCLCO Leaders Discuss the Complex Economic Environment and the Current Outlook

  Download the presentation slides from the August 2022 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: Inflation, Rising Rates and the Real Estate Outlook – RCLCO Leaders Discuss the Complex Economic Environment and the Current Outlook

• MPA: Housing Starts in July: “A Housing Recession Is Underway”

  Residential housing construction declines to new low

• Chicago Agent Magazine: New-Home Construction Falls 9.6% in July

  New residential construction fell 9.6% in July, as both single-family and multifamily starts fell from June’s pace, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said in a press release.

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  In order to achieve success, you need an organizational structure that aligns with your goals. We help clients re-imagine organizational fundamentals, creating customized solutions.

• Capital Strategy

  We work with our clients to build a balanced capital stack, identifying equity and debt partners for a range of investment strategies.

• Real Estate Portfolio Strategy

  We work closely with your entire team to ensure that your portfolio of assets is strategically aligned and well-positioned for future growth.

• Single-Family Rental Housing – Institutional Opportunities

  Single-family homes have been an important part of the US rental housing market for decades and even centuries. Individual investors have long owned houses they rent to a wide variety of tenants, including families, unrelated groups, and renters by choice

• Interactive Map of the Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities: 2013-2022

  Following the release of RCLCO’s report, The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2021, RCLCO has created an interactive map tool that visualizes the sales at Top-Selling MPCs across the country from 2013 to year-end 2021.

• Builder and Developer: Santa Rita Ranch Named Top-Selling Master-Planned Community in the Austin Area by RCLCO

  Santa Rita Ranch, a 3,800-acre historical ranch redesigned as a master-planned community with world-class amenities and spectacular views near Austin, Texas has once more ranked #1 in sales in the Austin-Round Rock area, according to the 2022 RCLCO mid-year report.

• Naples Florida Weekly: Ave Maria Named 16th Fastest-Selling Master-Planned Community in the U.S.

  Ave Maria, Florida has been named the 16th fastest-selling master planned community in the United States year to date according to national real estate consulting agency, RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Organizational Consulting

  In order to achieve success, you need an organizational structure that aligns with your goals. We help clients re-imagine organizational fundamentals, creating customized solutions.

• Webinar Recording: Retaining and Attracting Real Estate Talent in Volatile Times

  Watch the recording from the July 2022 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: Retaining and Attracting Real Estate Talent in Volatile Times

• Presentation Slides: Retaining and Attracting Real Estate Talent in Volatile Times

  Download the presentation slides from the July 2022 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: Retaining and Attracting Real Estate Talent in Volatile Times

• Press Release: RCLCO Real Estate Consulting Serves as Consultant for Development Team Selection Process for Utah’s Point of the Mountain State Land Authority

  In the wake of the recent announcement from The Point of the Mountain State Land Authority that a developer has been selected for Phase 1 at The Point, RCLCO Real Estate Consulting is pleased to share this significant project milestone with the rest of the project team.

• Seattle Agent Magazine: June New-Home Sales Drop 8.1% Month Over Month

  U.S. new-home sales dropped 8.1% in June compared to May, when transactions unexpectedly rose, as the median price of a new home sold during the month also fell, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported.

• America’s Top-Selling Communities

  The Ralph Bivins Project podcast interviews Gregg Logan of RCLCO about America’s top-selling communities

• Seattle Agent Magazine: Single-Family Housing Starts Fall for Fourth Month in a Row in June

  New residential construction fell 2% in June, as single-family starts fell for the fourth month in a row, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said in a press release.

• Houston Agent Magazine: Sunterra Named Top-Selling Houston Master-Planned Community

  The two newest communities from Starwood Land and Land Tejas have quickly gained national notice, ranking among the nation’s 20 top-selling master-planned communities, according to a new report by Robert Charles Lesser & Co. (RCLCO).

• Realty News Report: Houston Leads Home Sales in RCLCO Rankings

  Each year, it seems, Florida and Texas battle each other for top ranking in RCLCO’s “50 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities” report.

• Sarasota: Lakewood Ranch Named Best Selling Master-Planned Community in the Country—Again

  The community has notched 1,026 sales so far this year.

• MPA: How Will Housing Starts Downturn Impact the Housing Market?

  Pent-up demand in undersupplied market is still a good sign, expert says

• Lakewood Ranch holds position as No. 2 selling master-planned community in mid-year rankings

  Lakewood Ranch maintained its position as the No. 2 master-planned community in the country and the No.1 multi-generational master-planned community, despite a drop in overall sales among the top 50 communities, as determined by RCLCO, a Bethesda, Maryland-based real estate consultant that compiles semi-annual and annual rankings.

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• Houston Business Journal: 13 Houston-Area Master-Planned Communities Among Top-Selling Nationwide in First Half of 2022

  Total home sales across the top 50 communities decreased by 18% compared to the first half of last year

• Probuilder: New Home Sales in Master-Planned Communities Decline as Affordability Concerns Mount

  The top-selling master-planned communities of mid-2022 are seeing slower sales activity than in years past likely due to elevated housing costs

• U.S. News & World Report: New Construction Falls in June as Higher Prices, Mortgage Rates Hit Housing Market

  New home construction slumped in June as both housing permits and new home starts fell from May levels, the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported on Tuesday.

• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Las Vegas Market Still Big for Homebuilders, but Sales Down

  Four communities in Southern Nevada are among the top 20 nationally for homebuilders’ sales this year, but overall, house hunters are pulling back from last year’s buying binge amid higher mortgage rates.

• Press Release: RCLCO Real Estate Consulting Identifies the 50 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities in First Half of 2022

  Real estate consulting firm RCLCO released the results of their national survey of the top-selling master-planned communities (MPCs) as of mid-year 2021.

• The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of Mid-2022

  A lack of new home inventory despite the consistent and growing demand for new homes was generally cited as the reason for modest growth by MPC developers, with supply chain disruptions, labor market tightness, and cost surges among the top reasons given for the inventory shortages.

• Houston Agent Magazine: The Woodlands, Bridgeland Become First Texas MPCs to Earn LEED Precertification

  Two Houston master-planned communities (MPCs), The Woodlands and Bridgeland, have earned LEED precertification by the U.S. Green Building Council, becoming the first MPCs in Texas to achieve this status.

• Builder and Developer: Hot Housing Market Cooling

  Rising mortgage rates, which have gone up 2% since the beginning of the year, have softened market demand in 2022’s new home market.

• Newsweek: Will Housing Market Downturn Be as Devastating as 2008 Crash?

  Warnings of a potential housing market crash have been circulating as the U.S. contends with soaring home prices, elevated mortgage rates and extremely high inflation.

• Connect CRE: Real Estate Market Sentiment Dips Into Recessionary Waters

  Economic and geopolitical volatility has had its impact on commercial real estate activities and investments in the United States.

• Realty News Report: Recession Coming Says RCLCO Survey

  The real estate market is heading down a rocky road and the economy is bound for a recession, according to a RCLCO survey of real estate professionals.

• Webinar Recording: Mid-Year Market Update and ESG Snapshot

  Watch the recording from the June 2022 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: Mid-Year Market Update and ESG Snapshot

• Presentation Slides: Mid-Year Market Update and ESG Snapshot

  Download the presentation slides from the June 2022 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: Mid-Year Market Update and ESG Snapshot

• Globest: CRE Sentiment Heads to the Recessionary Zone

  Uncertainty takes its toll

• Real Estate Market Sentiment Dips into Recessionary Zone Amid Economic Uncertainty

  RCLCO’s Real Estate Market Sentiment Survey has tracked confidence in U.S. real estate market conditions for the past 10 years. The overall index took a dramatic dive in Mid-2020 due to the speed and intensity of the economic downturn sparked by COVID-19, hitting its lowest level in the history of the series (9.2). After a big drop in 2020 due to COVID-19, market sentiment spiked to 89.1 in mid-year 2021, as vaccination rates rose, new cased dropped, business restrictions were lifted and the economy and real estate markets started to recover. The Year-End 2021 result shows a more tempered sentiment of 82.1 as new variants have emerged in the second half of the year that are more transmittable and vaccine-resistant and concern about inflation increases.

• Multi-housing News: ESG Settles Into the Multifamily Industry

  Renters and capital providers are increasingly focusing on environmental, social and governance issues.

• MPA: Housing Starts Activity Dries Up as Building Industry Suffers From Economic Fatigue

  But as one expert commented, “some may be taking a more ‘wait-and-see’ stance”

• CNN Business: One More Sign the Housing Market Is Cooling Off

  Another indication the hot housing market is cooling off? New residential construction and the number of permits issued for building homes both fell in May.

• U.S. News & World Report: Jobless Claims Fell Slightly Last Week, Housing Starts Decline 14.4% in May

  The labor market remains strong, but housing is slowing amid rising mortgage rates.

• Seeking Alpha: Housing Starts, Building Permits Slide More Than Expected in May

  The single-family housing starts rate was 1.051M, 9.2% below the revised April figure of 1.157M.

• Multifamily Dive: Luxury Condos Underway in the Las Vegas Valley

  The Pinnacle Residences in Henderson, Nevada, will be the first new residential high-rise towers to hit the market since the Great Recession.

• Best Minds: Kirsty Jenkinson and Julie Donegan, California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)

  In this podcast RCLCO interviews CalSTRS’ Investment Director of Sustainable Investment & Stewardship Strategies and Portfolio Manager responsible for residential assets.

• The Real Deal: Last Call for America’s Housing Boom

  Slowing market brings frenzied buyers, brokerage job cuts

• Construction Dive: Real Estate Pros Ask: Are We Headed Into a Recession?

  Real estate pros ask: Are we headed into a recession?
  CRE experts break down the uncertain future of interest rates, fundamentals and economic conditions.

• Webinar Recording: Making Decisions in Real Time Amid Uncertainty

  Watch the recording from the May 2022 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: Making Decisions in Real Time Amid Uncertainty

• Presentation Slides: Making Decisions in Real Time Amid Uncertainty

  Download the presentation slides from the May 2022 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: Making Decisions in Real Time Amid Uncertainty

• Best Minds: Lili Dunn, President & CEO, Bell Partners

  In this podcast RCLCO interviews Bell Partners’ President and CEO, Lili Dunn, discussing her career journey, how as the new CEO she is positioning Bell Partners for success, and her five pieces of advice for people breaking into the industry.

• Mortgage Professional America: New Residential Construction Skids Below Expectations in April

  Uncertain economic conditions continue to impact housing starts

• The Affordable Housing Asset Class

  An update to work completed with the Terwilliger Center for Housing at ULI, this report presents an overview of affordable housing as a distinct asset class.

• CoStar: Odds of 2023 Recession Are Increasing but Housing Market Is Relatively Safe, Fannie Mae Says

  Home Prices and Sales are Expected To Slow Over the Next Two Years

• Webinar Recording: The Next American Cities – A Discussion about the Future of America’s Urban Form

  Watch the recording from the April 2022 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: The Next American Cities – A Discussion about the Future of America’s Urban Form with RCLCO and the Urban Reform Institute

• Presentation Slides: The Next American Cities – A Discussion about the Future of America’s Urban Form

  Download the presentation slides from the April 2022 Monthly Round-Up Webinar: The Next American Cities – A Discussion about the Future of America’s Urban Form with RCLCO and the Urban Reform Institute

• ULI Forecast: Positive for U.S. Real Estate Despite Higher Inflation, Interest Rates

  Real estate economists predict solid performance by U.S. property markets over the next three years, according to the spring 2022 ULI Real Estate Economic Forecast.

• Houston Agent Magazine: New-Home Sales Fall Again in March

  U.S. new-home sales fell again in March as low inventory, rising interest rates and elevated home prices curbed the pace of transactions.

• Mortgage Professional America: Sales of New Single-Family Homes Slump to Four-Month Low

  A host of factors continue to dampen new home sales

• Best Minds: Ellen Klasson, Managing Director, RCLCO Real Estate Consulting

  In this podcast RCLCO welcomes Ellen Klasson to the firm, discussing her 20-year career journey, experience as a female leader in real estate, and insights into executive recruiting.

• NBC News: Will Rising Mortgage Rates Cool Off a Hot Housing Market?

  Sales of existing homes fell 2.7 percent in March, but rising mortgage rates and tight inventory helped push the median home price to a record $375,300.

• MarketWatch: New-Home Construction Improves Despite High Inflation, Rising Mortgage Rates, and the Shortage of Skilled Labor and Materials

  Home builders have shifted their focus to multifamily housing projects as buyers grapple with affordability concerns

• Executive Search for Real Estate Companies

  Executive Search leverages RCLCO’s Management Consulting practice to offer clients holistic insights and assessments into placing key leadership roles. Our goal is to strengthen organizations and optimize their output, all from the perspective of human capital.

• Connect CRE: RCLCO and RCLCO Fund Advisors Expand to Denver

  Real estate consulting firm RCLCO and affiliate RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA) have expanded to Denver, opening their newest employment hub at the Triangle Building, adjacent to Union Station.

• Cyndi Thomas

• Best Minds: Eddie Lorin, Co-Founder & CEO, Alliant Strategic Development

  Managing Director Joshua Boren speaks with Alliant Strategic Development Co-Founder & CEO, Eddie Lorin, about his personal  journey, including how an orphaned 17 year old became the co-founder of a multifamily real estate investment firm, as well as his passionate mission to increase affordable and workforce housing across the country.

• Press Release: RCLCO Fund Advisors Signs on to United Nations Supported Principles for Responsible Investing

  RFA firmly committed to integrating environmental, social, and governance considerations PRI champions into the recommendations it gives its investment management client base

• Seattle Agent Magazine: New-Home Sales Fall Again in February

  U.S. new-home sales missed consensus expectations in February as the housing market remained buffeted by affordability and supply-chain issues.

• Mortgage Professional America: US Housing Starts Regain Momentum as Demand Remains Solid

  Multifamily sector led the surge in total housing starts

• Chicago Agent Magazine: New-Home Construction Picks Up in February

  New residential construction returned to positive territory in February after declining the month before, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said in a press release.

• The New York Times: Four Financial Tips for Buying a Second Home

  Second homes are becoming more expensive, and house hunters should examine interest rates, upfront fees, maintenance charges and taxes when calculating the cost.

• Washington Business Journal: Where’s the Barrier to Building New Housing in D.C.? All Along the Line, Experts Say.

  At a recent conference, D.C.-based Urban Land Institute laid out factors that constrain new housing construction in Greater Washington and nationwide, threatening to make housing affordability even worse than before.

• Presentation Slides: 2nd Home Survey and the State of the Mountain Resort Markets

  How has consumer interest in second homes changed in the last year? Watch the recording from the March 2022 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: 2nd Home Survey and the State of the Mountain Resort Markets

• Webinar Recording: 2nd Home Survey and the State of the Mountain Resort Markets

  What are the key trends driving 2022 real estate performance in mountain resort markets? Watch the recording from the March 2022 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: 2nd Home Survey and the State of the Mountain Resort Markets

• Explore the 2021 Second-Home Consumer Research Survey Results

  Nearly two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen exceptionally strong performance in the second-home market, as structural shifts including the widespread adoption of remote work have increased the appeal of second homes for a larger segment of the market.

• 2021 Second-Home Consumer Research Survey Results

  At year-end 2021, RCLCO conducted our second annual national consumer preference survey exploring the interest among high-income U.S. households regarding buying or continuing to own second homes.[1] Nearly two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, we have seen exceptionally strong performance in the second-home market, as structural shifts including the widespread adoption of remote work have … Continue reading 2021 Second-Home Consumer Research Survey Results

• Press Release: Ellen Klasson Brings Executive Search & Recruiting Services to RCLCO Real Estate Consulting

  As Managing Director, Klasson’s highly successful executive recruiting and leadership development experience will bolster RCLCO’s management consulting offerings

• IP&E Real Assets: CalSTRS Transfers ODCE Holdings to Core Real Estate Fund [Corrected]

  At the end of the third quarter of 2021, CalSTRS was under-allocated to logistics by eight percentage points, according to a report by RCLCO Fund Advisors.

• Ellen Klasson

• New York Post: What Micro Housing? The Size of an NYC Apartment Keeps Getting Bigger

  “Working from home, either full-time or on a hybrid schedule, is a permanent lifestyle change for many people, and in New York, that means for those who can afford it, there’s a demand for more living space,” said Kelly Mangold, a principal at the real estate consulting firm RCLCO.

• Affordable Housing – Stable Returns With Positive Social Impact

  The affordable housing sector, often overlooked by institutional investors, has several unique features that can make it a stable and attractive part of a diversified real estate portfolio.

• Best Minds: Anne Olson, Chief Operating Officer, Centerspace

  Managing Director Eric Willett speaks with Centerspace’s Chief Operating Officer, Anne Olson, about growing up on a farm before starting a career as a lawyer. Olson discusses the value proposition that Centerspace is providing in their selected markets and addresses how the firm is creating the internal infrastructure to support increasingly critical ESG efforts.

• Webinar Recording: How the Top Master-Planned Communities Drive Success & Innovation

  How are master-planned communities financing and constructing public infrastructure? Watch the recording from the February 2022 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: How the Top Master-Planned Communities Drive Success & Innovation

• Presentation Slides: How the Top Master-Planned Communities Drive Success & Innovation

  Learn about the ongoing importance of placemaking in creating vibrant communities. Watch the recording from the February 2022 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: How the Top Master-Planned Communities Drive Success & Innovation

• Consulting Services for the Second-Home and Vacation-Home Market

  Are you a resort or second-home developer looking for strategic guidance and project-specific solutions to help guide planning decisions for residential product (with a particular focus on your product-type and customer segmentation)? RCLCO’s proprietary analyses provide a deep understanding of second-home drivers, including feeder markets, preferences of high-net worth households, and the ever-evolving leisure industry. … Continue reading Consulting Services for the Second-Home and Vacation-Home Market

• Financing Mechanisms: The Top-Selling MPCs of Year-End 2021

  How are master-planned communities financing and constructing public infrastructure? RCLCO has teamed up with Launch Development Finance Advisors to investigate and found that a significant majority of home sales within the 50 top-selling master-planned communities occurred within communities using special purpose taxing districts.

