The Advisory
In addition to helping clients make the best decisions about real estate investment, repositioning, planning, and development, RCLCO strategists strive to answer their own questions about market trends via ever-evolving, analytically-based research. Below are published issues of The Advisory - always internally crafted, each report is researched and written by a group of RCLCO Managing Directors, Vice Presidents, and Associates. Sign up to receive new reports by email here.
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March 17, 2021Tracking Urban and Suburban Apartment Performance
Multifamily Urban Housing TrendsAs 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, ...
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February 25, 2021Explore the 2020 Vacation and Second Home Consumer Research ...
Resort Vacation Homes Consumer InsightsIn early 2020 just before the Covid-19 outbreak, RCLCO conducted a national consumer preference surv...
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February 19, 2021Financing Mechanisms: The Top-Selling MPCs of 2020
For-Sale Housing Master-Planned CommunitiesHow are master-planned communities financing and constructing public infrastructure? RCLCO has teame...
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February 11, 2021House Point-of-View: Q1 2021
RCLCO Fund Advisors Economic OutlookThe RCLCO House View includes a firm-wide consensus on key economic, capital market, and real estate...
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January 18, 2021RCLCO’s Year-End 2020 Sentiment Survey: 2020 – See Ya, W...
Real Estate Cycle Economic OutlookThe U.S. economy and job markets have been in full-blown downturn mode over the past several months,...
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January 11, 2021Interactive Map of the Top-Selling Master-Planned Communitie...
For-Sale Housing Master-Planned CommunitiesFollowing the release of RCLCO's report, The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2020, RCLCO h...
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January 5, 2021The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2020
Master-Planned Communities Top 50In this issue of The Advisory we discuss the spectacular pace of new home sales among the top master...
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December 18, 2020All I Want for Christmas is… a Vacation Home?
Consumer InsightsBased on current trends, RCLCO believes the single-family rental market will likely be undersupplied...
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November 25, 20202020, Year of the Suburbs: Flight from Urbanity or Accelerat...
Single-Family Rentals Suburban HousingWe examine some of the housing market influences of the coronavirus pandemic in the context of a str...
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October 8, 2020Honey I Shrunk the Apartments: Average New Unit Size Decline...
Multifamily Urban Housing TrendsIn the time period 2010-2014 average unit sizes decreased 7.6% compared to units delivered between 2...
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September 10, 2020Which Grocery Store Anchor Drives the Strongest Apartment Pe...
Multifamily Urban Housing Trends RetailOver the past two decades, the presence of Whole Foods in a neighborhood has functioned as an unmist...
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August 13, 2020Growing Demand for Build-to-Rent Single Family Homes
Single-Family Rentals Build-to-RentBased on current trends, RCLCO believes the single-family rental market will likely be undersupplied...
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July 21, 20202020 STEM Job Growth Index
Anchor Institution STEM Demographic TrendsRCLCO, partnering with CapRidge Partners, has produced the 4th annual STEM Job Growth Index (“STEM...
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July 16, 2020Jobs Across America: An Interactive Map of Employment Densit...
Demographic TrendsRCLCO is excited to announce the release of its new interactive data tool, “Jobs Across America,...
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July 9, 2020The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of Mid-Year 2020
Master-Planned Communities Top 50For this mid-year 2020 report, we have surveyed MPCs throughout the country to establish the current...
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July 1, 2020RCLCO’s Mid-Year 2020 Sentiment Survey: A Deep Plunge, but...
Real Estate Cycle Economic DownturnThe U.S. economy and job markets have been in full-blown downturn mode over the past several months,...
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June 10, 2020The Housing Market Is Rebounding, but What Happens after Sti...
Economic Downturn Residential HousingMany in the housing business are saying there has been a “V”-shaped recovery in home sales, as w...
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June 4, 2020Family Renter Housing: A Response to the Changing Growth Dyn...
Single-Family Rentals Build-to-RentAs the millennial generation has come of age, the development community has largely responded by foc...
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June 2, 2020The New Normal for Master-Planned Communities Sales, Marketi...
Disruptive Technology Master-Planned CommunitiesThe technology transformations to MPC sales, marketing, and management preceded the current crisis, ...
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May 18, 2020The Updated Neighborhood Atlas: A Roadmap to Growth Patterns...
Urban Housing Trends Real Estate Market TrendsMore than three years ago, RCLCO unveiled a new framework for thinking about local housing markets. ...
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May 18, 2020The Updated Neighborhood Atlas: Methodology
Urban Housing Trends Real Estate Market TrendsRCLCO developed a methodology to broadly categorize geographies in 100 of the largest metropolitan s...
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May 13, 2020Is the Increase in MPC New Home Sales Sustainable?
COVID-19 Master-Planned CommunitiesDespite continuing concerns about how the pandemic will be resolved, along with concerns about job l...
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May 4, 2020Southeast Florida’s Housing Market: Current Stresses and t...
COVID-19 Economic DownturnRCLCO’s research suggests that opportunistic investors will find South Florida to be a prime regio...
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April 21, 2020COVID-19 Real Estate Sentiment Survey and the Truncated V-Cu...
COVID-19 Sentiment SurveyAs the current coronavirus pandemic reaches a (hopefully) peak in the U.S. and the extent of the dev...
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April 16, 2020Financing Mechanisms: Top-Selling MPCs of 2019
For-Sale Housing Master-Planned CommunitiesHow are master-planned communities financing and constructing public infrastructure? RCLCO has teame...
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April 7, 2020How Housing Choices for Millennials Could Change in a Post-C...
Single-Family Rentals COVID-19Just when we were starting to trumpet the return of the entry-level homebuyer, after years in which ...
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March 24, 2020Coronavirus’ Impacts On Real Estate: Why You Need To Think...
COVID-19 Economic DownturnThe real estate industry is being clobbered by the coronavirus, and it’s going to get worse before...
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March 20, 2020Cycle Planning in the Era of COVID-19
COVID-19 Economic DownturnIt is fairly clear now that the U.S. economy is headed for a recession. Now the question is not whet...
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March 9, 2020Electric Vehicle Charging Station Strategy for Real Estate I...
Disruptive TechnologyRCLCO examined the quickly-changing landscape of electric vehicles (EVs) and found an immediate and ...
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March 2, 2020Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak on U.S. Real E...
COVID-19 Economic DownturnIn this issue of the Advisory we look at the likely impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on U.S. real es...
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January 30, 2020Infographic: A Breakdown of the Top-Selling Communities in t...
infographic Master-Planned CommunitiesWe profiled the five Top-Selling MPCs within each of the hottest MPC markets in the country. While n...
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January 23, 2020Year-End 2019 Sentiment Survey Results: Survey Says—Anothe...
Real Estate Cycle Economic DownturnRespondents to the YE 2019 Sentiment Survey have suggested that while most believe that most real es...
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January 3, 2020The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2019 and “Be...
Master-Planned Communities Top 50Every year since 1994, RCLCO has conducted a national survey identifying the top-selling MPCs throug...
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December 12, 2019Consumer Acceptance of Density and Smaller Homes: An Opportu...
Attainable Housing Master-Planned CommunitiesIncreasingly, community developers and builders are beginning to respond to the growing mismatch bet...
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November 22, 2019Consumer Interest in Master-Planned Communities Exceeds Supp...
Consumer Insights Master-Planned CommunitiesRCLCO recently completed a major consumer research study across top active markets throughout the Un...
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November 14, 2019The Two Types of Succession Plans and Why Your Company Needs...
Succession Planning Strategic PlanningBy now, everyone is familiar with the statistic that 10,000 baby boomers will turn 65 every day for ...
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September 12, 2019The Impact of the Next Recession on the Multifamily Market
Single-Family Rentals Real Estate Cycle Economic DownturnGiven the many differences between the economic conditions and housing market of 2008 and today, few...
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September 5, 2019Unlocking Potential: An Innovation Framework for the Real Es...
Industry Innovation Strategic PlanningThe greatest commonality among real estate companies that are successfully innovating across is a sh...
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October 17, 2019Financing Mechanisms: Top-Selling MPCs Mid-Year 2019
For-Sale Housing Master-Planned CommunitiesEvery year since 1994, RCLCO has conducted a national survey identifying the top-selling MPCs throug...
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July 9, 2019Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities Mid-Year 2019
Master-Planned Communities Top 50Every year since 1994, RCLCO has conducted a national survey identifying the top-selling MPCs throug...
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July 2, 2019Records Are Falling, but Don’t Drop Your Guard Just Yet…
Real Estate Cycle Strategic PlanningAs indicated in the most recent RCLCO Sentiment Survey, real estate market participants have pulled ...
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June 20, 2019RCLCO’s Mid-Year 2019 Sentiment Survey Results: Don’t St...
Real Estate Cycle Economic DownturnOver the past few years, RCLCO Sentiment Surveys have indicated continued confidence in real estate ...
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May 30, 2019Marketing to Baby Boomers One More Time
Baby Boomer Housing Residential HousingRCLCO recently surveyed 55+ households that were seeking to move in the next two years to understand...
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May 2, 2019Impact of the Next Recession on Residential Real Estate Mark...
Real Estate Cycle Economic DownturnIn this issue of the Advisory we address the vulnerability of for-sale housing markets to the next r...
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April 25, 2019Attainable Housing: Challenges, Perceptions, and Solutions
Attainable Housing For-Sale HousingRCLCO recently worked with the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing to prepare Attainable Housing: Cha...
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March 28, 20192018 Top-Selling MPCs: Infrastructure Financing Mechanisms
For-Sale Housing Master-Planned CommunitiesHow are master-planned communities financing and constructing public infrastructure? RCLCO recently ...
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March 21, 20193 Rules of Data-Driven Decision-Making for Real Estate Compa...
Consumer Insights Strategic PlanningFundamental to developing a strategy that leverages data effectively is recognizing the gradients of...
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March 14, 2019Disruptive Demographics: Housing Production & Demograph...
Attainable Housing Consumer Insights Demographic TrendsIn this new report we examine how housing production and demographic reality are sometimes moving in...
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February 28, 2019New Opportunities for Medium-Density Residential
Attainable Housing For-Sale Housing Consumer InsightsWe dug deeper into the results of our recent Housing and Community Preference Survey and interviewed...
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January 31, 20192019 STEM Job Growth Index
Anchor Institution STEM Demographic Trends Institutional InvestmentRCLCO's 3rd Annual STEM Job Growth Index includes a number of familiar metro areas, but also a coupl...