• Single-Family Residential Market Outlook

  This year has the potential for housing markets to experience a less tumultuous year as compared to 2021, but some of the same challenges with meeting demand in 2021 will remain throughout the current year.

• Presentation Slides: Real Estate Market Sentiment Survey Results

  How does RCLCO quantify how market sentiment has changed over the past six months within the context of the ongoing pandemic?

• Webinar Recording: Real Estate Market Sentiment Survey Results

  What do industry professionals have to say about the state of the market, including the current position of major product types within the real estate market cycle?

• Chicago Agent: 2021 Ends With a Bang in New-Home Sales

  “Despite continued supply-chain issues, builders have been able to make headway on homes, and market demand remains high,” RCLCO Real Estate Consulting principal Kelly Mangold said.

• Bisnow: There’s No Place Like the Inland Empire, Say SoCal BTR Builders

  Build-to-rent projects, now taking off in more affordable land markets like Phoenix, Texas and Florida, are still few and far between in Southern California, said RCLCO Real Estate Advisors Managing Director Derek Wyatt, who consults on build-to-rent projects across the country.

• MarketWatch: ‘The New Year Holds Both Promise and Potential Pitfalls for the Housing Market’: New-Home Sales Surge as Supply Shrinks

  “This growth is notable because November and December are historically slower months for sales due to the holidays, yet performed strongly this year,” said Kelly Mangold, a principal with RCLCO Consulting.

• U.S. News & World Report: New Homes Sales Rise 11.9% in December, Well Above Estimates

  “Residential market sentiment remains relatively strong, and there is much to remain optimistic about heading into January.”

• Forbes: Adaptive Reuse Can Help Add ESG and Wellness-Friendly, Affordable Housing Stock

  Adam Ducker, CEO of real estate consulting firm RCLCO, agrees. “This could be an extremely effective way to increase our production of affordable housing. It would convert buildings that are under-utilized, or at risk of being obsolete, into new units.”

• Globe St: CRE Sentiment Sour at Worst, Tempered at Best

  RCLCO’s Real Estate Market Sentiment Survey at year-end 2021 showed the RMI at a more tempered sentiment of 82.1 as new variants have emerged in the second half of the year that are more transmittable and vaccine-resistant and as concern about inflation increases.

• Mile High CRE: Real Estate Industry Sentiment Remains Strong Despite Slight Decline

  The RCLCO’s Real Estate Market Sentiment Survey that tracks confidence in U.S. real estate market conditions, took a dramatic dive in mid-2020 due to the speed and intensity of the economic downturn sparked by COVID-19, hitting its lowest level in the history of the series (9.2).

• Despite a Slight Decline, Sentiment Regarding the Real Estate Market Remains Strong

  RCLCO’s Real Estate Market Sentiment Survey has tracked confidence in U.S. real estate market conditions for the past 10 years. The overall index took a dramatic dive in Mid-2020 due to the speed and intensity of the economic downturn sparked by COVID-19, hitting its lowest level in the history of the series (9.2). After a big drop in 2020 due to COVID-19, market sentiment spiked to 89.1 in mid-year 2021, as vaccination rates rose, new cased dropped, business restrictions were lifted and the economy and real estate markets started to recover. The Year-End 2021 result shows a more tempered sentiment of 82.1 as new variants have emerged in the second half of the year that are more transmittable and vaccine-resistant and concern about inflation increases.

• Wall Street Journal: How to Work Effectively With an Architect on a Custom Home

  Kelly Mangold, a principal of real-estate consulting firm RCLCO, and a licensed architect, said that many architects will remain involved in a project they design during the construction process.

• Florida Realtors: Home Builders Predict a Booming 2022

  Central Florida will be a part of that trend, adds Karl Pischke, vice president at real estate analysts RCLCO in Orlando.

• Houston Agent: Housing Starts Rise in December on Strong Multifamily Sector

  “Home pricing has soared to record levels in 2021, though at the same time, the rental market has seen unprecedented rent growth, so home seekers are left with limited affordable options and may be more willing to accept higher prices,” RCLCO Real Estate Consulting principal Kelly Mangold said.

• Reuters: Dust Hasn’t Yet Settled on the Great Suburban Land Rush

  “The strong starts in December, a historically slower month amid the holiday season, reflects market optimism in the residential sector, and bodes well for a strong start to 2022,” writes Kelly Mangold, Principal at RCLCO Real Estate Consulting.

• MarketWatch: Santa Rita Ranch Named Among Top 50 Best-Selling Master-Planned Communities in the U.S. For 2021

  “It’s always an honor to make the RCLCO list,” said Santa Rita Ranch Developer Ed Horne.

• Washington Post: More Real Estate Trends to Watch in 2022

  According to RCLCO, the real estate consulting firm, about 22 million of those are single-family rental homes.

• 2021 Top Markets for STEM Job Growth

  Not coincidentally, the top STEM market areas include the 10 regions of the country which exhibit the highest location quotients for technology jobs. The location quotient [LQ] is a measure of a metropolitan area’s concentration of jobs within a given industry as compared to the national average.

• Houston Chronicle: Leva Living Unveils Renderings for New ‘Build to Rent’ Community

  “Typically that rent threshold is still below the total cost of home ownership within a couple of mile radius,” Todd LaRue, managing director of housing consulting firm RCLCO, said at the National Association of Real Estate Editors annual conference last month.

• Tapping into Biotech

  Life sciences real estate has been a “hot” property type for the past decade—and even more since the pandemic. Will all the capital targeting the space be placed where it needs to go?

• Best Minds: Sandy Sigal, President & Chief Executive Officer, NewMark Merrill Companies

  Managing Director Joshua Boren speaks with NewMark Merrill Companies’ President & Chief Executive Officer, Sandy Sigal, about how learning computer programming at a young age led to a career in real estate. He also addresses the remarkable resiliency of consumer demand for in-store retail experiences, especially within the context of the rapid growth of e-commerce and the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Fast Company: They’re Building a 15-Minute City From Scratch in the Utah Desert

  “One of our goals is to create what we’ve termed a one-car community,” says Alan Matheson, executive director of The Point of the Mountain State Land Authority.

• Orlando Sentinel: U.S. Homebuilders Predict a Booming 2022, With Orlando Along for the Party

  Central Florida will be a part of that trend, said Karl Pischke, vice president at real estate analysts RCLCO in Orlando.

• Boston Real Estate: Amid the Pandemic, the Demand for Single-Family Rentals Soars

  The RCLCO report estimates that an additional 2.5 million single-family homes will be needed over the next decade to meet the demand of prospective renters who cannot afford to buy a home, who are relocating to a new city, or who simply desire the space a single-family can provide without the demands of homeownership.

• In Memoriam: Robert Charles Lesser

  RCLCO Mourns and Honors the Legacy of our Founder Robert Charles Lesser, for whom the company is named, founded RCLCO in 1967 and was a real estate pioneer and visionary. He passed away in Los Angeles on December 26th, 2021, at the age of 90. A native Los Angeleno, Robert (Bob) earned his Bachelor’s and … Continue reading In Memoriam: Robert Charles Lesser

• Space Coast Daily: Viera Ranks Among the Top 15 Master-Planned Communities Across the United States

  The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities Report is a publication released by RCLCO Real Estate Consulting twice each year to track the top-performing communities in the country and to identify development best practices from the MPCs that have pioneered their way into the top ranks.

• Community Impact: Round Rock Housing Market, Diversification Outpaced by Demand for Growth

  Todd LaRue, managing director of real estate consulting company RCLCO, said at a December summit on growth in Williamson County that keeping area housing attainable will be crucial if cities want to continue seeing healthy growth.

• Houston Business Journal: Houston Dominates Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities Lists, Bridgeland No. 1 Locally

  The Houston area claims the most spots of any city on two new lists of the top-selling MPCs in 2021.

• Houston Agent: Houston Dominates National List of Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities

  Since 1994, RCLCO has conducted an annual national survey identifying the 50 top-selling MPCs in the country.

• St. Augustine Record: Nocatee Named One of Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities in America

  RCLCO Managing Director Gregg Logan said in the release, “The results of this year’s Top-Selling MPC Report confirm that demand for new single-family homes within MPCs remains high, with favorable demographic tailwinds suggesting this strong demand will continue in 2022.

• Culture Map: Austin Area Among Top U.S. Markets for Home Sales in Master-Planned Communities

  Gregg Logan, managing director of RCLCO, says the survey results indicate demand for new single-family homes in master-planned communities remains high, “with favorable demographic tail winds suggesting this strong demand will continue in 2022.”

• Globe St: SFR, Multifamily Battle for Investment Dollars

  A presentation from real estate consulting firm RCLCO pegs the current SFR market—including houses, townhouses, row houses, duplexes, or quadruplexes—as 22 million units.

• Culture Map: Houston No. 1 in U.S. For Home Sales in Master-Planned Communities, Says Survey

  According to a survey by real estate consulting firm RCLCO, one-fifth of the country’s 50 top-selling master-planned communities last year are in the Houston metro area.

• Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Lakewood Ranch Ranked as #2 Master-Planned Community of 2021 With More Than 2,500 Home Sales

  The real estate consulting firm RCLCO recognized Lakewood Ranch Tuesday as the best-selling, master-planned multi-generational community in the country.

• Nevada Business: Summerlin Ranks #3 Nationally for 2021 New Home Sales

  According to Karl Pischke, principal with RCLCO Consulting, which has been ranking MPCs since 1994, Summerlin leads all actively ranked MPCs in total appearances on the national best-selling MPC list.

• The Villages Daily Sun: Demand Skyrockets for Villages’ Lifestyle

  No other community, whether multigenerational or age-restricted, came close to the volume of home sales The Villages closed in 2021, according to RCLCO.

• Bloomberg CityLab: How the Pandemic Supercharged Sprawl

  The continued shift outward is “clearly going to continue,” said Adam Ducker, chief executive officer of RCLCO.

• Globe St: BTR Poised to Become More Important for Institutional Investors

  Big investors might instead focus on the build-to-rent market, suggests a presentation from real estate consulting firm RCLCO.

• The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2021

  A lack of new home inventory despite the consistent and growing demand for new homes was generally cited as the reason for modest growth by MPC developers, with supply chain disruptions, labor market tightness, and cost surges among the top reasons given for the inventory shortages.

• Orange County Register: Single-Family Rental Homes Coming to Riverside County Defy California Trend

  RCLCO’s LaRue reported that 89% of single-family rentals are owned by landlords with five or fewer properties. Investors with 100 or more properties probably make up about 2% of the single-family landlords.

• Emerging Trends in Real Estate

  The theme that emerged more than any other during the Emerging Trends interviews with industry leaders was the surprising resilience of the economy and of property markets generally, inspiring greater confidence in the industry’s collective capacity to adapt to changing market conditions and future unknown risks. 

• The Real Deal: Austin Has 500 New Homes Planned for Area Near Tesla

  RCLCO real estate consultants ranked it third in the Austin area for master-planned community sales in 2020.

• Real Estate Magazine: New-Home Sales Up in November as Consumer Demand Remains Strong

  New-home sales improved for a third month in a row as the housing market maintains its strength.

• Medical Office Buildings Post-COVID – Shaken but Still Strong

  The US medical office building (MOB) sector has been a strong performer for several decades because of rising expenditures on health care and the cost advantage of MOBs versus hospitals.

• Build-to-Rent: The Single-Family Rental Boom

  Managing Director Todd LaRue provides an update on the trends driving the growth of the purpose-built single-family rental sector.

• Mortgage Professional America: After a Slow Month, New Home Construction Picks Up Pace

  Kelly Mangold, of RCLCO Real Estate Consulting, said that new home sales remain strong, “which reflects market optimism and indicates that as supply chain issues resolve, we are likely to see a similar surge in starts.”

• Globe St: The Office Market May Be Soft but Tenants Aren’t Getting Extreme Deals

  Mangold predicts that in the next year or two many companies will reevaluate their office-space needs, with an eye toward ‘hoteling’ or shared-desk work spaces.

• Multi-Housing News: 100K BTR Units in 2021?

  “We could get there,” La Rue said of the 100,000 number. “If not in 2022, than the year after that. But no, not in 2021.”

• Best Minds: RCLCO CEOs Review the Trends that Defined 2021

  In this special episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, Chief Executive Officer of RCLCO Fund Advisors, Taylor Mammen, speaks with Adam Ducker, Chief Executive Officer of RCLCO, about the state of the market, how RCLCO is helping clients respond, and what real estate practitioners can expect for 2022.

• Multi-Housing News: The Complicated SFR and BTR Markets

  Added Todd LaRue of RCLCO: “There is huge universe of demand for these alternative rental units.”

• Growth Spotter: The Pandemic “poured Gasoline” Over a Hot Purpose-Built Rental Home Market

  RCLCO projects there will be demand for 2.5 million new single-family rental units over the next decade.

• Life Sciences: Tapping into Biotech

  In this article, we examine the main attributes of success in life sciences real estate—and explore whether all of the capital targeting the space will successfully find a home.

• Orlando Business Journal: Tavistock Shares a Look at What’s Coming to the Fast-Growing Community

  The 17-square-mile southeast Orlando community, one of Central Florida’s fastest-growing submarkets, has been on RCLCO’s list of the nation’s most popular master-planned communities for many years.

• Connect Media: Austin Ranks in 2021 STEM Job Growth Index’s Top 10

  RCLCO Real Estate Consulting recently unveiled the results of its 2021 STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex), which projects which metro areas will have the strongest outlook for growth in STEM jobs.

• Globe St: US on the Cusp of a Whopping $2T in Annual Housing Sales

  Gregg Logan, Managing Director, RCLCO, tells GlobeSt that the drivers of this strong market demand are different than in past cycles.

• Seattle Agent: New-Home Sales Flat in October as Median Price Hits New High

  RCLCO expects home sales to remain strong to close out the year, making for an unusually busy for-sale market this holiday season.

• Inman: New Home Sales Hit 6-Month High

  New home sales in October 2021 increased by a modest 0.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 745,000.

• Realtor Magazine: Expect an Unseasonably Hot Winter for Home Sales

  “Many sellers should not feel the need to wait until spring, especially in high-demand areas,” Kelly Mangold, principal at RCLCO Real Estate Consulting, told realtor.com®.

• UrbanLand: Solution File – Horizontal Multifamily Detached Housing

  The report, prepared jointly by the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing and RCLCO, is available on Knowledge Finder.

• Commercial Property Executive: Inside Orlando’s Office Growth Spurt

  According to the 2021 STEM Job Growth Index from RCLCO Real Estate Consulting, released last month, cities that have strong Millennial in-migration—Orlando included—will continue to perform well going forward.

• Best Minds Special Presentation: Real Estate Enterprise Strategy – Telling both the Big Stories and the Small Stories

  The big stories and macro-trends that every real estate company needs to be embracing.

• GO Banking Rates: The 5 Best Places to Have a Luxury-Filled Retirement on a Budget

  The Villages was named the No. 1 active adult community in America for the 11th straight year in 2020 by RCLCO Real Estate Consulting.

• Realtor.com: The Surprising Reason Homebuyers Can Score a Deal Before Ringing in the New Year

  “If interest rates do rise, it will impact the price point at which homebuyers can buy,” says Kelly Mangold, principal at RCLCO Real Estate Consulting.

• Connected Real Estate: How Can Office and Apartment Landlords Provide Charging for All Those Electric Vehicles?

  EV adoption is expected to increase at approximately 25% annually during the next five years, according to a recent RCLCO report.

• Wichita Business Journal: How Did Downtown Wichita Fare Post-Covid? New Reports Markets

  RCLCO’s new findings show a decrease in capacity for all categories — but by varying degrees.

• MarketWatch: New Home Construction Slows as Builders Grapple With Supply-Chain Headaches

  “September new home sales figures were strong which reflects market optimism, and indicates that once materials and labor become readily available we are likely to see a similar surge in starts,” said Kelly Mangold, a principal with RCLCO Real Estate Consulting.

• Chicago Agent: Supply Chain Woes Hamper Housing Starts in October

  “Heading into winter, it is likely that activity will be more robust than is typical for the holiday season,” RCLCO Real Estate Consulting principal Kelly Mangold said.

• Inman: Housing Starts Dip Modestly in October Amid Supply Chain Issues

  Privately-owned housing starts dipped 0.7% while single-family housing starts dropped 3.9%, according to US Census Bureau residential construction data

• Builder and Developer: Sustainable Design Moves From Niche to Mainstream

  Over the years RCLCO Real Estate Consulting has surveyed prospective homebuyers relative to their willingness to pay more for a home with environmental features that utilizes more sustainable materials, are more energy efficient and looking for changes over time.

• Presentation Slides: Real Estate Enterprise Strategy – Telling both the Big Stories and the Small Stories

  How thoughtful strategic planning processes have created transformative differentiation at the intersection of macro- and micro-trends.