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January 29, 2019Building Opportunity: Mapping Gentrification and Investment ...
Real Estate Investing Strategic PlanningWhile regulations for opportunity zone investments have yet to be wholly finalized, real estate inve...
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January 22, 2019Sentiment Survey 2018 Year-End: Downturn on the Horizon
Real Estate Cycle Strategic PlanningOur Real Estate Market Sentiment Index decreased since MY 2018 from 68.0 to 37.5, a much more dramat...
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January 22, 2019The Opportunity is Now! Plan for a Market Evolution from a P...
Real Estate Cycle Real Estate InvestingEconomic cycles are a reality and your cycle planning should reflect a hypothesis as to when it will...
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January 3, 2019Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2018
Master-Planned Communities Top 50Every year since 1994, RCLCO has conducted a national survey identifying the top-selling MPCs throug...
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December 18, 20182018 Housing and Community Preference Survey
For-Sale Housing Consumer Insights Community and ResortThe results of RCLCO’s 2018 Housing and Community Preference Survey are in and include insights on...
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October 18, 2018Who Should Control Rent Control? Impacts of Prop 10 and Inte...
Attainable Housing Urban Housing TrendsThis November, Californians will vote on Proposition 10, a ballot initiative that seeks to repeal th...
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September 21, 2018Evaluating the Top-25 Most Active Markets: A Look at Single-...
Community and Resort Real Estate Market TrendsFind out which markets made the top of RCLCO’s Single-Family Housing Momentum Index.
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August 30, 2018Ready for Changing Tides? How Real Estate Companies Can Prep...
Strategic PlanningThe end of a declining cap rate era fundamentally changes the nature of the real estate industry and...
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July 6, 2018Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities: Mid-Year 2018
Master-Planned Communities Top 50Every year since 1994, RCLCO has conducted a national survey identifying the top-selling MPCs throug...
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June 28, 2018RCLCO’s Mid-Year 2018 Sentiment Survey Results –...
Real Estate Cycle Real Estate Market TrendsRCLCO's outlook for positive, though moderating, operating and investment performance through the re...
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June 19, 2018RCLCO Neighborhood Atlas: Urban & Suburban Neighborhood...
Urban Housing Trends Suburban HousingWelcome to RCLCO's neighborhood atlas, a new, interactive visualization of U.S. suburban & urban...
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June 19, 2018The New Geography of Urban America: An Interactive Mapping T...
Urban Housing Trends Real Estate Market TrendsBased on recent work with the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing, RCLCO has expanded its original me...
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May 7, 2018The RCLCO Foundation 50th Anniversary Paper Prize Winner: Ma...
Affordable Housing Real Estate Market TrendsThe RCLCO Foundation 50th Anniversary Paper Prize Winner: Maximizing Public Sector Air Rights as an ...
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April 26, 2018The Impact of Mobility on Apartment Rents
Urban Housing Trends Real Estate Market TrendsAn important shift in how the real estate industry understands location and evaluates sites is the c...
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April 4, 2018E-Sports Arenas: Are Video Games the Next Great Urban Entert...
urban real estate Stadium DevelopmentAs the e-sports market continues to expand, additional demand for e-sports arenas is likely, present...
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March 15, 2018The Monte Carlo Simulation: Contemplating Risk in Real Estat...
Real Estate Investing InstitutionalThe real estate industry has historically lacked quantifiable assessments of risk as a tool to impro...
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March 2, 2018Where Is the Homeownership Rate Headed? Examining the Implic...
For-Sale Housing Community and Resort Real Estate Market TrendsIn this issue of The Advisory, we examine the prospect for growth in the U.S. homeownership rate and...
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February 15, 2018A Whole New Ball Game: Reframing the Impact of Sports Venue...
urban real estate Stadium DevelopmentSporting events attract millions each year; venues that host these events are cultural and economic ...
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January 25, 2018Have We Reached the Tipping Point?Sentiment Survey 2017 Part...
Real Estate Cycle Real Estate Trends Strategic PlanningRCLCO's outlook for generally positive, though moderating, operating and investment performance thro...
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January 18, 2018
Results Forecast an Extended Run for Real Estate Amidst Tax ...
Real Estate Cycle Real Estate Trends Strategic PlanningAs of year-end 2017, the RCLCO Real Estate Market Sentiment Index increased and now stands above bot...
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December 30, 2017The Villages is Back on Top: The Top-Selling Master-Planned ...
Master-Planned Communities Top 50See which communities made the list for the 50 top-selling MPCs of 2017.
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December 22, 2017Impact of the Tax Bill on Real Estate
Policy Impacts Real Estate TrendsThe Tax Cut and Jobs Act has passed, marketed as a Christmas present for the middle class, but heavi...
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November 30, 2017RCLCO futuRE Series: A Driverless Vehicle Roadmap for the Re...
Industry Innovation Disruptive TechnologyAutonomous/driverless vehicles are going to become a reality within the next two decades and have th...
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October 23, 20172017 STEM Job Growth Index
Anchor Institution Real Estate Investing STEMRCLCO partnered with CapRidge Partners to create the STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex) to identify whi...
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September 14, 2017Webinars: Contrarian Real Estate Investing Parts I & II
Real Estate Investing Institutional Real Estate Market TrendsRCLCO presents our framework for identifying this investment perspective, guidance on underwriting, ...
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July 20, 2017
How Long Will the Expansion Continue? Sentiment Survey Mid-Y...
Two-thirds of respondents believe the next downturn will not begin until at least 2019, and current ...
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July 13, 2017Cautious Optimism Continues Even as “Trump Bump”...
Real Estate Cycle Real Estate TrendsThe Trump Bump stumbles, with a large drop of respondents predicting the administration will have a ...
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July 6, 2017Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities: Mid-Year Update 2017
Master-Planned Communities Top 50Home sales at the nation’s 50 top-selling MPCs were strong in the first half of 2017, with the top...
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April 20, 2017Looking Beyond the Luxury Market – Are Homebuilders Bu...
Community and Resort Real Estate Market TrendsBuilding for the Top Is the entry-level home a thing of the past? It has largely appeared that way t...
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December 24, 2016RCLCO Special Report: Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities...
Community and Resort Master-Planned CommunitiesSince 1994, RCLCO has conducted a national survey identifying the top-selling Master Planned Communi...
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February 21, 2017Market Monitor California on Top and Bottom: Sacramento Lead...
urban real estate Real Estate Market TrendsAt 12.7%, Sacramento Leads the Nation’s Largest Markets in Class A Apartment Rent Growth Sacrament...
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February 1, 2017Bigger Units, Bigger Payday: Exploring and Mapping the Growt...
urban real estate Real Estate TrendsThe “micro unit” trend—shrinking unit sizes to maintain more affordable rents, while achieving...
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January 26, 2017Master-Planned Communities Drive Higher Sales with Better Pr...
Community and Resort Master-Planned CommunitiesMany of the communities in RCLCO’s 50 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities (MPCs) of 2016 cited ...
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January 24, 2017
A More Durable Expansion? Sentiment by Product Type and RCLC...
Sentiment Survey YE 2016 Results: 40% of respondents believe the next U.S. real estate market downtu...
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December 28, 2016Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities: Preview
Community and Resort Master-Planned CommunitiesRCLCO’s Master-Planned Community Survey is the longest running in the industry, and as such benefi...
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January 19, 2017The Trump Bump? Sentiment Up Compared with Six Months Ago S...
Real Estate Cycle Strategic PlanningThe results are in: sentiment is up from six months ago, but still down compared with year-end 2015....
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January 4, 2017The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2016
Community and Resort Master-Planned CommunitiesHome sales at the nation’s 20 top-selling master-planned communities (MPCs) surpassed 2015 totals ...
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December 13, 2016Headwinds for Hotels as Construction Ramps Up
Hospitality Institutional Real Estate TrendsThe Hotel Sector’s Strong Run The hospitality sector has enjoyed robust performance post-recession...
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December 5, 2016Re-Painting the Picket Fence: A New Definition and Interacti...
Real Estate Trends Suburban HousingDo you live in a suburb? For many Americans, the answer to this question is a resounding “yes&...
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November 17, 2016New Single-Family Housing Market Overview – Florida Q3...
Community and Resort Single-Family HousingNew single-family home sales for the first three quarters of 2016 across six of Florida’s metr...
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November 4, 2016The Big Shrink: The Shift Toward Smaller Industrial Spaces i...
Industrial Supply & Demand InstitutionalE-Commerce’s Effect On Industrial E-commerce continues to fundamentally redefine the real estate s...
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October 27, 2016Shining Light on a Shadow Market: Understanding the Single-F...
Single-Family Rentals Demographic TrendsEvolution from Shadow Market to Institutional-Grade Product Single-family renter households have bee...
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October 13, 2016Is Smaller Getting Bigger? Visualizing Micro Units Across th...
Anchor Institution urban real estate MultifamilySince collaborating with the Urban Land Institute on The Macro View on Micro Units report in 2014, R...
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September 26, 2016Evaluating the Top 25 Most Active Markets: A Look at Single...
Community and Resort Real Estate TrendsWhile the overall U.S. housing market expanded since the Great Recession, it's clear from the data t...
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September 6, 2016
CALL FOR PAPERS: THE RCLCAO FOUNDATION 50TH ANNIVERSARY PAPE...
CALL FOR PAPERS:THE RCLCO FOUNDATION 50TH ANNIVERSARY PAPER PRIZE The RCLCO Foundation, a 501(c)(3) ...
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August 31, 2016Exploring Improved Diversification Strategies to Reduce Port...
Real Estate Investing Strategic PlanningFor several decades, diversification by geographic region has been a critical component of real esta...
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August 11, 2016
The Rise of Co-Living: Moving Beyond the College Dorm
Co-Living Is More than Just a Micro Unit Co-living has become an increasingly popular housing option...
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July 21, 2016Hail the Peerless City: Seattle Leads Top 20 Markets in Mid-...
urban real estateMarket Monitor Seattle Leads the Nation in Class A Apartment Rent Growth at 9.9% Seattle saw impress...
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July 14, 2016The Coming Retirement Wave: A Changing Economic Context for ...
Baby Boomer Housing Real Estate TrendsThe growing age 65+ demographic segment, driven by the aging Baby Boomer population, will be increa...
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July 7, 2016Sentiment Survey Mid-Year 2016: Part 2
Strategic PlanningBrexit, Schmexit? But, Dust Off Your Cycle Strategy Just in Case… Stock markets around the globe ...