• Insights for the Commercial Real Estate Industry: Understanding the Big and Small Stories of Corporate Strategy

  “Strategy” is among the most thrown around words in contemporary corporate America. It is an easy tool to elevate the conversation above the “day-to-day” or the important tactics of executing commercial real estate investment. But, the term’s ubiquity can also undermine its usefulness, and strategy across the commercial real estate (CRE) industry today takes on … Continue reading Insights for the Commercial Real Estate Industry: Understanding the Big and Small Stories of Corporate Strategy

• Press Release: Eric Willett Joins RCLCO Real Estate Consulting as Managing Director

  RCLCO Real Estate Consulting, a leading national real estate advisory firm, today announced the results of their 2021 STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex).

• Markets Herald: Which Cities Are Poised for STEM Job Growth? RCLCO’s Report Has Answers

  RCLCO Real Estate Consulting, a leading national real estate advisory firm, announced the results of their 2021 STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex), which projects which metro area MSAs will have the strongest outlook for growth in STEM jobs.

• Presentation Slides: Residential Market Update and the Latest Trends in STEM Employment

  Explore RCLCO and CapRidge’s analysis of the top U.S. real estate markets for STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) occupations.

• Webinar Recording: Residential Market Update and the Latest Trends in STEM Employment

  Learn what housing investors and developers are saying about the current economic conditions at play in the market.

• Denver Post: Metro Denver a Leader for Growth in Science and Technology Jobs

  Denver is now the top location in the nation when it comes to momentum in adding jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, according to the 2021 STEM Job Growth Index from RCLCO and CapRidge Partners.

• MPA: New Home Sales Figures for September Revealed

  “Despite the decline in starts this month, sales remained strong, indicating that buyers are still seeking new products to meet their ever-evolving needs as the school year begins and households adapt to their ‘new normal’ schedules,” said Kelly Mangold, principal at RCLCO Real Estate Consulting.

• Commercial Property Executive: These Cities Are Tops for STEM Job Growth

  The annual ranking features newcomers as well as perennial leaders, according to RCLCO and CapRidge Partners.

• Houston Chronicle: Texas Cities Identified as Hot Spots for STEM Job Growth

  Factors that put it in the Top 20 include metrics relating to migration and projected future migration, STEM wages and cost of living, according to RCLCO.

• Globe St: These Are the Top Cities for STEM Job Growth

  Denver has taken the top spot for STEM job growth according to a report from RCLCO Real Estate Consulting.

• RIS Media: New-Home Sales Bumped Up for Third Consecutive Month

  “RCLCO expects home sales to remain strong as the year comes to a close, because millennials are in peak family-formation years and demand remains for larger living spaces and homes with outdoor access.” — Kelly Mangold, RCLCO Real Estate Consulting

• Press Release: Key Trends and Changes Revealed in 2021 Annual STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex)

  RCLCO Real Estate Consulting, a leading national real estate advisory firm, today announced the results of their 2021 STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex).

• MarketWatch: Key Trends and Changes Revealed in 2021 Annual STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex)

  In this year’s STEMdex, RCLCO expanded its search to include the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the United States.

• Mile High CRE: Denver Lands Top Spot for STEM Job Growth

  RCLCO Real Estate Consulting, a leading national real estate advisory firm, has announced the results of their 2021 STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex), which projects which metro area MSAs will have the strongest outlook for growth in STEM jobs.

• Connect Media: Denver Takes Top Spot in RCLCO’s STEM Job Growth Index

  Denver tops this year’s ranking in RCLCO’s annual STEM Job Growth Index.

• 2021 STEM Job Growth Index

  In collaboration with RCLCO, partnering with CapRidge Partners, has produced the 5th annual STEM Job Growth Index (“STEMdex”), once again highlighting several metro areas commonly recognized as STEM (aka Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) strongholds, as well as those that show future potential for attracting these jobs. U.S. STEM workers earn higher wages than their non-STEM … Continue reading 2021 STEM Job Growth Index

• UrbanLand: ULI Forecast Sees Increased Inflation, Slower Growth in Coming Years

  Real estate economists predict continued improvement in the U.S. economy and property markets over the next three years, according to the fall 2021 ULI Real Estate Economic Forecast.

• Increased Inflation, Slower Growth in Coming Years

  Real estate economists predict continued improvement in the U.S. economy and property markets over the next three years, according to the fall 2021 ULI Real Estate Economic Forecast.

• Pro Builder: Supply-Chain Obstacles Slow Down Construction Permitting

  “New home starts declined in September after an initial rebound in August, amid continued concerns about delivery timelines,” said Kelly Mangold.

• Bisnow: Developers Eyeing Industrially Zoned Offices as Last-Mile Opportunities

  But the coronavirus pandemic poured gasoline on the fire of industrial demand, RCLCO Managing Director of Strategic Consulting Eric Willett said.

• MarketWatch: Construction on New Homes Slows as Supply-Chain Woes Hit the Housing Market

  “New home starts declined in September after an initial rebound in August, amid continued concerns about delivery timelines,” said Kelly Mangold, a principal with RCLCO Real Estate Consulting.

• RIS Media: Multifamily Housing Starts Dip but Single-Family Holding Steady

  “Both single-family and multifamily properties have struggled with similar labor and material shortages,” said Kelly Mangold of RCLCO Real Estate Consulting.

• Inman: Housing Starts Faltered in September Amid Supply Constraints

  Multifamily housing starts dipped 1.6 percent in September following a month in which the sector delivered surprising gains while single-family housing starts remained steady from the previous month.

• Connect Media: 2021 Women in Real Estate, Erin Talkington

  Applicable to projects of all types and scales, Talkington’s strength is her ability to quickly synthesize the key market opportunities and strategic positioning for a particular site and communicate that vision to project team members, clients, and community stakeholders.

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• Globe St: 2021 Multifamily Influencers

  Throughout the past three years, RCLCO’s real estate economics leadership team has conducted thousands of assignments for multifamily developers both domestic and international, in an effort to assist and inform development projects.

• Best Minds: Brian O’Looney, Principal, Torti Gallas + Partners

  Principal Kelly Mangold speaks with Torti Gallas + Partners’ Principal, Brian O’Looney, about starting a career as an intern for the legendary architect Cesar Pelli and choosing architectural design as an alternative to an automotive design career. O’Looney discusses the process of writing his book, Increments of Neighborhood: A Compendium of Built Types for Walkable and Vibrant Communities, and RCLCO’s contribution of original research and analysis.

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• Houston Business Journal: Final Phase of Balmoral Master-Planned Community Moves Forward With Land Acquisition

  Balmoral reported 458 sales, according to Bethesda, Maryland-based RCLCO Real Estate Consulting’s “The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of Mid-Year 2021.”

• Growth Spotter: Developers Eyeing Sumter, Polk Counties for Build-For-Rent Single-Family Neighborhoods

  The Villages is the nation’s largest and fastest-growing retirement community and routinely tops RCLCO’s list of top-selling master-planned communities.

• Office Index – Signs of Office Recovery with Sharp Suburban/CBD Divide

  Real estate economists predict markedly improved U.S. economic and property market conditions over the next three years, 2021 to 2023, compared with the forecast of six months ago, according to the spring ULI Real Estate Economic Forecast.

• Commercial Property Executive: CRE Gets Behind ESG

  Investors listed diversity and inclusion, climate change opportunities, and risk as concerns, with Cyndi Thomas, managing director of RCLCO Fund Advisors, also pointing to community impact as important.

• Commercial Property Executive: ESG Rising to the Top of Investor Concerns

  Investors want to understand how managers integrate ESG into investment strategy and company culture, said Cyndi Thomas, managing director of RCLCO Fund Advisors,

• Construction Dive: Lendlease to Depart Oceanwide’s $1B Los Angeles Project

  If Oceanwide were to sell, Derek Wyatt, a managing director at RCLCO, said that the partially finished project could attract bidders at the right price.

• MPA: New Home Sales Gain Positive Momentum

  “Robust demand continues to fuel strong sales, and interest rates have remained low, helping to counteract high sales pricing,” said Kelly Mangold, principal at RCLCO Real Estate Consulting.

• RIS Media: New-Home Sales Bump Up Monthly but Still Lag Behind Last Year’s Levels

  RCLCO expects home sales to remain strong overall because demographic factors continue to be favorable for the housing market.

• U.S. News & World Report: New Homes Sales Rise in August, Prices Continue to Climb

  “August has historically been a slower month for sales than July,” Kelly Mangold of RCLCO Real Estate Consulting said in a statement.

• Inman: New Home Sales See Modest Gains for 2nd Consecutive Month

  Sales of newly built single-family homes hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 740,000 in August 2021, up 1.5 percent from the revised July rate, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

• Presentation Slides: How the 2021 Investment Landscape Changed

  How has the real estate recovery unfolded across product types? Where is the trajectory increasingly clear and in what sectors is there uncertainty?

• Webinar Recording: How the 2021 Investment Landscape Changed

  How are investors weighing COVID now? How are underwriting norms changing in this environment?

• Leisure Opportunities: Bjarke Ingels and Marc Lore Reveal Plans for Telosa, ‘World’s Most Sustainable City’

  As well as Bjarke Ingels, partners in the Telosa project include real estate consultants RCLCO, engineering giant Buro Happold and Archer, a firm developing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

• MPA: New Housing Starts Data Released

  “New home starts recovered in August, following a brief period of decline in July due to supply chain issues,” said Kelly Mangold, principal at RCLCO Real Estate Consulting.

• Marketplace: “Location, Location, Location” Still Applies if You’re in the Market for a New House

  “Builders are still finding creative ways to keep their pipelines moving,” said Kelly Mangold with RCLCO Real Estate Consulting.

• Inman: Multifamily Housing Starts Deliver August Surprise; Single-Family Falls

  Privately-owned housing starts beat expectations in August, while single-family starts declined by nearly 3%, according to data issued by the Census Bureau.

• The Bond Buyer: Large Primary, Higher Ratios Keep Yields Steady

  Kelly Mangold, principal at RCLCO Real Estate Consulting, noted the supply difficulties that had hurt sales in the prior month.

• New York Post: New Jobless Claims Edge Higher From Pandemic-Era Low Amid Delta Variant

  “End of summer travel and back-to-school shopping helped bolster sales, which is an encouraging sign for the real estate sector,” Kelly Mangold of RCLCO Real Estate Consulting, said.

• Best Minds: Justin Papadakis, COO & Chief Real Estate Officer, United Soccer League

  Managing Director Joshua Boren speaks with United Soccer League’s Global Chair/Founder, Justin Papadakis, about starting a career working for real estate companies before transitioning to join the “family business” of USL. Papadakis discusses the changing landscape of live entertainment, the impacts on stadium and venue design, and how USL responds to these long-term trends. He addresses the complexity of stadium deals and the importance of creating partnerships with local communities across the municipal, business, and philanthropic sectors throughout the U.S.

• Builder & Developer: Editor’s Note September 2021

  In the September issue, we delve into economics and market research with Greg Logan and Karl Pischke of RCLCO Real Estate Consultants.

• Naples Daily News: Sales Continue to Surge at Babcock Ranch With More Than 1,500 Homes Sold

  With sales surging by 61% for the first half of the year, Babcock Ranch also jumped nine spots to the No. 25 position in the country’s 50 top-selling master-planned communities of 2021 by RCLCO.

• Chicago Agent: Why the Future of Exurbs Remains Uncertain

  “Everyone’s not going back to the office five days a week anytime soon,” says Kelly Mangold, a real estate economic specialist for RCLCO.

• Bloomberg: E-Commerce Founder Seeks Utopia in the Desert

  RCLCO Real Estate Consulting, the firm conducting Lore’s search for a site, says a major factor will be cooperation from the government.

• CIO Magazine: 2021 Knowledge Brokers

  Nominated by a leading CIO for being “the best real estate consultant [he’s] ever worked with,” Taylor Mammen is CEO of RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA), which advises institutional investors on real estate investment portfolios, from strategy development to underwriting and asset management.

• Houston Business Journal: Serenity at Meridiana Begins Construction on Amenity Center, Model Homes

  Meridiana tied for the No. 39 spot on RCLCO Real Estate Consulting’s “The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of Mid-Year 2021.”

• Best Minds Podcast: Earl Santee, Global Chair/Founder, Populous

  Chief Executive Officer Adam Ducker speaks with Populous’ Global Chair/Founder, Earl Santee, about what’s next in the decade ahead for venue development. Santee discusses Populous’ history of planning and designing Olympic venues through collaboration with local and international Olympics committees. He addresses the potential urbanizing impacts of venue development on surrounding neighborhoods and delves into how his firm has adapted to the challenges of the hybrid work model in an international context.

• Orlando Business Journal: DeBartolo Kicks Off Construction on Apartments Adjacent Sanford SunRail Stop

  “People utilize the transit system because it’s convenient,” said Orlando development consultant Gregg Logan, managing director of Bethesda, Maryland-based RCLCO.

• MarketWatch: New Home Sales Rebound Despite Prices Hitting Record High

  “It is promising that the overall trend in home sales is up from prior years and that the recent drop in sales has begun to reverse,” said Kelly Mangold.

• Barron’s: New Home Sales Jumped in July. Home Prices Rose Even More.

  The good news is that the amount of supply rose a touch—to 6.2 months, from 6 months.

• Bloomberg: U.S. New-Home Sales Rise in July, Steadying From Recent Softness

  “New-home sales have been able to increase somewhat because of buyers’ pent up demand and the slight influx of completed inventory that was able to hit the market in mid-summer,” Kelly Mangold of RCLCO Real Estate Consultants.

• U.S. News & World Report: New Home Sales Rose 1% in July as Prices Continued Upward

  “Still, it is promising that the overall trend in home sales is up from prior years and that the recent drop in sales has begun to reverse,” Kelly Mangold, a principal with RCLCO Real Estate Consulting said in a statement.

• Financing Mechanisms: The Top-Selling MPCs of Mid-Year 2021

  How are master-planned communities financing and constructing public infrastructure? RCLCO has teamed up with Launch Development Finance Advisors to investigate and found that a significant majority of home sales within the 50 top-selling master-planned communities occurred within communities using special purpose taxing districts.

• Houston Agent: Serenity at Meridiana Starts Construction of Amenity Center, Models, and Move-In Ready Homes

  Meridiana is currently ranked as one of the nation’s top-selling master-planned communities of mid-year 2021 as compiled by RCLCO Real Estate Consulting.

• Bisnow: Houston’s Montgomery County Still Has Room to Grow, but Affordability Is Key

  The Woodforest MPC recorded 265 single-family home sales in the first half of 2021 — an increase of 43% from the same period in 2020, according to a midyear report by RCLCO.

• Presentation Slides: Sports Anchored Mixed-Use Districts Go for the Gold

  Can real estate development be a meaningful part of financing new sports and entertainment facilities? Does the adjacency or district differentiation in these neighborhoods enhance real estate performance and valuation?

• Webinar Recording: Sports Anchored Mixed-Use Districts Go for the Gold

  How do sports venues anchor and drive the character of surrounding urban neighborhoods? How are mixed-use neighborhoods driving the evolution of venues?

• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Richmond American Offers Homes in Cadence

  Cadence was recently ranked No. 10 for best-selling master-planned communities by RCLCO.

• Multi-Housing News: The Institutionalization of the SFR Niche

  Cap rates, which hovered about 20 to 50 basis points above multifamily historically, are now in line with multifamily in many cases, according to a presentation by RCLCO Real Estate Consulting.

• Wealth Management: Why Single-Family Rental Investment Works for HNW Individuals

  RCLCO projects that demand is greater than the current pace of production, leading to a significant supply shortfall.

• Business Observer: Master-Planned Community Continues Sales Surge

  The performance also ranked Ave Maria among the Top 25 best selling master-planned communities nationwide for the first six months of 2021 by RCLCO.

• Houston Chronicle: Howard Hughes Corp. Enters Build-To-Rent Market With Bridgeland Offering

  More than 7,500 build-to-rent homes have been developed in the Houston area, according to RCLCO, a real estate advisory firm.

• Infographic: Which Olympic Games Host City Takes Gold?

  RCLCO takes a look at real estate market performance in Olympic Games host cities & looks forward to the 2028 Los Angeles games.

• Realtor.com: Are First-Time Buyers Being Priced Out of Homeownership?

  While sales of these homes appear to be growing, Mangold points out that only 2% of single-family rental homes sold in a year are to institutional investors.

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• Sarasota Herald-Tribune: How Lakewood Ranch Became the Fastest-Selling Community in the Nation

  But in the mid-year rankings of 2021, conducted by real estate consulting firm RCLCO, Lakewood Ranch appeared at the top of the list for the first time.

• UrbanLand: Finalists Selected for Larson Housing Policy Leadership Award

  Other jury members include Adam Ducker, Chief Executive Officer, RCLCO, Bethesda, Maryland.

• Patch: Woodforest Community Among Top Selling in United States

  The Montgomery master-planned community made RCLCO’s list of best sellers for the first half of 2021.

• Dallas Business Journal: These Are the Best-Selling New Home Communities and Developers in Dallas-Fort Worth

  Six DFW master-planned residential communities made the mid-2021 ranking of the country’s 50 best-selling new home developments released by RCLCO, a national real estate consulting firm.

• Houston Business Journal: Pearland-Area Master-Planned Community Massey Oaks Secures $44M Loan

  Mission Ridge had an estimated 466 sales through June, based on figures reported in mid-June, per RCLCO.

• Best Minds Podcast: John Cecilian, Jr., CEO & Co-Founder, Cecilian Partners

  Managing Director Todd LaRue speaks with Cecilian Partners’ CEO & Co-Founder, John Cecilian, Jr. about his personal career journey and thoughts on the evolving homebuilding industry. Cecilian Jr. discusses beginning his career in retail before transitioning to the “family business” of real estate, and what lessons he learned that gave a unique perspective into that industry switch. He addresses the importance of equally prioritizing work, family, and self to create balance and grow as a person and leader, and delves into the issues that businesses are facing as digital transformation brings more technology into the daily work of the real estate industry.