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July 7, 20162016 MPC Survey – Mid-Year Update
Community and ResortHomes at the nation’s top-selling master-planned communities (MPCs) sold at a similar pace in the ...
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June 28, 2016Sentiment Survey Mid-Year 2016 Results: Part I
Real Estate Cycle Strategic PlanningAccording to the recent Sentiment Survey (completed before the Brexit vote), the nation’s market c...
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June 23, 2016Introducing FIVA: RCLCO’s Newest Tool for Fiscal &...
Public StrategiesPublic or private, large or small, fiscal and economic impact analysis can be a useful tool for any ...
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June 16, 2016Co-Investments in Real Estate: A Quick Primer
Strategic PlanningTwo Key Types of Co-Investment As institutions consider their options for real estate investing goin...
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June 9, 2016
A Big Boom in Affluent, Older Renters-by-Choice in the U.S.?
The number of Americans age 50 and over is projected to increase rapidly over the next 10 years, gro...
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June 2, 2016
2016 STEM Job Growth Index
Anchor Institution STEM InstitutionalWhat Is STEM and What Are STEM Jobs? STEM is an acronym that refers to science, technology, engineer...
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May 26, 2016Walkable Retail: When Old Becomes New Again – Part 2
Public Strategies RetailAmericans are returning to walkable neighborhoods. Property values are appreciating much faster in t...
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May 19, 2016Why the Boom in Single-Family Rentals? Renters with Kids, bu...
Single-Family Rentals InstitutionalOne of the most dramatic shifts in the U.S. market over the past decade has been the unprecedented i...
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May 5, 2016Saving Tax Dollars with Compact Development
Public StrategiesHow and where growth occurs plays an important part in local economies, the environment, and a commu...
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April 28, 2016Healthy Prognosis for Medical Office
Anchor Institution Medical Office InstitutionalThe medical office sector has drawn increasing attention from institutional investors, with nearly $...
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April 26, 2016Multifamily Metrics and Market Selection
urban real estate MultifamilyJobs, income, GDP—you read the market rankings every quarter, but still wonder how closely they co...
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April 19, 2016
Surprises from RCLCO’s Economic Hot Spot Map
InstitutionalRCLCO first published an Economic Hot Spot map in 2013. At the time, the economy was recovering from...
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April 12, 2016Rutabaga, Radicchio, and Rent Growth: Measuring the “W...
urban real estate MultifamilyIntroduction The arrival of a Whole Foods in a gentrifying area is commonly seen as an indicator tha...
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April 8, 2016The Impact of the Student Debt “Crisis” on Housi...
InstitutionalBetween 2000 and 2014, the total volume of outstanding federal student debt in the U.S. nearly quadr...
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March 25, 2016Millennial Urban Preferences: Will They Last?
Housing PreferencesGeneration Y, or the Millennials, and their consumer preferences are a dominant presence in the news...
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February 25, 2016Meet Me in the Middle: Supply Trends, Factors, and Product C...
Community and ResortSummary of Findings Instead of targeting the meat of the market with a volume-driven strategy, high ...
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February 11, 2016Walkable Retail: When Old Becomes New Again – Part 1
RetailYou have probably read the following headline thousands of times, perhaps this year alone: All but o...
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February 4, 2016Real Estate Crowdfunding: A Look Back, A Look Ahead
Real Estate Investing InstitutionalCrowdfunding as a source of capital for real estate investments is now entering its fourth year of e...
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February 2, 2016
Cycles Are Alive and Well—How About Your Strategy?
Recent volatility in the financial markets and nervousness on the part of the Fed about the health o...
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January 26, 2016Respondents Expect Many Product Types to Move from Early Sta...
Strategic PlanningAs we discussed last week, RCLCO’s 1Q 2016 Sentiment Survey found that most respondents reported p...
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January 20, 2016Sentiment at Lowest Point Since 2012
Strategic PlanningRCLCO National Market Sentiment Survey 1Q 2016 Results Part 1 The results of RCLCO’s latest Market...
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January 5, 2016The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2015
Community & Resort Master-Planned CommunitiesHomes at the nation’s top-selling master-planned communities (MPCs) sold at a slightly quicker pac...
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December 22, 2015
RCLCO futuRE Series: A Driverless Vehicle Roadmap for the Re...
Real Estate TrendsAs highlighted in part one of this series, fully autonomous, or “driverless,” vehicles (...
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December 17, 2015Foreign Investors Push Central Florida Vacation Rental Sales...
Community & ResortOver 62 million persons visited the Orlando area in 2014, mainly attributable to the sustained and g...
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December 10, 2015
Hot Spots in the National Second Home Market
Community & ResortOur previous article on vacation/second homes focused on the national increase in vacation home purc...
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November 12, 2015Vacation Home Trends Update
Community & ResortVacation homes have lagged behind all other real estate product types in terms of recovery from the ...
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October 29, 2015
Mixed Signals in the New For-Sale Housing Market
New home sales in the U.S. were down in September, but the longer-term trend has been positive so fa...
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July 24, 2015Cycle Update: Stable Conditions Continue
Strategic PlanningRCLCO’s National Market Sentiment Survey 3Q 2015 Results – Part 2 Echoing participants&r...
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July 16, 2015Developing a Model for Medical Center Housing with Adam Duck...
Medical Center urban real estateIn the ever-changing real estate markets, it is imperative to “look around the corner,” ...
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July 9, 2015No News Is Good News: Stable Outlook Ahead
Strategic PlanningRCLCO National Market Sentiment Survey 3Q 2015 Results Part 1 RCLCO’s latest Market Sentiment ...
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July 7, 2015The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities Mid-Year 2015 Upd...
Community & ResortThe nation’s top-selling master-planned communities sold homes at a quicker pace in the first half...
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May 11, 2015
RCLCO futuRE Series: A Driverless Vehicle Roadmap for the Re...
Real Estate TrendsFully autonomous, or “driverless,” vehicles (AVs), in one form or another, are going to ...
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April 7, 2015RCLCO and Smart Growth America Unveil New Model for Analyzin...
Public StrategiesEvery town, city, and county makes decisions about how and where to grow and what kind of developmen...
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April 2, 2015The Future of Active Adult Communities with Gregg Logan
Community & ResortDeciding to buy a new home or move to a new community is often precipitated by a change in lifestage...
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March 31, 2015Finally, Some Good News Out of Washington—But Where ar...
Strategic PlanningSeems like the media are only interested in reporting on bad news about Washington, D.C., these days...
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February 12, 2015Cycle Update—Moving Right Along
Strategic PlanningRCLCO’s National Market Sentiment Survey 1Q 2015 Results – Part 2 Moving into the new ye...
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February 3, 2015Outlook for 2015: All Things in Moderation
Strategic PlanningRCLCO National Market Sentiment Survey 1Q 2015 Results Part 1 Just a year and one-half ago, responde...
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January 6, 2015The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2014
Community and ResortAfter several years of increasing home sales at the nation’s top-selling master-planned communitie...
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November 19, 2014RCLCO Partners with ULI Foundation to Publish New Research o...
Strategic PlanningThe Urban Land Institute (ULI) has just published a new research report entitled The Macro View on M...
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November 6, 2014Millennials’ Influence on New Home Demand
Community and ResortWill the demand for new for-sale housing from the Millennial generation continue to increase as the ...
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July 11, 2014The Road to Recovery—Are We There Yet?
Strategic PlanningRCLCO National Market Sentiment Survey Results Part 2 Throughout the downturn and into the recovery,...
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July 7, 2014The Best-Selling Master-Planned Communities Mid-Year 2014 Up...
Community and ResortHomes at the nation’s top-selling master-planned communities (MPCs) sold at a slightly slower pace...
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June 27, 2014Going Steady: Expectations Optimistic, But Moderate
Strategic PlanningRCLCO National Market Sentiment Survey Results Part 1 Over the past three years, RCLCO’s...
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May 29, 2014“Deeper and Deeper and Deeper”: Sizing America&#...
urban real estateIn this space over the past six months we have discussed how to prepare for the increasing con...
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May 1, 2014Trends Among Florida’s Top-Selling Active Adult Commun...
Community and ResortFlorida’s active adult communities (AACs) are attracting a significant share of 55 and older h...
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April 17, 2014Top MPC Developers Share Insights During RCLCO Webinar
Community and ResortOn March 27, 2014, about 200 of RCLCO’s clients, friends, and colleagues came together online ...
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March 5, 2014Washington, D.C., Master-Planned Communities on the Rise
Community and ResortThe big story for master-planned communities (MPCs) in the Washington, D.C., area in 2013 is that th...
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February 26, 2014Hospitality’s New Vocabulary: Flashpackers, Yotels, an...
Hospitality urban real estateAs the broader real estate industry looks for strategies or inspiration regarding how to evolve and ...
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February 7, 2014Finding the Market for the Long-Term Vision
Public StrategiesLong-range projects, especially those in challenging locations, whether sponsored by the public or p...
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January 29, 2014Top Dogs and Underdogs: Where Are We in the Cycle?
Strategic PlanningRCLCO National Sentiment Survey Part 2 In 3Q 2012, RCLCO’s National Sentiment Survey reported ...
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January 23, 2014Have We Reached the Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Strategic PlanningRCLCO National Sentiment Survey Part 1 In the last three years of the RCLCO National Sentiment Surve...
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January 16, 2014Condos: What’s Working Now
urban real estateMarket Segmentation Strategies that Connect with Customers Introduction As RCLCO hypothesized in thi...
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January 10, 2014
RCLCO 2014 Real Estate Outlook
InstitutionalIt has been a year since our last real estate outlook, and an eventful year it was. As we expected, ...
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January 8, 2014The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2013
Community and ResortHome sales at the nation’s top master-planned communities (MPCs) continued increasing in 2013 to t...
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December 17, 2013
Strategy for Real Estate Companies: How to Manage for the Cy...
Part 2: Real Estate Market Cycle Stages and Strategies In the previous installment (see: Part 1: Rea...
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December 12, 2013
Strategy for Real Estate Companies: How to Manage for the Cy...
Part 1 of 2: Real Estate Market Cycles – Making the Call Now that the economy and real estate ...
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December 4, 2013Top 10 Megapolitan Regions Gaining Market Share
Community and ResortIn this Advisory we examine the regions in the U.S. that are likely to achieve the greatest growth m...