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• Orlando Business Journal: Latitude Margaritaville Sees Biggest Home Sales Bump Among Local Communities

  Latitude Margaritaville was one of four Central Florida communities that made the mid-year list of the nation’s best-selling master-planned communities, released July 12 by real estate consulting firm RCLCO.

• Inside the Magic: How Disney’s Lake Nona Move Will Impact the Housing Market

  There were 405 home sales in Lake Nona in the first half of 2021, up 28% compared to the first half of 2020, according to real estate consulting firm RCLCO.

• Houstonia Mag: 3 Local Johnson Development Projects Named Top MPCs in the U.S.

  This month, real estate consulting firm RCLCO named three of Johnson Development’s Houston-area locales in the country’s 50 top-selling master-planned communities.

• Houston Business Journal: MPCs See Surge in Demand but Challenges May Be on the Way

  A recent report by Bethesda, Maryland-based RCLCO Real Estate Consulting found that Texas ranked behind only Florida in the number of homes sold in master-planned communities during the first half of 2021.

• Building Salt Lake: Think You Know the Utah State Fairpark? You’ll Barely Recognize It in 15 Years

  RCLCO’s market analysis returned results indicating the only economically viable option at the White Ballfield is affordable housing.

• Business Observer Florida: Area Community Ranks No. 1 in U.S. For Home Sales Through June

  Real estate consultant RCLCO’s survey found that Lakewood Ranch’s 1,535 new homes sales through June 30 increased 83% from the same period a year ago.

• AZ Big Media: Verrado, Eastmark Among Top-Selling MPCs in U.S.

  RCLCO Real Estate Consulting’s Top Selling Master Planned Communities of Mid-Year 2021 highlights year-to-date sales at MPCs across the country.

• Villages News: Lakewood Ranch Bumps the Villages From No. 1 Ranking

  The Villages sold 1,226 homes in the first half of the year, according to an RCLCO estimate.

• Management Consulting for Real Estate Companies

  Achieve operational excellence for your brand with RCLCO’s management consulting – focusing on strategic planning, organization, portfolio and capital.

• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Las Vegas Placed Five Master Plans in National Rankings

  Nevada makes up 11 percent, which RCLCO Vice President Karl Pischke said shows that “Nevada is punching above its weight” for master plan sales.

• Presentation Slides: Is Market Optimism and MPC Success the New Outlook for the Roaring ‘20s?

  Examine the pace of MPC sales and what it can tell us about the outlook for the remainder of 2021 and beyond.

• Webinar Recording: Is Market Optimism and MPC Success the New Outlook for the Roaring ‘20s?

  Learn what industry professionals have to say about the state of the market, including the current position of major product types within the real estate market cycle.

• SRQ Magazine: Lakewood Ranch Hottest Market in U.S.

  RCLCO ranked Lakewood Ranch the best-selling community in the U.S. in its 2021 mid-year survey.

• Dallas News: Head East to Find This Year’s Best-Selling Dallas-Fort Worth Home Communities

  Maryland-based RCLCO Real Estate Consulting ranks the country’s 50 best-selling new home projects each year.

• Sarasota Herald-Tribune: So Far in 2021, Lakewood Ranch Is the Fastest-Selling Community in the Nation

  RCLCO Real Estate Consulting tracks the number sales in master-planned communities each year.

• Chain Store Age: Home Sales in the Top 50 MPC’s Increased by 20% in the Past Year

  Property sales were up by 20% on average across “The 50 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities” list compiled by RCLCO Real Estate Consulting.

• UrbanLand: RCLCO Reports on Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2021

  According to an annual survey by RCLCO, the top-selling U.S. master-planned community so far in 2021 is Lakewood Ranch in Sarasota, Florida.

• Sarasota Magazine: Lakewood Ranch Named the Nation’s Top-Selling Community

  Lakewood Ranch is the best-selling community in the nation, according to a mid-year survey by the national real estate firm RCLCO.

• Houston Chronicle: 10 Houston Communities Are Among the Top Selling in the U.S.

  The surge in sales among the Top 50 comes despite a tightening of new home inventory and reduced supply of components needed for new home construction.

• Bradenton Herald: Booming Home Sales During First Half of 2021 Lift Lakewood Ranch to New Heights

  Lakewood Ranch has been recognized as the best-selling community in the U.S., according to national real estate consulting firm RCLCO’s 2021 mid-year survey.

• Press Release: RCLCO Releases 2021 Semiannual Report Identifying the 50 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities

  Real estate consulting firm RCLCO released the results of their national survey of the top-selling master-planned communities (MPCs) as of mid-year 2021.

• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Homebuilders’ Sales Top 2020 Levels in Las Vegas Area This Year

  Builders booked 962 net sales in Summerlin through the first half of the year, up 50 percent from the same stretch in 2020, real estate consulting firm RCLCO reported Monday.

• Your Observer: Lakewood Ranch Seizes No. 1 Spot in Master-Planned Community Sales

  RCLCO study names Lakewood Ranch as nation’s No. 1-selling master-planned community.

• The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of Mid-Year 2021

  While this year has thus far been emblematic of widespread MPC success and surging new home demand, Sarasota, Florida’s Lakewood Ranch has been a stand-out performer. With 1,535 sales, Lakewood Ranch claims the top spot, representing a pace that is 83% ahead of its performance during the same time period last year.

• DS News: The Swiftly Evolving Rental Housing Sector

  Entitled, Low Density Rental Housing in America the study is a collaboration between RCLCO Real Estate Consulting and the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing.

• Orlando Sentinel: Big Investors Become Landlords, Tighten Orlando Housing Market

  “A lot of it comes down to demand,” said Karl Pischke, vice president in the Orlando office of real estate consultants RCLCO.

• The Enterprise: Experts at an Envision Utah Event Take a Stab at Predicting the Impact of COVID-19 on the Future of Utah Real Estate

  Pandemic or not, some things won’t be changing anytime soon, according to Taylor Mammen, CEO of RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA).

• Multi-Housing News: What’s Driving the Acceleration of SFR, BFR?

  A new report from the ULI Terwilliger Center and RCLCO Real Estate Consulting examines the evolution of the single-family rental and build-for-rent segments of the housing industry.

• Pro Builder: Inside the Single-Family Rental Demand

  A new joint report by the Urban Land Institute and RCLCO Real Estate Consulting found the single-family rental market has undergone an impressive increase in interest and growth as COVID-19 emphasized the need for various forms of housing.

• Best Minds: Colby Cox, Founder & Managing Partner, Convergence Investments

  Managing Director Todd LaRue speaks with Convergence Investments’ Founder & Managing Partner, Colby Cox. Cox discusses his unique professional work history, starting the company at age 22 after finishing his undergraduate degree, falling in love with the pace and momentum of real estate dealmaking, and how he balances risk-taking between personal endeavors (such as paragliding and snowboarding) with the professional risk management of real estate development.

• UrbanLand: Single-Family Rental Market Poised to Expand, New ULI/RCLCO Report Finds

  The report, Low-Density Rental Housing in America, builds on the analysis of last year’s ULI/RCLCO report Family Renter Housing, which reported that those in the millennial generation are starting families and in need of space.

• Commercial Property Executive: How Positivity Is Building in CRE Circles

  As the recovery continues, both the CRE Finance Council Index and RCLCO Market Sentiment Index rise to levels not seen in several years.

• The Changing Landscape of Housing: Low-Density Rentals

  RCLCO recently worked with the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing to prepare Low-Density Rental Housing in America. The report highlights the emerging market segment of purpose-built and institutionally managed single-family rentals, including supporting demographic trends, an explanation of concepts and case studies, and operating metrics and conclusions.

• Press Release: Sentiment Soars in the Real Estate Industry According to RCLCO’s New Report

  RCLCO released the results of their Real Estate Market Sentiment Survey for Mid-Year 2021, which has tracked confidence in U.S. real estate market conditions for the past 10 years. The results reflect strong optimism as the nation reopens.

• Markets Insider: Sentiment Soars in the Real Estate Industry According to RCLCO’s New Report

  Leading real estate consulting firm RCLCO released the results of their Real Estate Market Sentiment Survey for Mid-Year 2021.

• As the Nation Reopens: Mid-Year Sentiment Soars in the Real Estate Industry

  The results of RCLCO’s Mid-2021 State of the Market Sentiment Survey reflect strong optimism as vaccination rates approach herd immunity levels, business restrictions have been lifted, and a drop in cases nationally spurs the economy and real estate markets toward recovery.

• Yield Pro: RCLCO Talks Single-Family Rentals

  RCLCO discussed single family rentals (SFR) and build for rental (BFR) properties in conjunction with their monthly round-up webinar.

• Los Angeles Times: CRE Visionaries – Taylor Mammen

  Taylor Mammen has been named a CRE Visionary by the Los Angeles Times.

• Los Angeles Times: CRE Visionaries – Derek Wyatt

  Derek Wyatt has been named a CRE Visionary by the Los Angeles Times.

• Webinar Recording – Purpose-Built Single-Family Rentals: Markets, Products, and Strategy

  Watch the recording from the June 2021 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar, Purpose-Built Single-Family Rentals: Markets, Products, and Strategy

• Presentation Slides – Purpose-Built Single-Family Rentals: Markets, Products, and Strategy

  Download the presentation slides from the June 2021 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar, Purpose-Built Single-Family Rentals: Markets, Products, and Strategy

• Partner Selection

  RCLCO’s extensive network of contacts and connections can be leveraged to match parties in a complicated transaction, when a conventional broker approach isn’t appropriate.

• Portfolio Analysis/Optimization

  RCLCO brings our own framework for strategic planning, as well as our advanced market analytics, to bear when helping portfolio owners develop their own framework for maximizing long-term value; prioritizing investments or dispositions; and identifying potential gaps or places to strengthen their investment portfolios.

• Geographic Expansion

  We use advanced analysis and market forecasting to guide the selection of markets and submarkets. We develop real-time tools to monitor supply and demand, helping you make educated buy, sell, and improvement decisions.

• Fiscal & Economic Impact Analyses

  RCLCO excels at conducting fiscal and economic impact analyses that evaluate the impact of development on local and state economies and budgets.

• Financial Modeling & Optimization Analysis

  We’ll combine our revenue forecasts and cost estimates to prepare dynamic development pro forma analyses and other decision-making tools.

• Consumer Insight

  We use informed real estate analytics to help institutional investors create and implement top performing portfolios.

• Competitive-Edge Strategies

  We use informed real estate analytics to help institutional investors create and implement top performing portfolios.

• Development Feasibility

  We use informed real estate analytics to help institutional investors create and implement top performing portfolios.

• Orlando Business Journal: New Apartments to Rise Near Meadow Woods SunRail Station

  “People utilize the transit system because it’s convenient” said Orlando development consultant Gregg Logan, managing director of RCLCO.

• Apartment Therapy: The Hidden Advantages of Renting Apartments in Older Buildings

  Research from RCLCO Real Estate Advisors reveals that new apartments in the U.S. are, on average, approximately 100 square feet smaller than those built in the 2000s.

• Value-Add & Repositioning

  We use informed real estate analytics to help institutional investors create and implement top performing portfolios.

• Builder & Developer: The New Single-Family Housing Market

  Demand is up but certain obstacles could slow momentum

• Houston Chronicle: Single-Family Rental Company Enters Ranks of Top Builders

  More than 7,500 build-to-rent homes have been developed in the Houston area, according to the RCLCO.

• Acquisition Underwriting

  We use informed real estate analytics to help institutional investors create and implement top performing portfolios.

• Arizona Daily Star: Homes Built Exclusively for Renters a Growing Trend in Tucson Market

  A 2020 study conducted by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors found that 700,000 single-family units are expected to be built for the U.S. rental market over the next decade.

• Inflationary Pressures in Housing

  Housing prices have increased in 2020 and 2021 at some of the fastest rates seen in many years.

• Best Minds: Warren Fields, President & CEO, Pyramid Hotel Group

  RFA CEO Taylor Mammen speaks with Pyramid Hotel Group’s President & CEO, Warren Fields. Fields discusses his career journey, from entering the workforce at Wendy’s, and going to Cornell. He addresses what operators and investors of other property types can learn about running a business from the hotel sector, and how traditional expectations about qualifications needed to succeed are changing throughout the industry.

• RIS Media: ULI Real Estate Economic Forecast Is Optimistic

  “While the fall 2020 Forecast was notable in its reversal of many of the pessimistic forecasts from spring 2020, the current forecast goes even further, with several forecasts now ahead of long-term averages,” said ULI leading member William Maher, director of strategy and research, RCLCO.

• Webinar Recording: ESG+R Today and Tomorrow

  Watch the recording from the May 2021 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: ESG+R Today and Tomorrow

• GlobeSt: CRE Volume Up, Price Growth Down Through 2023, Predicts ULI

  Employment growth should outpace long term averages, said William Maher, director of strategy and research, RCLCO.

• Inman: Dozens of Economists Don’t See Any Bursting Bubbles on the Horizon

  William Maher — a ULI member and director of strategy and research at real estate consulting firm RCLCO — said that many metrics such as housing starts and rent growth are ultimately expected to “outpace long-term averages.

• Employment Growth, Rebounding GDP for U.S. Economy

  Real estate economists predict markedly improved U.S. economic and property market conditions over the next three years, 2021 to 2023, compared with the forecast of six months ago, according to the spring ULI Real Estate Economic Forecast.

• UrbanLand: ULI Forecast Sees Increased Improvement in Outlook for U.S. Economy

  William Maher is the Director of Strategy and Research at RCLCO.

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• The Washington Post: ‘Together as a Family’ – Multigenerational Living Rises in Pandemic

  Lakewood Ranch has been the best-selling multigenerational community in the country for nine years, according to RCLCO.

• UrbanLand: Low-Density Rental Housing Addresses Rising Demand Despite Barriers

  Of 48.4 million U.S. rental households, 14.9 million live in single-family-housing rentals, according to Todd LaRue, managing director with real estate analysis firm RCLCO and session moderator.

• KSL.com: What Will Utah Look Like After the Pandemic? Panel Offers Insight Into the Future

  A key reason for that, according to RCLCO Fund Advisors CEO Taylor Mammen, is that Utah is tapped into the fast-rising tech economy and a rise of tech jobs along the Wasatch Front has led to its growth.

• The AFIRE Podcast: #53 Leveraging Control

  RCLCO Fund Advisors’ Director of Strategy and Research William Maher and Managing Director Ben Maslan discuss how institutional investors should continue to use moderate levels of leverage on a portfolio-wide basis.

• The RCLCO Foundation

  Changing Lives Through Initiatives That Provide Affordable Homes The RCLCO Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, was formed in 2006 as a means to positively influence the availability and development of affordable housing. Funding to the RCLCO Foundation is provided by RCLCO, which annually contributes a share of its profits, along with contributions and grants provided by … Continue reading The RCLCO Foundation

• RFA Leadership (No Links)

  RCLCO Fund Advisors advises institutional investors on real estate investments through its analytical rigor, highly customized client-centric service, and impassioned search for alignment. Gadi Kaufmann Chairman, RCLCO and RFA Taylor Mammen Chief Executive Officer, RFA Joshua Boren Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives Debashis Chanda Principal, RFA Ben Chernus Vice President, RFA Jessica Diorio Vice President, Asset … Continue reading RFA Leadership (No Links)

• Leveraging Control – LPS and Real Estate Leverage

  Though leverage is an important part of capital funding, it’s important to ask LPs if (and how) they should take control of their real estate leverage.

• AFIRE Summit: Leveraging Control – LPs and Real Estate Leverage

  William Maher is Director of Strategy and Research and Ben Maslan is Managing Director for RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA).

• RCLCO’s Data Visualization Toolkit & Insights for the Real Estate Industry

  A question that we often hear is “How is technology and big data impacting the real estate industry?” We are aware that there are many emerging technologies and big ideas that are being pursued with the possibility to change, disrupt, or create new business models for real estate in the future. However, there are still … Continue reading RCLCO’s Data Visualization Toolkit & Insights for the Real Estate Industry

• Presentation Slides – Don’t Get Left Behind: Data Tools & Insights for the Real Estate Industry

  Download the presentation slides from the April 2021 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar, Don’t Get Left Behind: Data Tools & Insights for the Real Estate Industry

• Webinar Recording – Don’t Get Left Behind: Data Tools & Insights for the Real Estate Industry

  Watch the recording from the April 2021 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar, Don’t Get Left Behind: Data Tools & Insights for the Real Estate Industry

• ProBuilder: Could Built-For-Rent Housing Become the New American Dream?

  A total of 6% of new single-family homes in the U.S. are built-for-rent housing, according to an August analysis by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Fast Company: These Idyllic Suburban Neighborhoods Are Built Just for Renters

  As millennials have moved well into the family formation years, there’s demand for a different type of product.

• Longview News-Journal: Planned Communities Designed With Lifestyle in Mind

  RCLCO Real Estate Advisors says home sales among their top-selling MPCs in 2020 in the United States were 20 percent higher than in 2019.

• Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Lakewood Ranch Plan to Build 7,000 Homes East of Current Development Advances

  Lakewood Ranch had 2,149 home sales last year, the second most of any master-planned community in the nation, according to a list compiled by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Best Minds: Peter Pappas, CEO, Terwilliger Pappas

  RCLCO’s Chief Executive Officer, Adam Ducker, speaks with Terwilliger Pappas’ CEO, Peter Pappas. Pappas discusses growing up in Charlotte, South Carolina, starting a real estate career with The Bissell Companies, creating a business vision based on the broad long-term evolution of urban markets, and leading the industry in the shift to focus on the opportunities to take sophisticated mixed-use product to suburban markets.

• MarketWatch: No Vacancy? Here’s One Fix for the Affordable-Housing Shortage

  “One of the reasons why it’s easy to build suburban houses is because everybody knows how to do it right,” said Adam Ducker, CEO of real estate advisory firm RCLCO.

• KSL: Larry H. Miller Real Estate Buys 1.3K Acres of Undeveloped Land in Daybreak

  According to real estate advisors RCLCO, Daybreak was ranked No. 5 on the group’s top-selling master-planned communities report and No. 1 in Utah based on home sales.

• Orlando Sentinel: Orlando Home Prices Are Soaring, but Condos Aren’t Going Along for the Ride

  Karl Pischke, vice president at Winter Park-based real estate consultants RCLCO, pointed to the COVID-19 pandemic as possibly playing a part in the disparity.

• UExpress: As Resort Towns Flourish, Lending Tightens

  RCLCO found that most second-home markets “experienced dramatic growth” in the latter half of 2020.

• WebWire: Local Denver Developer, Architect, and General Contractor Break Ground on Micro-Unit Apartment Community

  According to RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, “with only a few projects on the Sloan’s Lake Pipeline and only 250 micro-units in the pipeline throughout Denver, there is unlikely to be significant competition at delivery.”

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• Globe St: Continental Closes Suburban Multifamily Development Fund

  A recent RCLCO report notes that suburban apartments experienced approximately 2% rent growth in 2020, compared to 3.5% the year before.

• Family Rental Housing: A Growing Need and Emerging Opportunity

  Chief Executive Officer Adam Ducker presented original RCLCO research in the online session “Low-Density Rental Development – Does it Help Address Housing Equity?”

• Naples Daily News: Ave Maria Continues to Top New Home Sales in Collier County

  The master-planned community is one of the most popular in the country, recently ranking in the top 40 nationally for new-home sales according to RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Connect CRE: Suburban Apartments Have Outperformed Central Cities, Right? Not Necessarily

  The truth, says RCLCO, is more nuanced.

• Public-Private Partnership Formation

  RCLCO works with public and private actors across the nation to structure partnerships and transform visions into reality. Public-Private Partnerships are now more important than ever in order to accomplish planning and economic development objectives. RCLCO has been at the forefront of this field for over two decades. Since our core customers are private sector … Continue reading Public-Private Partnership Formation

• IREI: Assessing Risk and Opportunity

  He discussed how to better understand risk and valuation with Taylor Mammen, chief executive officer at RCLCO Fund Advisors, and Judy McMahan, portfolio manager, real estate, at UPS Pension Investments.

• Real Estate Strategy and Analytics for the Public Sector

  RCLCO assists public sector entities by providing them with the same investment grade market, financial, economic, and development services expertise that has earned the firm a top-notch reputation in the private sector. We bring the discipline of market analyses and financial modeling to neighborhood planning, transit-oriented development, affordable housing, corridor studies, regional growth management, economic … Continue reading Real Estate Strategy and Analytics for the Public Sector

• Globe St: These Cities Are Dominating the COVID-Era Multifamily Market

  But as a recent report from RCLCO notes, there’s more to the difference between suburban and urban multifamily growth than meets the eye.

• Globe St: Americans Are Still on the Move

  The narrative around the move to the suburbs may be oversold, according to a report from RCLCO.

• Construction Dive: Retail, Office, Apartment Sectors Hit Hard by Pandemic

  Real estate markets have begun to rebound in 2021, although office and retail rental numbers are lagging behind multifamily and industrial growth, RCLCO Real Estate Advisors shared during a webinar Thursday.

• GlobeSt: Suburban Multifamily Outperformance Was More Subtle Than Realized

  The flight to the suburbs narrative that stemmed from high migration patterns across a handful of markets last year may not tell the whole story when it comes to suburban multifamily performance, according to a new report from RCLCO.

• Webinar Recording – Monthly Round-Up: COVID-19 One Year Later

  Watch the recording from the March 2021 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: COVID-19 One Year Later

• Presentation Slides – Monthly Round-Up: COVID-19 One Year Later

  Download the presentation slides from the March 2021 edition of our Monthly Round-Up Webinar: COVID-19 One Year Later

• Orlando Business Journal: Major Landowner Duda to Redevelop Oviedo HQ Into Mixed-Use Project

  Viera was the 16th-best-selling residential community in the nation in 2020, according to RCLCO.

• Tracking Urban and Suburban Apartment Performance

  As we hit the first anniversary of COVID, the time feels right to dig in and understand what’s really happened over the past year in the rental apartment markets in cities, suburbs, and the variety of neighborhoods that make up the markets we live and work in.

• PERE News: What Is Core Real Estate Now?

  Ben Maslan, managing director of US-based consultancy RCLCO weighs in on these topics and more.

• CGI+: One Question With Gadi Kaufmann

  As we begin to emerge from the Pandemic, what if anything over the past 12 months has surprised you as it relates to how the real estate markets have performed/responded?

• Orlando Business Journal: Orlando Buyers and Builders Turn to Built-For-Rent Homes

  That “could result in a significant supply shortfall, suggesting the sector presents a strong market opportunity in the coming decade,” according to RCLCO Managing Director Gregg Logan.

• Best Minds: Carlos Hernandez, Chief Executive Officer, Pellas Development

  RCLCO’s Chief Executive Officer, Adam Ducker, speaks with Pellas Development’s Chief Executive Officer, Carlos Hernandez, about the beginnings of Carlos’ career in real estate starting with growing up in Mexico and working as a construction manager, the unique impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic within Central America real estate markets, and the story of the primary housing market performance in the region throughout the most recent real estate cycle.

• Hospitality Net: Gadi Kaufmann Appointed Senior Advisor at Cabot Links

  Real estate industry veteran Gadi Kaufmann has joined the executive team as Senior Advisor.

• Austin Business Journal: Toll Brothers to Build 1,000-Plus Homes in Santa Rita Ranch, Targeting Growing Senior Population

  Real estate advisory firm RCLCO in January listed three Austin-area developments among the nation’s 50 top-selling master-planned communities for 2020.

• PERE News: How Core Real Estate is Being Redefined

  Ben Maslan, managing director at Maryland-based RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, advises his institutional clients to build their own core portfolios by investing in, or alongside, operating companies.

• Orlando Business Journal: Florida Joint Venture to Turn Thousands of New Homes Into Rentals

  RCLCO predicts demand will outpace production in the next 10 years.

• Orlando Business Journal: Central Florida Vacation Home Market Rebounds

  With the region’s theme parks again open, Central Florida vacation home rental rental demand is growing, Logan said.

• The New York Times: Home Buyers, Beware: ‘Views Are Not Guaranteed’

  Interest among affluent consumers in buying a second home is up across the country, with beach homes first, followed by a place on a lake, according to a report released on Thursday by RCLCO, a real estate advisory firm.

• Las Vegas Review-Journal: North Las Vegas No. 1 in Local New Home Market

  National research firm RCLCO placed Valley Vista as No. 6 in the nation in 2020 after being unranked in 2019.

• Presentation Slides – Second Homes, Resorts, and the Pandemic: Bringing Data-Driven Insights to Real Estate Unknowns

  Download the presentation slides from our February 2021 webinar, Second Homes, Resorts, and the Pandemic: Bringing Data-Driven Insights to Real Estate Unknowns

• Webinar Recording – Second Homes, Resorts, and the Pandemic: Bringing Data-Driven Insights to Real Estate Unknowns

  Watch the video recording from our February 2021 webinar, Second Homes, Resorts, and the Pandemic: Bringing Data-Driven Insights to Real Estate Unknowns

• Mortgage Orb: New Home Sales Increased in January as Supply Continued to Shrink

  Gregg Logan, managing director, RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, thinks “this will be another strong year for the new housing market”

• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Summerlin Developer Sold Less Land for Higher Prices in 2020

  According to consulting firm RCLCO, builders sold 1,439 homes in Summerlin last year, third most among U.S. master-planned communities.

• Explore the 2020 Vacation and Second Home Consumer Research Survey Results

  In early 2020 just before the Covid-19 outbreak, RCLCO conducted a national consumer preference survey exploring the interest among high-income U.S. households regarding buying or continuing to own second homes.

• 2020 Vacation and Second Home Consumer Research Survey Results

  In early 2020 just before the Covid-19 outbreak, RCLCO conducted a national consumer preference survey exploring the interest among high-income U.S. households regarding buying or continuing to own second homes.[1] While the results were quite encouraging, April didn’t seem like the right moment to share this data and talk about what it might mean for … Continue reading 2020 Vacation and Second Home Consumer Research Survey Results

• Orlando Business Journal: Single-Family Home Rent Growth Outpaces Apartments. Here’s Why.

  Single-family home rentals can appeal to several consumer groups, Logan and Pischke said.

• Globe St: CRE Transactions Surge as Investor Confidence Wanes

  The RCLCO Current Real Estate Market Sentiment Index has increased 22.4 points over the past six months, with respondents predicting that conditions will improve “significantly” over the next 12 months.

• Anchor Institution Support

  RCLCO is called upon by universities, hospitals, family trusts, corporations, and other public owners of real estate to help them understand and unlock the inherent value of “non-campus” property holdings. We understand the unique mission and objectives of these institutions, and are familiar with their organizational structure and decision-making framework. Our team has a proven … Continue reading Anchor Institution Support

• Financing Mechanisms: The Top-Selling MPCs of 2020

  How are master-planned communities financing and constructing public infrastructure? RCLCO has teamed up with Launch Development Finance Advisors to investigate and found that a significant majority of home sales within the 50 top-selling master-planned communities occurred within communities using special purpose taxing districts.

• Orlando Business Journal: Millennials, Retirees and More to Fuel Construction of Orlando Rental Homes

  Nationwide, 700,000 built-for-rent homes are projected to rise in next decade, according to an August 2020 report by Bethesda, Maryland-based RCLCO.

• USA Today: Cities Have Permanently Lost 400,000 Jobs During COVID-19 Pandemic as Many Shift to Suburbs

  Many are now in their mid-30s and leaving for the suburbs as they marry and have children, according to real estate consulting firm RCLCO.

• Real Estate Strategy with a Multifamily Focus

  With over five decades of experience in the multifamily markets, RCLCO provides analytically rigorous and forward looking customer knowledge to help owners, operators and investors underwrite or optimize asset performance and identify strategies for differentiation or out-performance. Our approach is customer-driven and focused on understanding demand-side market dynamics and trends driving changes in high-density housing … Continue reading Real Estate Strategy with a Multifamily Focus

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• Orlando Business Journal: More Apartment Towers May Be Headed to Orlando’s Suburbs. Here’s Why.

  “It’s quite a different location,” said Logan when comparing the Gilbane site to other apartment properties outside of downtown Orlando.

• Real Estate Strategy with a Retail Focus

  Repositioning and Mixed-Use Feasibility for Retail Centers RCLCO serves as a unique resource for owners and operators of retail centers, many of whom are looking at ways to add additional uses to an existing shopping center or change the use of the center (either holistically or piecemeal). We are asked to: Triage retail center portfolios … Continue reading Real Estate Strategy with a Retail Focus

• Best Minds: Looking Back and Thinking Forward Retrospective

  In this special episode, hear key insights from nine real estate leaders as we look back at how our Best Minds cohort adapts to shifting market dynamics in the past, present, and future. Hosted by Managing Director of Strategic Initiatives, Joshua Boren.

• Sports District Real Estate Consulting

  As owners and teams continue to seek new ways to boost revenue to support the increasing cost of franchise ownership, the expanding footprint of real estate associated with the venue becomes of utmost importance - RCLCO can help you unlock its full potential. Creating profitable, communal experiences that are capable of supporting large mixed-use districts … Continue reading Sports District Real Estate Consulting

• House Point-of-View: Q1 2021

  The RCLCO House View includes a firm-wide consensus on key economic, capital market, and real estate market conditions over the near term. Our process included a review of the RCLCO Sentiment Survey results; a survey of RCLCO senior management; and review, feedback, and discussion with senior management.

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• RFA Leadership

  RCLCO Fund Advisors advises institutional investors on real estate investments through its analytical rigor, highly customized client-centric service, and impassioned search for alignment. Gadi Kaufmann Chairman, RCLCO and RFA Taylor Mammen Chief Executive Officer, RFA Scot Bommarito Senior Research Associate Joshua Boren Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives Peter Botz Vice President, RFA Debashis Chanda Principal, RFA … Continue reading RFA Leadership

• Buildable Test Page

  Leadership Gadi Kaufmann Chairman, RCLCO and RFA Taylor Mammen Chief Executive Officer, RFA Jomar Ereso Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer Andrew Janko Managing Director, Investments Ben Maslan Managing Director, Institutional Consulting Rick Pollack Managing Director Cyndi Thomas Managing Director, Asset and Portfolio Management Joshua Boren Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives William Maher Director of Strategy and … Continue reading Buildable Test Page

• Orlando Business Journal: Toll Brothers Buys Packing District Land for Luxury Townhomes

  Walkable neighborhoods with easy access to dining and shopping typically draw strong demand and high home values, according to real estate consulting firm RCLCO.

• Consulting Services for Master-Planned Communities

  Since our founding in 1967, RCLCO has been recognized as the leading expert in segmentation and business planning for MPCs throughout North America and around the world. RCLCO has the ability to address specific project situations as well as our clients’ overall long-term strategic needs. Our services are customized to address our clients’ particular needs, … Continue reading Consulting Services for Master-Planned Communities

• Press Release: RCLCO Fund Advisors Announces Multi-Year Engagement with Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan

  RFA will provide market intelligence and analytics to support GPIF’s strategic investments in the North American real estate market

• Bisnow: Investors Betting Big on Single-Family Rentals

  About 6% of new single-family homes are developed specifically to be rented, RCLCO Real Estate Advisors Managing Director Todd LaRue told Bisnow.

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• Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Sarasota-Manatee Housing Market Boomed in 2020

  Lakewood Ranch in Manatee County and Wellen Park – formerly known as the West Villages – in the North Port area were two of the top five fastest-growing master planned communities in the U.S. in 2020, according to RCLCO Real Estate Advisors

• RIS Media: New-Home Sales Show Steady Growth in December

  In addition, the pandemic has motivated many people to move this past year,” said Gregg Logan, managing director and director of Community & Resort at RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

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• Best Minds: RCLCO Announces Generational Leadership Transition

  RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, announced today that after leading the firm for 40 years, CEO Gadi Kaufmann has transitioned to the role of Chairman, promoting long-term colleagues and fellow members of the Executive Committee, Taylor Mammen and Adam Ducker to CEOs of RCLCO’s business units.

• Our Community Now: U.S. Home Sales Hit Record High, but Texas Real Estate Market to Cool in Coming Year

  “The tight resale market has been good for the new home market, which like the resale market is also benefitting from demographic shifts and low mortgage interest rates,” said RCLCO Real Estate Advisors ‘ Gregg Logan.

• Globe St: CRE Sentiment Is on the Upswing

  The latest RCLCO Current Real Estate Market Sentiment Index has increased 22.4 points over the past six months, with respondents predicting that conditions will improve “significantly” over the next 12 months.

• Press Release: RCLCO Announces Generational Leadership Transition

  RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, a leading real estate advisory firm, announced today that after leading the firm for 40 years, CEO Gadi Kaufmann has transitioned to the role of Chairman, promoting long-term colleagues and fellow members of the Executive Committee, Taylor Mammen and Adam Ducker to CEOs of RCLCO’s business units.

• The Real Deal: Sales of Existing US Homes Hit 14-Year High in 2020

  “The tight resale market has been good for the new home market, which like the resale market is also benefiting from demographic shifts and low mortgage interest rates,” said RCLCO Real Estate Advisors’ Gregg Logan.

• Commercial Property Executive: CRE Executives See Glass Half Full in RCLCO Survey

  RCLCO Real Estate Advisors’ Current Real Estate Market Sentiment Index jumped 22.4 points over the last six months.

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• Sarasota Magazine: Lakewood Ranch Recognized as Top-Selling Community

  Lakewood Ranch was recently recognized as the best-selling, master-planned multi-generational community in the country for the third year in a row by RCLCO.

• Florida Weekly: Babcock Ranch Ranks High in Nation’s Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities

  After making its debut in RCLCO’s Top 50 Master Planned Communities July ranking, Babcock Ranch surpassed the 1,000 homes sold milestone in December.

• Orlando Business Journal: Potential Disney Move Would Add Fuel to Lake Nona’s On-Fire Housing Market

  Lake Nona recorded 645 home sales last year, up 38% from 468 sales the year before, according to real estate consulting firm RCLCO.

• RCLCO’s Year-End 2020 Sentiment Survey: 2020 – See Ya, Wouldn’t Want to Be Ya…

  The U.S. economy and job markets have been in full-blown downturn mode over the past several months, but may be finding the bottom now, and the economy and real estate markets (with some notable exceptions) are expected to return to growth mode over the next several quarters.

• Culture Map San Antonio: San Antonio Among Top Markets for Home Sales in Master-Planned Communities

  A report released January 5 by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors shows the San Antonio metro area is home to one of the 50 top-selling master-planned communities in 2020.

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• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Three Las Vegas Master Plans Make Nation’s Top 10 List

  It came in third behind two developments in Florida, one in The Villages and the other in Sarasota, according to rankings put out this week by national research and consulting firm RCLCO.

• Business Observer: Lakewood Ranch Tops in the U.S.