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November 4, 2013
Stay Up to Date with The Best Minds in Real Estate
2013 ULI Fall Meeting RCLCO’s Leadership Team will be at the 2013 ULI Fall Meeting in Chicago ...
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November 1, 2013Vacation Housing Recovery Tied to Primary Housing Starts
Community and ResortRecovery Soon Is Likely in Areas that Have Been Lagging By: Taylor Mammen, Principal/Director of Con...
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October 18, 2013Is Housing Affordability in the Texas Triangle at Risk?
Community and ResortEconomic Performance The largest metropolitan areas of the Texas Triangle—Dallas-Fort Worth, H...
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September 25, 2013
A Warehouse Demand Primer
InstitutionalLogistics Operations Aim for Efficiencies in Time and Cost Maersk, the world’s largest shipper...
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September 19, 2013Sequestration: Myth or Monster?
Strategic PlanningWith the first round of cuts from the dreaded Sequester going into effect, industry professionals ar...
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September 12, 2013Condo Recovery Underway and Likely to Accelerate
urban real estateHow to Ride the Wave This Time Around Without Losing Your Shirt If there’s a single lesson fro...
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August 27, 2013RCLCO National Real Estate Sentiment Survey: For-Sale Housin...
Strategic PlanningIn the last year, great strides have been made across all sectors of real estate. In RCLCO’s Q3 20...
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August 21, 2013The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities Mid-Year 2013 Upd...
Community and ResortHomes at the nation’s top-selling master-planned communities (MPCs) sold at a much faster pace in ...
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August 8, 2013Demographic Trends Support Robust Multifamily Demand
urban real estate MultifamilyThe strong recovery in the multifamily housing industry, especially relative to the weaker recovery ...
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July 31, 2013Interest Rates and Real Estate Pricing Risk
InstitutionalA SIGNIFICANT RISE IN TREASURY YIELDS The 100 bp rise in 10-yr treasury yields in May and June cause...
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July 29, 2013RCLCO’s Strategic Approach to Impact Analysis Adds Val...
urban real estateRCLCO’s impact studies are considered to be beyond reproach by our clients and other public se...
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July 24, 2013
RCLCO National Real Estate Sentiment Survey MY 2013
Building upon strong gains beginning in the second half of 2012, the Current Real Estate Market Inde...
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July 18, 2013
The New Model for Commercial Real Estate Demand
InstitutionalWhile U.S. commercial real estate markets are continuing to recover, they have improved more slowly ...
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May 30, 2013
Competing in a Global Market: 11 U.S. Megaregions and Implic...
InstitutionalAs investors compete in an increasingly crowded global market place, attention is returning homeward...
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May 23, 2013In-Depth Look at Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities
Community and ResortRCLCO recently checked in with the top-selling master-planned communities (MPCs) in 2012, to better ...
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May 7, 2013
Apartments Continue to Lead Commercial Property Market Recov...
InstitutionalAll property types in the U.S. continue to improve, with occupancy and rents up in the first quarter...
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April 26, 2013
Infrastructure Financing in Master-Planned Communities
Community and ResortOne of the biggest challenges of developing a large-scale master-planned community (MPC) is figuring...
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April 19, 2013Strategic Market Analysis: A Critical Component of Successfu...
Public StrategiesAs trends in development focus on walkable, mixed-use communities, one of the challenges faced by co...
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March 5, 2013Best Practices Report: Seniors Housing Innovative Intergener...
urban real estateBy 2017, 10% of the U.S. population will be 70 years old or over, and the population in this age ran...
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February 26, 2013Market Pitfalls of Form-Based or Smart Codes
Public StrategiesThe intent of many form-based or smart codes is to promote smart growth within a community. Smart gr...
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February 21, 2013
Sequestration—What Me, Worry?
Strategic PlanningTwo months before the presidential election, and a full quarter before Congress kicked the latest fi...
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February 19, 2013
Real Estate Turns the Corner
Strategic PlanningMultifamily rental apartments have been out of the woods since early 2011 in many parts of the count...
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February 12, 2013RCLCO National Real Estate Sentiment Survey
Strategic PlanningBroad-Based, but Guarded, Optimism Guarded Optimism… After another slight hesitation in the third ...
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February 5, 2013Regional Hotspots for Economic Growth
InstitutionalWhile the 4th quarter 2012 GDP growth estimate of -0.1% is disappointing, some local economies are b...
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January 24, 2013RCLCO Launches a New Methodology: MetroLogic™
Public StrategiesHow can a property or jurisdiction enhance its competitiveness for growth? What impact will evolving...
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January 18, 2013Pop-Up America: Embracing Change in the U.S. Retailing Envir...
RetailThe retail market has been experiencing a significant shift during the past several years with a gro...
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January 10, 2013Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2012
Advisory MPC Reports 2012Home sales at the nation’s top master-planned communities (MPCs) were the strongest since 2007...
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January 10, 2013Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2012
Community and Resort Master-Planned CommunitiesHome sales at the nation’s top master-planned communities (MPCs) were the strongest since 2007. Ev...
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January 1, 2013
RCLCO U.S. Real Estate Market Outlook for 2013 and Beyond: S...
InstitutionalThe U.S. real estate market improved in 2012, and there is good reason for optimism going forward as...
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December 3, 2012New Study Shows Young Americans’ Declining Preference ...
urban real estateUrban Housing Design and Economics Likely to Change Americans’ love affair with the auto...