  Master developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch Inc. has consistently ranked in the Top 5 in surveys from real estate research firm RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Orlando Business Journal: Minto to Expand Daytona Beach’s Latitude Margaritaville With More Homes

  That is because Minto still has more than 1,000 lots to develop in the red-hot residential community, which was the 18th-best-selling master-planned community in the U.S. last year, according to real estate consulting firm RCLCO.

• UrbanLand: Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities for 2020

  The Villages, a retiree-focused community northwest of Orlando, in 2020 once again topped RCLCO’s listing of the 50 top-selling U.S. master-planned communities.

• Orlando Business Journal: 4 Central Florida Communities Among Nation’s Most Popular in 2020

  Four local master-planned communities, between Orlando and the Space Coast, landed on RCLCO’s recent list of the nation’s 50 best-selling master-planned communities.

• CoStar News: Howard Hughes Starts Commercial Expansion at One of the 10 Biggest-Selling US Community Projects

  Of the 50 best-selling large master-planned communities for home sales last year, eight are in metropolitan Houston, giving it the most of any market in the United States, according to real estate consultant RCLCO’s annual ranking.

• Culture Map Dallas: Dallas-Fort Worth Among Top Markets for Home Sales in Master-Planned Communities

  A report released January 5 by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors shows the DFW metro area is home to four of the 50 top-selling master-planned communities in 2020.

• Dallas News: Four D-FW Communities Were Among the Tops for U.S. Home Sales in 2020

  Each year, RCLCO Real Estate Advisors ranks the 50 U.S. residential communities with the most home sales.

• The Houston Chronicle: Bridgeland is the Houston Region’s Top Selling Community

  The Houston region ranked as the nation’s top-selling metro area for new homes sales, logging more than 5,000 sales across eight master planned communities among the nation’s Top 50, according to housing advisory firm RCLCO.

• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Southern Nevada Communities Among Top Spots in US for Home Sales

  Builders sold 1,439 homes in Summerlin last year, third most among U.S. master-planned communities, and 1,017 in North Las Vegas’ Valley Vista community, which was sixth most, real estate consulting firm RCLCO reported Tuesday.

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• The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2020

  In this issue of The Advisory we discuss the spectacular pace of new home sales among the top master-planned communities this past year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and explore the forces behind that strong performance.

• Globe St.: Properties Near ALDI Perform Better Than Whole Foods

  In a September report, RCLCO found that apartment communities with Whole Foods on the ground floor earn, on average, a rental rate premium of 5.8% above comparable apartment communities in the immediate local area.

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• All I Want for Christmas is… a Vacation Home?

  Based on current trends, RCLCO believes the single-family rental market will likely be undersupplied over the next 10 years, despite the increased attention the segment is currently receiving. Of course, that could change if the number of units being produced increases dramatically, or if the COVID—19 recession leads to more substantial foreclosures pushing more units into rental inventory, but that is not the trend to date.

• The Houston Chronicle: Why Houston’s Suburbs Are Exploding With Build-To-Rent Homes

  The build-for-rent houses generate returns in the high single digits, according to RCLCO.

• Press Release: RCLCO Fund Advisors Continues Expansion with Three Key Hires

  Press release: Allan Popper, Cecilia Galliani, and Jessica Diorio join the growing real estate advisor which counsels institutional investors on global asset and portfolio allocation decisions.

• Reconstructing the American Dream: Identifying Cracks in the Foundation of What Home Ownership

  Managing Director Derek Wyatt presented research from RCLCO and the ULI Terwilliger Center on the changing demand dynamics for family-oriented rental housing.

• Best Minds: Gary E. Mozer, Principal & Co-Founder, George Smith Partners

  RCLCO’s Director of Business Development, Joshua A. Boren, speaks with George Smith Partners’ Principal & Co-Founder, Gary E. Mozer, about managing expectations during this period of market uncertainty as transaction volume has slowed; his strategies for successfully balancing work, home, and community life; and the importance of mentoring the next generation of real estate practitioners through ULI and other professional organizations.

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• Webinar Recording – Monthly Round-Up: Investment Outlook for 2021

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• Bisnow: Build-To-Rent Developers See Opportunity in Growing Renter Class

  Currently, about 6% of new single-family homes are developed specifically to be rented, according to RCLCO Real Estate Advisors Managing Director Todd LaRue.

• Houston Business Journal: Apartment Developer Morgan Opens Austin Office With Hire From Dallas Co.

  A recent RCLCO report found that having either a Whole Foods or a Trader Joe’s store within a multifamily development allows landlords to charge 5.8% more, on average, for rent than comparable apartment complexes nearby.

• Press Release: William J. Maher to Join RCLCO Fund Advisors as Director of Strategy and Research

  Press release: RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA), a leading real estate advisor to institutional investors, announced today that William J. Maher has joined the firm as Director of Strategy and Research.

• Inman: Single-Family Rental Demand Remains at Record High Amid Pandemic

  In August, RCLCO Real Estate Advisors market analysts said increased demand for single-family rentals could lead to a decade of undersupply in the for-sale market.

• Phoenix Business Journal: Arizona Build-To-Rent Giant Plans Two New Texas Housing Communities

  An expected 700,000 single-family units designed for the rental market are expected to be built nationwide over the next 10 years, but it’s still not enough to keep up with growing demand, according to a study conducted by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Construction Dive: German Grocer Aldi Working on $5B US Expansion Plan

  According to a study by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, apartment buildings that contain a Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s bring in a 5.8% rental premium compared with other multifamily communities located close by.

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• Press Release: “Best Minds in Real Estate” Podcast Highlights Success Stories of Real Estate Leaders

  “Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate” – the podcast by the team at RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, a leading national real estate advisory firm, announced today that its November episode features a conversation between Karen Hollinger, Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at AvalonBay Communities, and Charles Hewlett, Managing Director at RCLCO.

• Best Minds: Karen Hollinger, SVP of Strategic Initiatives, AvalonBay Communities

  How is Avalon Bay changing their business model to respond to the challenges and opportunities of 2020 and beyond? In this episode, RCLCO Managing Director, Charles A. Hewlett, speaks with AvalonBay Communities’ SVP of Strategic Initiatives, Karen Hollinger, about her career journey from overseas consulting to domestic real estate, how automation and PropTech is disrupting … Continue reading Best Minds: Karen Hollinger, SVP of Strategic Initiatives, AvalonBay Communities

• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Summerlin Celebrates 30 Years With Top New Home Sales

  “Summerlin is in the company of only a handful of communities nationwide to enjoy such remarkable and sustained success, maintaining its position among the top 10 best-selling communities and the best-selling MPC in Nevada, a testament to Summerlin’s enduring appeal as it enters its fourth decade of development,” said Gregg Logan, managing director of RCLCO.

• 2020, Year of the Suburbs: Flight from Urbanity or Accelerated Trends?

  We examine some of the housing market influences of the coronavirus pandemic in the context of a strong housing market and consider which trends are truly related to the pandemic as opposed to being more a continuation of established patterns.

• Commercial Property Executive: Office Leasing Trends in Uncertain Times

  RCLCO Senior Managing Director Taylor Mammen believes that so far office has been affected only minimally thanks to long office leases.

• Orlando Business Journal: Oviedo to Transform Downtown by 2040 With New Master Plan

  These types of mixed-use projects can create a sense of place and are attractive to office users and residents who may relocate to the development, previously said Gregg Logan, managing director of Bethesda, Md.-based real estate consulting firm RCLCO.

• Webinar Recording – Monthly Round-Up: 2020, The Year of the Suburb?

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• Chicago Agent: Is 2020 Really the Year of the Suburb?

  “The suburbs are definitely booming,” Gregg Logan, managing director of RCLCO, confirmed in the webinar.

• Inman: October Housing Starts Reach Highest Level Since 2007

  New residential construction increased 14.2 percent year over year in October, marking six consecutive months of annual gains, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

• The M Report: Suburban Real Estate Boom

  RCLCO will be hosting its monthly interactive webinar on Thursday, November 19th, at 9:15 a.m. Pacific Time.

• Ponte Vedra Recorder: Nocatee Wins National Recognition and Best of the Best Awards

  At the beginning of this year, RCLCO Real Estate Advisors released its “Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of the Decade” report ranking Nocatee as the fourth best-selling master-planned community over the last 10 years.

• Houston Business Journal: Houston’s Wealthiest ZIP Codes Show More Homeowners Than Renters

  The majority of the wealthiest ZIP codes are actually just outside Houston city limits and include areas with some of the area’s most noteworthy — and, according to Bethesda, Maryland-based RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, best-selling — master-planned communities.

• The St. Augustine Record: St. Johns County Gets in on Single-Family Home Leasing Trend

  “Given demographic trends, RCLCO forecasts much greater demand than the current pace of production, which could result in a significant supply shortfall, suggesting the sector presents a strong market opportunity in the coming decade,” the report said.

• Globe St.: A Closer Look at Multifamily’s Widening Cracks

  RCLCO forecasts that demand for build-to-rent homes is set to increase.

• Rental Housing Update: Austin, Texas

  Managing Director Todd LaRue presented original RCLCO research in the online panel “Rental Housing Update: Austin, Texas”

• Family Rental Housing: The Baltimore Story

  Sr. Managing Director Adam Ducker presents research from RCLCO and the ULI Terwilliger Center on the changing demand dynamics for family-oriented rental housing in the Baltimore area.

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• Increased Improvement in Outlook for U.S. Economy

  U.S. real estate economists predict generally improved economic and property market news for the rest of 2020, as well as for the following two years, compared with their forecasts of six months ago, according to the fall ULI Real Estate Economic Forecast.

• Austin Business Journal: 1,000-Plus Homes in Queue With New Parmer Ranch Community

  According to real estate advisory firm RCLCO, Easton Park in far Southeast Austin ranked among the nation’s 50 top-selling master-planned communities for the first half the year.

• Sarasota Magazine: Annual Lakewood Ranch Tour of Homes Morphs Into ‘Ranch Road Home’

  Lakewood Ranch this summer once again was named the best-selling multigenerational community in the U.S. by national real estate consulting firm RCLCO.

• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Cadence Caters to Fido and Friends

  Cadence is ranked in the top 10 best-selling master-planned communities in the U.S. by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Best Minds: Philip Jalufka, CEO, Legacy International

  In this episode, RCLCO Managing Director, Todd LaRue, speaks with Legacy International CEO, Philip Jalufka, about the process of selecting the right developers and projects to work with; the strategy behind creating a vertically-integrated capital deployment arm of the business; and how Legacy International has responded to COVID-19 through enhanced communication and a full embrace of the digital transformationthat is fundamentally changing the business world.

• Globe St.: Class B and C Apartments Will Be Next to Face Headwinds

  RCLCO, for instance, is forecasting that demand for build-to-rent homes is set to increase.

• Family Rental Housing in Philadelphia: A Growing Need and Emerging Opportunity

  Sr. Managing Director Adam Ducker presents research from RCLCO and the ULI Terwilliger Center on the changing demand dynamics for family-oriented rental housing.

• South Florida Sun Sentinel: Here’s When Whole Foods Will Open Second Fort Lauderdale Store

  Apartments in buildings with grocery stores are especially popular, according to a recent report by real estate advisers Robert Charles Lesser & Co.

• Multi-Housing News: Ground-Floor Grocers Pay Off as an Amenity

  In its previous report, RCLCO found that Trader’s only earned a 3.2 percent bounty.

• Phoenix Business Journal: Big-Name Developers Enter the Market in Phoenix, Elsewhere

  It’s still not enough to keep up with growing demand, according to a study conducted by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Mortgage Professional America: Predicting Future Commercial RE Demand Based on STEM Job Growth

  To track where these potential flurries of economic activity might occur, RCLCO and CapRidge Partners teamed up to create the 2020 STEM Job Growth Index.

• Inman: It’s a Small World After All—Average Apartment Shrank 9.7% Since 2010

  Centrally located, small and more affordable living spaces dominated the past decade, according to new data released by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Globe St.: US Apartments Are Getting Smaller

  Research from RCLCO Real Estate Advisors tracked trends in apartment sizes, and found that apartments today are 100 square feet smaller than those built in the 2000s.

• Single-Family Renter Overview

  Managing Director Todd LaRue presents an overview of the single-family rental market.

• MSN Money: Your Daily Digest for Real Estate Investing, 10/08/2020

  A study from RCLCO Real Estate Advisors takes a deep dive into the average size of new apartments built between 2000 and 2019.

• Honey I Shrunk the Apartments: Average New Unit Size Declines 9.7% in 2010s Compared to Those Built in 2000s

  In the time period 2010-2014 average unit sizes decreased 7.6% compared to units delivered between 2000 and 2009. However, apartments built in the latter half of the most recent decade (2015-2019) shrunk only an additional 2.2% compared to those built between 2010 and 2014. The second portion of the decade gives us a lot to unpack; despite the overall decrease, this trend is no longer consistent across metros, market cost levels, or unit types.

• Globe St.: Invitation Homes, Rockpoint Form $1B JV for Single-Family Rental Homes

  In a recent report by RCLCO, the company forecasts much greater demand than the current pace of production, which could result in a significant supply shortfall.

• Grocery Dive: Aldi Prepares to Open Extra-Large Store in Philadelphia

  According to a study by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, apartment buildings that contain a Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s bring in a 5.8% rental premium compared with other multifamily communities located close by.

• Orlando Business Journal: Orlando Renters Must Take New Steps to Avoid Evictions After State Moratorium Expires

  Foreclosures could be a snag that disrupts the region’s strong housing market, said Gregg Logan, Orlando-based managing director of RCLCO.

• ConstrucTech: 2020 Not as Predicted? You Don’t Say

  A recent example is the RCLCO Current (RMI) Real Estate Market Sentiment Index.

• Orlando Business Journal: Some Orlando Homeowners Face Foreclosure Due to End of State Moratorium

  Foreclosures could be a snag that disrupts the region’s strong housing market, Gregg Logan, Orlando-based managing director of RCLCO, told Orlando Business Journal.

• The Colorado Springs Gazette: Colorado Springs Developer Eyes Massive Mixed-Use Project Near Schriever AFB

  Smith said he’s hired RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, a real estate consulting firm headquartered in Maryland, to conduct a fiscal impact study on his proposed project.

• Realty News Report: Trendmaker Homes Starting Neighborhood in Johnson Development

  Six Johnson communities ranked among the top 50 best selling new home communities in the nation, according to a midyear report by RCLCO.

• The Bradenton Herald: Parrish Home Sales Quickening. One Day, New Neighborhood Could Be Home to 28,000 People

  Nationally, the sales of new single-family homes were up 43.2 percent in August from the same month a year earlier, according to RCLCO, a national real estate consulting company.

• For-Sale Housing Market Update: September 24, 2020

  RCLCO Managing Director Gregg Logan explores the trends impacting the housing market with data updated September 24, 2020.

• The M Report: New Home Sales ‘Making Up for a Weak Spring Season”

  Gregg Logan, Managing Director with RCLCO Real Estate Advisors commented that, “With only 3.3 months of supply of new homes at the current pace, we are concerned about the sustainability of the month to month increases that we’ve seen, without stronger construction boosting inventory.”

• Fast Company: How the ‘Whole Foods Effect’ Jacks Up Apartment Rent

  RCLCO’s study suggests that real estate developers would be wise to consider adding grocery stores to their apartment projects.

• The New York Times: Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s Downstairs, Higher Rent Upstairs

  High-end grocery stores at the ground level of rental buildings have been shown to produce higher rents, greater rent increases and faster leasing.

• Best Minds: Amy Cara, Managing Partner, East West Partners

  RCLCO Fund Advisors Managing Director, Cyndi Thomas, speaks with East West Partners Managing Partner, Amy Cara, about migrating to real estate after studying finance and accounting; the balancing act of maintaining stewardship of the land, investors, and the community-at-large; and how to determine alignment for potential partnerships.

• Grow: Living Above a Trader Joe’s or a Whole Foods Can Raise Your Rent, New Study Finds

  Living above a Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods can increase your rent, according to a new study by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Miami Agent: The Future is in Single-Family Built-For-Rentals, According to a New Report

  The single-family rental market will likely be undersupplied over the next 10 years, according to a new report from RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Grocery Dive: ‘Premium Grocer Effect’ Elevates Rental Prices

  RCLCO collected data from 64 apartment communities across 20 major metro areas in the U.S.

• Bisnow: Multifamily Buildings With Premium Groceries Can Charge More Rent

  RCLCO found that the buildings housing Whole Foods and its competitors still outpace their neighbors in terms of rents, and do so at a growing pace.

• Houston Business Journal: Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s Top On-Site Grocery Stores for Driving Multifamily Rental Premiums, New Report Says

  A new report by Bethesda, Maryland-based RCLCO Real Estate Advisors found that developers are often able to charge a premium on rent for easy access to food shopping.

• Construction Dive: ‘Premium Grocer Effect’ Elevates Multifamily Rental Prices

  RCLCO collected data from 64 apartment communities across 20 major metro areas in the U.S.

• Connect CRE: The “Whole Foods Effect” is Real

  The “Whole Foods effect” on apartment rents is real, says RCLCO.

• Press Release: Taylor Mammen and Ben Maslan of RCLCO Real Estate Advisors Named to CIO Magazine’s List of 2020 “Knowledge Brokers”

  2020 Survey of Chief Information Officers Highlights Two RCLCO Team Members for the First Time in Nine Years of Surveys

• Webinar Recording – Monthly COVID Round-Up Webinar: Climate Risk and Real Estate Investing

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• Dallas Business Journal: Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s Top On-Site Grocery Stores for Driving Multifamily Rental Premiums, New Report Says

  A new report by Bethesda, Maryland-based RCLCO Real Estate Advisors found that developers are often able to charge a premium on rent for easy access to food shopping.

• Globe St.: Apartments With Ground Floor Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s Earn Premium Rents

  RCLCO found that apartment communities with Whole Foods on the ground floor earn, on average, a rental rate premium of 5.8% above comparable apartment communities in the immediate local area.

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• Timeout: Your Rent Might Be More Expensive if You Live Close to a Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s

  Proximity to organic groceries will cost you, says this new study.

• Phoenix Business Journal: Scottsdale Firm to Build 1,200 Single-Family Rental Units in West Valley

  This crop of single-family rentals comes at a time when RCLCO Real Estate Advisors said there is not enough new product being built to keep up with demand of this new hybrid model.

• LoopNet: Reuse, Redevelop or Reconsider? Questions to Ask About Repurposing CRE Properties

  Right-sizing and Reusing Space Can Be Both Opportune and ‘Scary,’ RCLCO Expert Adam Ducker Explains

• Houston Business Journal: The Signorelli Co. Launches Division to Build Single-Family Homes for Rent

  A recent report by Bethesda, Maryland-based RCLCO Real Estate Advisors found that the single-family rental market is likely to be undersupplied over the next 10 years, despite the increased attention the segment is currently receiving.

• Mile High CRE: Report Examines “Whole Foods Effect” on Rental Rates

  In 2016, RCLCO sought to understand what effect the presence of a Whole Foods has on the value of an individual real estate investment

• Million Acres: Daily Digest for Real Estate Investing

  The presence of Whole Foods in a neighborhood has functioned as an unmistakable cultural signifier, says this report from RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Which Grocery Store Anchor Drives the Strongest Apartment Performance? An Updated Look at the “Whole Foods Effect” Post-Amazon Acquisition

  Over the past two decades, the presence of Whole Foods in a neighborhood has functioned as an unmistakable cultural signifier, reflecting an area’s affluence, lifestyle preferences, and evolution. Much like other premium “lifestyle” brands including SoulCycle, Lululemon, and Equinox, Whole Foods has found success by combining high-quality products and service (and prices) with a perceived … Continue reading Which Grocery Store Anchor Drives the Strongest Apartment Performance? An Updated Look at the “Whole Foods Effect” Post-Amazon Acquisition

• Orlando Business Journal: Orange County Sees Summertime Surge in Townhome Projects

  Hunter is the managing director of Bethesda, Maryland-based real estate advisory firm RCLCO, which operates an Orlando office.

• Orlando Business Journal: Uptick in Orlando Foreclosures Would Sink Home Prices

  An avalanche of foreclosures isn’t to be expected, said Brad Hunter, managing director of real estate consulting firm RCLCO.

• Chief Investment Officer: 2020 Knowledge Brokers—Taylor Mammen

  As senior managing director at RCLCO, Taylor Mammen manages the firm’s institutional investor advisory practice.

• Chief Investment Officer: 2020 Knowledge Brokers—Ben Maslan

  As a managing director at RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, he helps clients steer their property investments.

• Orlando Business Journal: Pandemic to Worsen Orlando’s Affordable Housing Shortage

  Ways to boost the local housing inventory include lessening impact fees, raising density requirements and allowing accessory dwelling units, also called granny flats, said Brad Hunter, managing director of real estate consulting firm RCLCO.

• Best Minds: Anthony Breault, Senior Real Estate Investment Officer, Oregon State Treasury

  In this episode, RCLCO Senior Managing Director, Taylor Mammen, speaks with Oregon State Treasury Senior Real Estate Investment Officer, Anthony Breault, about how leadership-intensive military experience built the skills needed for a real estate career, the challenge of creating rigorous investment processes while being flexible enough to respond to market conditions, and creating a culture that emphasizes fiduciary responsibility.

• The Orange County Register: Irvine’s Great Park Adding 66 Homes Priced From $1.3 Million

  Builders had 242 sales contracts signed in the first half, down 11% in a year, according to RCLCO.

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• Building Design + Construction: 5 Building Sectors to Watch Amid COVID-19

  RCLCO’s Brad Hunter reveals the winners and non-winners of the U.S. real estate market during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Orlando Business Journal: Rental Home Market to Expand in Orlando

  Built-for-rent single-family homes are “exploding” in Florida, Brad Hunter, managing director of real estate consulting firm RCLCO, told Orlando Business Journal.

• Yield Pro: It’s Time to Debunk COVID-19 Myths

  But executives at RCLCO caution the CRE community not to make too many assumptions.

• ABC 15: Single-Family Rental Market to Be Undersupplied Over Next Decade, Report Says

  That’s still not enough to keep up with the growing demand, according to a study conducted by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Construction Dive: The COVID-19 Conundrum – Money Is Available for New Construction Projects, but Few Are Breaking Ground

  Mammen ticked off three factors contributing to fewer new construction projects coming to market, but financing wasn’t one of them.

• Phoenix Business Journal: Single-Family Rental Market to Be Undersupplied Over Next Decade, Report Says

  “Given demographic trends, RCLCO forecasts much greater demand than the current pace of production.”

• Webinar Recording – Monthly COVID Round-Up Webinar: How Has the Investment Landscape Changed this Summer?

  Watch the recording from the August 2020 edition of our Monthly COVID Round-Up Webinar: How Has the Investment Landscape Changed this Summer?

• Presentation Slides – Monthly COVID Round-Up Webinar: How Has the Investment Landscape Changed this Summer?

  Download the presentation slides from the August 2020 edition of our Monthly COVID Round-Up Webinar: How Has the Investment Landscape Changed this Summer?

• IREI: Growing Demand for Build-To-Rent Single-Family Homes

  The single-family rental market will likely be undersupplied over the next 10 years, according to RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Boston Agent: The Future Is in Single-Family Built-For-Rentals, According to a New Report

  Based on current demographic trends, the single-family rental market will likely be undersupplied over the next 10 years, according to a new report from RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Chicago Agent: The Future Is in Single-Family Built-For-Rentals, According to a New Report

  Based on current demographic trends, the single-family rental market will likely be undersupplied over the next 10 years, according to a new report from RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Atlanta Agent: The Future Is in Single-Family Built-For-Rentals, According to a New Report

  Based on current demographic trends, the single-family rental market will likely be undersupplied over the next 10 years, according to a new report from RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Houston Agent: The Future Is in Single-Family Built-For-Rentals, According to a New Report

  Based on current demographic trends, the single-family rental market will likely be undersupplied over the next 10 years, according to a new report from RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Inman: Increased Demand for Single-Family Rentals Could Lead to 10 Years of Undersupply

  RCLCO says the current rate of production of these homes will fall well short of demand.

• Miami Herald: South Florida Real Estate Calendar for the Week of Aug. 17

  The Bethesda-headquartered, national real estate advisory firm Robert Charles Lesser & Co., or RCLCO, will host the free webinar “How has the investment landscape changed this summer” from 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

• Commercial Property Executive: Supply Shortfall Foreseen in Single-Family Rentals

  Given current demographic trends, RCLCO believes there will be much greater demand for single-family rental homes than the current pace of production will be able to fill.

• Globe St.: Demand for Single-Family Rental Market Expected to Grow

  Given demographic trends RCLCO forecasts much greater demand than the current pace of production, which could result in a significant supply shortfall.

• Multi-Housing News: Supply Shortfall Foreseen in Single-Family Rentals

  That is a major finding of a recent RCLCO Real Estate Advisors report on the growing demand for build-to-rent single-family homes.

• Professional Builder: Demand for Single-Family Rentals Presents Opportunities for Builders

  RCLCO Real Estate Advisors says the current supply and future supply of single-family rentals is not fit to meet the increasing demand.

• Growing Demand for Build-to-Rent Single Family Homes

  Based on current trends, RCLCO believes the single-family rental market will likely be undersupplied over the next 10 years, despite the increased attention the segment is currently receiving. Of course, that could change if the number of units being produced increases dramatically, or if the COVID—19 recession leads to more substantial foreclosures pushing more units into rental inventory, but that is not the trend to date.

• Orlando Business Journal: Viera Co. Submits Plans for New Space Coast Subdivision

  Viera is red-hot among homebuyers, ranking the 13th-best-selling master-planned community in the U.S. for the first six months of the year, according to real estate consulting firm RCLCO.

• Builder and Developer: Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of Mid-Year 2020

  Every year since 1994, RCLCO has conducted a bi-annual national survey identifying top-selling MPCs through a rigorous search of communities in each state.

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• WRAL TechWire: Where Are STEM Jobs? Charlotte Is No. 1, Raleigh No. 5 in New Index

  Charlotte shot to the top of the RCLCO Real Estate Advisors 2020 STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex).

• Sarasota Magazine: High-Tech Babcock Ranch Rises in Southeast Charlotte County

  Babcock Ranch has been named for the first time this summer to the RCLCO Real Estate Advisors’ Top 50 list of the nation’s top-selling master-planned communities.

• Forbes: Florida’s New-Home Communities Seen Leading the Nation Amid ‘Amazing’ Rebound

  New data from real estate advisory firm RCLCO reveal that many Florida new-home master-planned communities (MPCs) did better in the first half of 2020 than during the same period of 2019.

• The Weekly: Microhospitals, Mass Timber, and the Outlook for 5 Key Building Sectors

  The data and research is from RCLCO’s Mid-Year 2020 Sentiment Survey.

• Multi-Housing News: COVID-19 Hit on Multifamily Will Be ‘Modest’

  According to Charles Hewlett, managing director at RCLCO, the recession will be short, and the apartment industry might not be hit too hard.

• Best Minds: Justin Kennedy and Jonathan Roth, Managing Partners and Co-Founders, 3650 REIT

  In this episode, RCLCO Senior Managing Director, Taylor Mammen, speaks with 3650 Capital Managing Partners and Co-Founders, Justin Kennedy and Jonathan Roth, about coming up in the real estate industry among the backdrop of the industry’s RTC era in the 1990s, how that crisis, among others, set the stage for Jonathan and Justin’s careers, and lessons learned about equity investing from a lender’s position.

• Charlotte Business Journal: Charlotte Ranks No. 1 for STEM Job Growth in New Analysis by RCLCO, CapRidge Partners. Here’s Why.

  Charlotte lands atop the fourth annual STEM Job Growth Index, released last week by Maryland-based RCLCO Real Estate Advisors and Texas real estate investment firm CapRidge Partners.

• Globe St: It’s Time to Debunk These COVID-19 Myths

  But executives at RCLCO caution the CRE community not to make too many assumptions based on what is happening at this moment as the nation continues to respond to Covid-19.

• Forbes: The Prospects for the Hotel Business in 2021

  A survey of C-suite and other top real estate executives is included in a new report by RCLCO.

• Bisnow: Space-Starved Buyers Flock to Master-Planned Communities

  Sales at master-planned communities have spiked, according to a new report by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Phoenix Business Journal: Phoenix Named Among Top 10 Metros for STEM Job Growth

  The Valley came in at No. 10 for STEM job growth on a report from national real estate advisory firm RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, based in Los Angeles.

• The Orange County Register: 38 New Homes Coming to Irvine’s Great Park, Priced at Mid-$1 Million

  At Great Park Neighborhoods, built on an old military base, builders had 242 sales contracts signed in the first half, down 11% in a year, according to RCLCO.

• MBA Newslink: Charlotte, Austin, Denver See Strongest STEM Job Creation

  RCLCO publishes the index annually with office investment management firm CapRidge Partners, Austin. It tracks STEM job growth in the 38 largest U.S. metros.

• UrbanLand: The Villages Tops RCLCO’s MPC Midyear Sales Survey

  Total new home sales in master-planned communities tracked by RCLCO are up over 16 percent from a year earlier, despite the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the company’s midyear survey.

• For-Sale Housing Market Update: July 24, 2020

  RCLCO Managing Director Gregg Logan explores the trends impacting the housing market with data updated July 24, 2020.

• Commercial Property Executive: Which CRE Markets Top STEM Job Growth Ranking?

  RCLCO and CapRidge Partners track the current job momentum and identify future employment trends.

• Orlando Business Journal: Orlando Among Top Cities for STEM Job Growth

  The report, put out annually by real estate advisors RCLCO and real estate investment firm CapRidge Partners, underscored Orlando’s influx of young professionals, wage growth and relatively low cost of living.

• Money.com: How Long Will Home Prices Continue to Rise? 8 Experts Weigh In

  Single-family home prices will remain flat on average for this year, returning slowly to rising average home prices starting in 2021.

• Chicago Agent Magazine: New Residential Home Sales Soar in June

  “There is almost universal optimism among homebuilders,” said Hunter.

• Connect CRE: Follow the STEM Job Growth for Investment Bets

  There’s a new leader in job growth for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) industries, says RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Summerlin Leads Vegas Master-Planned Communities in Sales

  What happened in Las Vegas with the top master-planned communities of holding their own was a trend seen across the country, according to RCLCO Managing Director Gregg Logan.

• Presentation Slides – Monthly COVID Round-Up with RCLCO (July 2020)

  Download the presentation slides from the July 2020 edition of our Monthly COVID Round-Up Webinar

• Webinar Recording – Monthly COVID Round-Up with RCLCO (July 2020)

  Watch the latest recording from the July 2020 edition of our Monthly COVID Round-Up Webinar

• Culture Map Houston: Houston-Area Community Ranks Among Top-Selling Neighborhoods in U.S.

  And this week, real estate consultants RCLCO named Bridgeland one of the top-selling master-planned communities in the country, ranking 10th.

• AZ Big Media: Phoenix Ranks in Top 10 for STEM Jobs Growth

  RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, a leading national real estate advisory firm, announced today that the metro areas of Charlotte, Austin, Denver, Seattle and Raleigh have topped their 2020 STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex).

• Mile-High CRE: Denver No. 3 on RCLCO’s STEM Jobs Growth Index

  Denver ranks 3rd on RCLCO’s 4th annual STEM Job Growth Index (“STEMdex”), released this week.

• Press Release: RCLCO Real Estate Advisors Releases 2020 Annual Stem Job Growth Index (STEMdex) To Identify Future Employment Trends

  Press Release: RCLCO Releases 2020 Annual Stem Job Growth Index (STEMdex) To Identify Future Employment Trends

• Business Insider: RCLCO Real Estate Advisors Releases 2020 Annual STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex)

  RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, a leading national real estate advisory firm, announced today that the metro areas of Charlotte, Austin, Denver, Seattle and Raleigh have topped their 2020 STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex), published annually in partnership with office investment management firm CapRidge Partners.

• Orlando Business Journal: 3 Orlando Subdivisions Among Top-Selling in the Nation

  Central Florida was well-represented on the mid-year list of the best-selling master-planned communities in the U.S., released July 9 by real estate consulting firm RCLCO.

• 2020 STEM Job Growth Index

  RCLCO, partnering with CapRidge Partners, has produced the 4th annual STEM Job Growth Index (“STEMdex”), once again highlighting a number of metro areas commonly recognized as STEM strongholds, as well as three new entrants showing strong future potential. The STEMdex tracks STEM job growth momentum, not just to identify where these jobs are today, but where they might be going in the future based on changing local economies, migration of young households, and the presence of other factors that have historically been correlated with STEM job growth.

• Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Pandemic Fails to Slow Southwest Florida’s Master-Planned Communities

  Lakewood Ranch finished second and Wellen Park landed in third place in the midyear 2020 home sales scorecard from real estate consultant RCLCO.

• Post and Courier: 2 SC Housing Developments in Top 50 MPCs in US; Both Are in Berkeley

  Cane Bay Plantation, which has made the list by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors for several years running, came in at No. 7 with 472 sales, up from 326, at the mid-year point over last year.

• MSN: Babcock Ranch Among Country’s 50 Top-Selling MPCs

  Babcock Ranch’s RCLCO ranking was based on 230 mid-year sales reported from January to June.

• My San Antonio: Master-Planned Communities Cater to Their Residents’ Activity, Entertainment Needs

  According to RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, Houston is home to some of the nation’s top-selling master-planned communities over the past decade: Cinco Ranch in Katy, The Woodlands, and Riverstone in Fort Bend County.

• Tampa Bay Business Journal: Home Sales Are Strong in Master-Planned Communities Despite COVID-19

  According to RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, two Tampa Bay area communities, Lakewood Ranch in Sarasota and Wellen Park (formerly West Villages) in Venice, ranked in the top three, trailing only The Villages for most new home sales.

• Bisnow: This Week’s Houston Deal Sheet

  Bridgeland, the 11,400-acre residential development in Cypress, made the list of top 10 best-selling master-planned communities in the U.S. during the first half of 2020, according to a report from national real estate consultant RCLCO.

• Pro Remodeler: Check Out This Interactive Map That Reveals Job Density Across America

  Ever wonder which region has the most jobs? RCLCO Real Estate Advisors has released an interactive map that answers that and more.

• Jobs Across America: An Interactive Map of Employment Density by Industry

  RCLCO is excited to announce the release of its new interactive data tool, “Jobs Across America,” providing users with valuable insights into the spatial distribution of jobs by industry on a micro-geographic scale. RCLCO’s interactive tool builds upon Urban Sociologist Robert Manduca’s 2014 research, utilizing the most recent (2017) release of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) to generate a detailed look at up-to-date job concentrations at the Census Block-level.

• Business Insider: RCLCO Ranks Summerlin and Bridgeland Among Nation’s Best-Selling MPCs

  …marked the first half of 2020 by placing among the country’s top ten best-selling MPCs, according to a report released by national real estate consultant RCLCO.

• MarketWatch: RCLCO Ranks Summerlin and Bridgeland Among Nation’s Best-Selling Master Planned Communities

  …by placing among the country’s top ten best-selling MPCs, according to a report released by national real estate consultant RCLCO.