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July 26, 2012RCLCO National Real Estate Sentiment Survey and RCLCO’...
Strategic PlanningFor-Sale Housing Continuing to Gain Momentum 2Q 2012 After a slight hesitation in the first quarter,...
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July 18, 2012Post Recession: Homebuyers Willing to Pay More for Green Fea...
Community and ResortThe market for green homes is on the rise. According to McGraw-Hill Construction, the share of singl...
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June 26, 2012
Major U.S. Court of Appeals Decision in a Case for Which RCL...
Strategic PlanningOver the past five years, RCLCO has become increasingly active in providing consulting and litigatio...
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June 12, 2012Empty Nester for Rent?
urban real estateQuantifying the Depth of an Important Segmentation Opportunity for Rental Apartments The radical rec...
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May 25, 2012
In-Depth Look at Top-Selling MPC’s
Community and ResortRCLCO recently reported that year-to-date 2012 home sales at top master-planned communities are the ...
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May 8, 2012Apartment Pricing Power Remains Strong
urban real estateRenters Still Willing to Pay More for Larger, Better, and Well Located Units with a New Focus on Ame...
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April 30, 2012RCLCO Forecast: Does the Housing Market Still Want the Subur...
Community and ResortThis is the third installment in a series examining New US Housing Demand, relative to underlying de...
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April 16, 2012RCLCO National Real Estate Sentiment Survey and RCLCO’...
Gaining Momentum 1Q 2012 Real estate industry professionals continue to express confidence that the ...
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April 11, 2012Will the North American Second Home Buyer Look Offshore Agai...
Community and ResortRCLCO Research Shows Surprisingly High Levels of Interest in International Vacation Home Locations&n...
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March 29, 2012Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2011: How Master-P...
2012Year-to-date 2012 home sales at top master-planned communities (MPCs) are the strongest in three yea...
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March 20, 2012Beyond the Census: Rapid Growth Among Second Generation Lati...
urban real estateRCLCO is always asked where growth is occurring; when perhaps an equally important question might be...
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March 16, 2012Public Projects, Private Dollars – How the Real Estate...
Public-Private Partnerships Public StrategiesWhile many economists are becoming cautiously optimistic about the prospects for economic growth th...
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February 28, 2012Part 2 of RCLCO Forecast: Understanding the Demand for New H...
Community and ResortThis is the second installment in a series examining New US Housing Demand, relative to underl...
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February 21, 2012Part 1 of RCLCO Forecast: Understanding the Demand for New H...
Community and ResortThis is the first installment in a series examining New US Housing Demand, relative to underlying de...
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February 9, 2012
RCLCO National Real Estate Sentiment Survey and RCLCO’...
Rational Exuberance: 4Q 2011 Real estate industry professionals have become dramatically more positi...
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February 1, 2012
As The Multifamily Recovery Accelerates The Smart Get Cycle ...
The mood at last month’s National Multi Housing Council Annual Meeting in Boca Raton was expectedl...
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October 14, 2011
RCLCO National Real Estate Sentiment Survey: 3Q 2011
3Q 2011 Political uncertainly both at home and abroad, a less than stellar job market in the US, gyr...
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June 1, 2011
RCLCO on the Economy and the Real Estate Market: Recovery Co...
Strategic PlanningEconomic Overview It is our view that the recent negative sentiments about the U.S. economy are driv...
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December 31, 2010RCLCO Announces Top-Selling U.S Master-Planned Communities f...
2010 Advisory MPC Reports mpc-top-selling-us-master-planned-communities-for-2010PRESS RELEASE BETHESDA, MD – The Villages, an active adult community in Central Florida with 2,107...
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December 31, 2009RCLCO Announces Top-Selling U.S Master-Planned Communities f...
Community and Resort Master-Planned CommunitiesPRESS RELEASE BETHESDA, MD – Newland Communities’ Cinco Ranch, with 887 net sales, was 2009’s ...
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December 31, 2008RCLCO Announces Top-Selling U.S Master-Planned Communities f...
Community and Resort Master-Planned CommunitiesPRESS RELEASE BETHESDA, MD – Mountain’s Edge, with 879 net sales, was 2008’s top-selling maste...
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February 22, 2007RCLCO Announces Top-Selling U.S Master-Planned Communities f...
Community and Resort Master-Planned CommunitiesMountain’s Edge, with 1,740 net sales, was 2007’s top-selling master-planned community (MPC) in ...
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December 31, 2006RCLCO Announces Top-Selling U.S Master-Planned Communities f...
Community and Resort Master-Planned CommunitiesPRESS RELEASE BETHESDA, MD – Poinciana, with 2,563 net sales, was 2006’s top-selling master-plan...
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December 31, 2005Robert Charles Lesser & Co., LLC Announces Top-Selling U...
Community and Resort Master-Planned CommunitiesBETHESDA, MD – The Villages, with 4,262 sales, is the top-selling master-planned community (MPC) i...
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December 31, 2004Robert Charles Lesser & Co., LLC Announces Top-Selling U...
Master-Planned CommunitiesBETHESDA, MD – The Villages is the top-selling master-planned community (MPC) in the U.S. for the ...
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December 31, 2003Robert Charles Lesser & Co., LLC Announces Top-Selling U...
2003BETHESDA, MD – The Villages is the top-selling master-planned community (MPC) in the U.S., based o...
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