• Bloomberg: RCLCO Ranks Summerlin and Bridgeland Among Nation’s Best-Selling Master Planned Communities

  Two award-winning master planned communities (MPCs) of The Howard Hughes Corporation marked the first half of 2020 by placing among the country’s top ten best-selling MPCs, according to a report released by national real estate consultant RCLCO.

• Space Coast Daily: Viera, Florida Ranked Among Top 15 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities by National Survey

  For the past 26 years, RCLCO has conducted a national survey identifying the top-selling Master Planned Communities in the nation.

• Family Rental Housing: A Growing Need and Emerging Opportunity

  RCLCO Senior Managing Director Adam Ducker discussed the growing demand for single-family rental product during a virtual leadership conference hosted by the National Rental Home Council.

• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Home Sales in Several Southern Nevada Communities Rank Well in U.S.

  Builders sold 642 homes in Summerlin during the first half of 2020, fourth highest among U.S. master-planned communities, real estate consulting firm RCLCO recently reported.

• Forbes: The Rental Housing Outlook Is Bright, but Look Below the Surface

  Written by RCLCO Managing Director, Brad Hunter.

• Bradenton Herald: Lakewood Ranch Retains Top Spot in the U.S. As Best Selling Multi-Generational Community

  Among all master planned communities in the United States, Lakewood Ranch trailed only The Villages, a 55-plus community near Ocala, which had an estimated 1,000 sales, according to RCLCO, a national real estate analytics company.

• National Real Estate Investor: Nine Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

  For center owners and retail REITs that represents the sucking sound of cash flowing in the wrong direction.

• Forbes: The Outsized Role Simon Property Group May Play in the ‘Retail Reset’

  The real estate advisory firm RCLCO just released its mid-year 2020 real estate projections, which includes opinions of hundreds of high-level real estate executives.

• Sarasota Magazine: Lakewood Ranch Remains No. 1 Best-Selling Multi-Generational Community in the Nation

  Lakewood Ranch maintained its position as the best-selling multi-generational community in the U.S., according to national real estate consulting firm RCLCO’s 2020 mid-year survey.

• Professional Builder: Sales in Top Master-Planned Communities Strong Despite Pandemic

  RCLCO’s mid-year survey for master planned communities found sales increased, even amid the pandemic.

• Houston Agent Magazine: Texas Leads the List of Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities

  According to RCLCO’s recently released 2020 Mid-Year Survey of the Top 50 Master-Planned Communities, home sales in master-planned communities were up more than 16% year over year.

• Miami Agent: Florida Leads the List of Top-Selling Master Planned Communities

  According to the RCLCO report, there is currently more demand for MPC homes that there is supply, a fact that has allowed many of them to grow their market share in tough times.

• Houston Chronicle: Midyear Report Says Houston Master-Planned Communities Racking Up Sales

  Despite the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales are up in a majority of the top 50 communities, according to RCLCO.

• Houston Chronicle: Bridgeland Continues to Lead With Home Sales Through Mid-Year

  RCLCO, Robert Charles Lesser Company, Master Planned Communities Report, shows them at No. 10 in the nation in the mid-year report and still No. 1 in Texas.

• The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of Mid-Year 2020

  For this mid-year 2020 report, we have surveyed MPCs throughout the country to establish the current rankings as an update to our Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2019 and Best of the Decade. Also in this issue, we examine the ways in which the top-selling communities are realizing strong sales despite the coronavirus crisis and what that might mean for sales in the second half of the year.

• Bisnow: Desperate Retail Eyes Changing Uses in Saturated Market

  A recent RCLCO report found that survey respondents expect the retail sector to remain in those tenuous conditions into 2021.

• Daily Alts: Alternative Investment: Outlook on Real Estate ETFs; Is the Worst Over?

  A report by Globe St. com quoted a survey result by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• The Best Minds in Real Estate with Gadi Kaufmann: Camber Creek Founding Partner and Managing Director, Casey Berman

  Gadi Kaufmann speaks with Camber Creek Founder and Managing Director, Casey Berman, about industry innovation in the proptech space, the role of technology in innovating business efficiencies, and changes in cultural expectations around tech products brought on by COVID-19.

• Bloomberg CityLab: Nashville’s Downtown Tests the City-Within-A-City Concept

  Adam Ducker at RCLCO says there will also be consolidation in the development world, with fewer and fewer players with the size and bankroll, like Brookfield or Related, that are able to do projects on the scale of Fifth + Broadway.

• Engineering News-Record: Real Estate Survey Predicts Office Market Still in Decline

  A recent survey by RCLCO reveals a real estate market in terrible shape, thanks to COVID-19, with one bright spot being an uptick in demand for industrial warehouse space.

• Globe St.: Real Estate Survey Says Worst May Be Over but Some Sectors Still Struggle

  While some sectors have not yet hit bottom, industry leaders surveyed by RCLCO predicted the beginnings of a recovery within a year.

• Forbes: How Top Real Estate Executives Expect Retail to Perform in 2021

  The latest survey by real estate advisory firm RCLCO includes the opinions of hundreds of high-level executives on current and expected future conditions.

• Value Walk: What Real Estate Insiders REALLY Think About This Market: RCLCO Sentiment Survey Has Answers

  The RCLCO’s 2020 Mid-Year Sentiment Survey provides an invaluable look at what the real estate industry insiders are expecting to see in commercial and residential real estate for the next year.

• The Journal Gazette: Commercial Space a Tougher Sell

  Occupancy rates over the coming decade will determine how those investments – and the people who made them – fare. RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, a Los Angeles-based firm, last week released its Mid-Year 2020 Sentiment Survey of industry insiders.

• Senior Housing News: Few Real Estate Pros Believe Senior Housing Has Hit Covid-19 Bottom

  Many developers, builders and other real estate professionals believe that senior housing has not yet hit a bottom due to Covid-19. That’s according to findings from the mid-year market sentiment survey from RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.

• Mortgage Professional America: Most Commercial Real Estate Sectors Nearing Bottom of COVID-19 Cycle, Says New Survey

  Real estate advisement firm RCLCO has found that America’s commercial real estate insiders believe most commercial sectors have either reached, or are approaching, the bottom of the COVID-19 cycle.

• Real Vision Finance: Are Corporates to Blame? Legends of Finance Analyze COVID vs Corporates

  Documentary series on the impacts of COVID-19; featuring Managing Director Charles A. Hewlett

• COVID-19 Housing Trends

  RCLCO Managing Director Gregg Logan discussed the trends impacting the housing market in an online webinar session hosted by ULI Hawaii and NAIOP.

• RE Journals: C-Suite Execs Say CRE in Terrible Place Right Now, but Hope Awaits

  That was the big takeaway from the RCLCO Real Estate Advisors‘ Mid-Year 2020 Sentiment Survey. The survey of hundreds of C-suite executives and other leaders in various sectors of the real estate industry didn’t sugarcoat the challenges that the commercial real estate market faces today.

• Commercial Property Executive: CRE Executives See Glimmers Emerging From Tough Times

  That’s how much RCLCO’s Real Estate Market Index has plummeted since the CRE advisory firm published their previous survey six months ago.

• Multi-Housing News: CRE Executives See Glimmers Emerging From Tough Times

  That’s how much RCLCO’s Real Estate Market Index has plummeted since the CRE advisory firm published their previous survey six months ago.

• Connect Commercial Real Estate: “Sudden Stop” Due to Pandemic Brings CRE Market Sentiment Into Steep Dive

  RCLCO says the nearly 56-point drop in so short a period mirrors the speed and depth of the damage that the pandemic has wrought upon the U.S. economy and real estate markets.

• RCLCO’s Mid-Year 2020 Sentiment Survey: A Deep Plunge, but Some Sectors Coming off the Bottom Already

  The U.S. economy and job markets have been in full-blown downturn mode over the past several months, but may be finding the bottom now, and the economy and real estate markets (with some notable exceptions) are expected to return to growth mode over the next several quarters.

• Orlando Business Journal: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Extends Moratorium on Evictions & Foreclosures

  Real estate expert Brad Hunter sees the eviction suspension lasting for a while, he previously told Orlando Business Journal.

• Best Minds: Cindy Clare, Chief Operating Officer, Bell Partners

  In this episode, RCLCO Managing Director, Charles A. Hewlett, speaks with Bell Partners Chief Operating Officer, Cindy Clare, about “falling into” a career in real estate; personal stories regarding the importance of communication and relationship-building; the challenges of onboarding new people and properties remotely during COVID-19; and her take on the rise of single-family rentals.

• Million Acres: What Is a Monte Carlo Simulation in Real Estate Investing?

  A 2018 blog post from RCLCO Real Estate Advisors explains how Monte Carlo simulations can help investors despite the inherent drawbacks of cycles and a lack of performance data in the pursuit of profits.

• The Best Minds in Real Estate with Gadi Kaufmann: Gensler Co-CEO, Andy Cohen

  In this episode, Gadi Kaufmann speaks with Gensler Co-CEO, Andy Cohen, about innovation, creativity, and what the future of work might look like post-coronavirus.

• The Bond Buyer: Indicators Show The Economy Continues Recovering

  “The recovery in the new home market continues, as confirmed by the Census Bureau release of the May 2020 sales figures,” said Gregg Logan, managing director and director of community and resort at RCLCO.

• M Report: Home Prices Resilient Amid Pandemic

  While the spring housing market did experience a dip, housing demand “is coming back in dramatic fashion,” Brad Hunter, Managing Director at RCLCO, a real estate advisory firm told Reuters.

• Chicago Agent: New Construction Sales Numbers Rose 16.6% in May, Amid Growing Builder Sentiment

  “The rebound in builder sentiment as reported by NAHB was much stronger than expected by the consensus of economists,” said RCLCO Real Estate Advisors Managing Director Brad Hunter in a statement.

• DS News: COVID-19’s Impact on Home Values

  While the spring housing market did experience a dip, housing demand “is coming back in dramatic fashion,” Brad Hunter, Managing Director at RCLCO, a real estate advisory firm told Reuters.

• ValueWalk: New House Sales – Sharp Increase Puts Slowdown Fears Behind?

  The recovery in the new home market continues, as confirmed by the Census Bureau release of the May 2020 sales figures, showing an increase of almost 17% over April 2020 sales.

• Financial Express: U.S. Housing Set to Ride Out the Pandemic’s Economic Storm

  “Housing demand is coming back in dramatic fashion, with homebuilders in markets all around the country reporting a bounce-back in demand in May and June,” said Brad Hunter, managing director at real estate advisory firm RCLCO.

• UrbanLand: Family-Oriented Rental Housing Filling an Urgent Need and an Untapped Opportunity

  “ULI’s Terwilliger Center appreciates having had the opportunity to work with RCLCO to call attention to this substantial opportunity for residential development in markets throughout the U.S.”

• Yahoo! News: U.S. Housing Set to Ride Out the Pandemic’s Economic Storm

  “Housing demand is coming back in dramatic fashion, with homebuilders in markets all around the country reporting a bounce-back in demand in May and June,” said Brad Hunter, managing director at real estate advisory firm RCLCO.

• The New York Times: U.S. Housing Set to Ride Out the Pandemic’s Economic Storm

  “Housing demand is coming back in dramatic fashion, with homebuilders in markets all around the country reporting a bounce-back in demand in May and June,” said Brad Hunter, managing director at real estate advisory firm RCLCO.

• Reuters: U.S. Housing Set to Ride Out the Pandemic’s Economic Storm

  “Housing demand is coming back in dramatic fashion, with homebuilders in markets all around the country reporting a bounce-back in demand in May and June,” said Brad Hunter, managing director at real estate advisory firm RCLCO.

• South Florida Sun Sentinel: South Florida Rents Are Declining as Coronavirus Chases Tenants Away from Downtowns

  Brad Hunter, managing director at RCLCO, a national real estate consulting firm, said common spaces in new buildings “are being rethought all with an eye towards appealing to people who may realize it’s possible they’ll have to observe social distancing again at some point in the future.”

• The Best Minds in Real Estate with Gadi Kaufmann: Lewis Management EVP and Principal, Randall Lewis

  Gadi Kaufmann speaks with Lewis Management Corp. Executive Vice President and Principal, Randall Lewis, about innovation, creativity, and thought leadership during these turbulent times.

• TD Ameritrade Network: Brad Hunter on the State of the U.S. Housing Market

  Brad Hunter appears in this clip from the June 15, 2020 episode of “The Watch List” on the TD Ameritrade Network.

• Orlando Business Journal: Home Sales Take Steep Dive in May. Here’s What’s Next

  Sales activity is down, but buyers once again are coming out and the market is heading in the right direction, real estate consultant Brad Hunter told Orlando Business Journal.

• The Best Minds in Real Estate with Gadi Kaufmann: Hodes Weill & Associates Founder, David Hodes

  Gadi Kaufmann speaks with Hodes Weill & Associates Founder and Co-Managing Partner, David Hodes, about identifying the ‘winners’ of this downturn, real estate outlook for the remainder of 2020 and beyond, and the fundamental changes happening in the industry right now.

• UrbanLand: What ULI Members Are Saying (June 11 Update)

  When forbearance programs and foreclosure moratoria come to an end, we might see a surge of foreclosure activity,” says Brad Hunter, a managing director at RCLCO.

• Commercial Property Executive: CRE Advisory in the Time of COVID-19 Q&A

  To get the adviser’s perspective, Commercial Property Executive spoke to Gadi Kaufmann, managing director & CEO of RCLCO (Robert Charles Lesser & Co.) Real Estate Advisors and Taylor Mammen, an RCLCO senior managing director, and director of the firm’s Institutional Advisory Services.

• The Housing Market Is Rebounding, but What Happens after Stimulus Support Measures Fall Away?

  Many in the housing business are saying there has been a “V”-shaped recovery in home sales, as well as amazing resiliency in the apartment market, but what happens after the music stops? Nobody can forecast this with confidence, but it certainly is a good time to start thinking through the possibilities and doing the analysis.

• Miami Agent: Don’t Let Myths about COVID-19’s Impact on Real Estate Steer You Off-Course

  There’s a lot of speculation about how the novel coronavirus will impact your business, but according to a recent webinar put on by RCLCO Real Estate Advisors, there are quite a few myths mixed into reality.

• Globe St: Family Renters Expected to Explode, Ushering Need for More Development

  That neglect may have come at a cost and will likely force developers to catch up with new demand for family-rental housing, according to a new report by RCLCO and the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing called, Family Renter Housing: A Response to the Changing Growth Dynamics of the Next Decade.

• Webinar Recording – Friday Round-Up with RCLCO: Top 5 COVID-19 Related Real Estate Myths That Need to Be Debunked

  Watch the recording from our June 5th webinar, Friday Round-Up with RCLCO: Top 5 COVID-19 Related Real Estate Myths That Need to Be Debunked.

• Presentation Slides – Friday Round-Up with RCLCO: Top 5 COVID-19 Related Real Estate Myths That Need to Be Debunked

  Download the presentation slides from our June 5th webinar, Friday Round-Up with RCLCO: Top 5 COVID-19 Related Real Estate Myths That Need to Be Debunked.

• Family Renter Housing: A Response to the Changing Growth Dynamics of the Next Decade

  As the millennial generation has come of age, the development community has largely responded by focusing on its youngest members. At the same time, new development has often neglected one of the largest and most critical renter segments: Families.

• Orlando Business Journal: Desantis Extends Eviction, Foreclosure Suspension for Another Month

  But foreclosure and eviction suspensions, like the one instituted in Florida, are key to determining if there will be a crisis, said Brad Hunter, managing director of Bethesda, Maryland-based real estate advisory firm RCLCO, which operates an Orlando office.

• The New Normal for Master-Planned Communities Sales, Marketing, and Management Technology

  The technology transformations to MPC sales, marketing, and management preceded the current crisis, but are being greatly accelerated by it, and those who do not adapt will likely find themselves at a competitive disadvantage.

• Orlando Business Journal: Here’s Why Developers Find These Units Attractive

  Hunter, who is the managing director of Bethesda, Maryland-based real estate advisory firm RCLCO, which operates an Orlando office, also said a dwindling number of lots in the area help make townhomes enticing.

• The Best Minds in Real Estate with Gadi Kaufmann: Brookfield Residential President/COO, Adrian Foley

  Gadi Kaufmann speaks with Brookfield Residential President/COO, Adrian Foley, about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to the real estate industry, the questions being raised in the market, and the potential for investment opportunities during the downturn.

• Best Minds: H. Jerome Russell, President, H. J. Russell & Company

  In this episode, RCLCO Managing Director, Gregg Logan, speaks with H. J. Russell & Company President, H. Jerome Russell, about starting a career in real estate as a project manager for a $5M development, how to prioritize “doing well, while doing good”, and what H.J. Russell is doing to address the challenges posed by the COVID-19 downturn.

• Urban Land: In Brief – Where the Residential Growth Has Been in U.S. Neighborhoods

  RCLCO has expanded its analysis to cover six different types of urban neighborhoods as well, expanding to 100 of America’s largest metropolitan areas.

• Orlando Business Journal: Here’s When Foreclosures May Ramp up in the Housing Market

  The key to determining that is the statewide foreclosure suspension, said Brad Hunter, managing director of Bethesda, Maryland-based real estate advisory firm RCLCO, which operates an Orlando office.

• The Best Minds in Real Estate with Gadi Kaufmann: QuadReal CEO, Dennis Lopez

  Gadi Kaufmann speaks with QuadReal CEO, Dennis Lopez, about how COVID-19 has affected QuadReal, the biggest surpises of the downturn, and predictions for how the current moment will transform the real estate business in the long-term.

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