Publications

RCLCO conducted a survey on behalf of the Urban Land Institute, to hear directly hear the perspectives of residents impacted by the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles, CA

1 month ago

Webinar: Build-to-Rent Market Update

Watch the recording and download the presentation slides from the May 2025 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Build-to-Rent Market Update

1 month ago

The 2025–2026 Outlook for U.S. New Residential Real Estate

If a recession does materialize, how much could it impact new home sales and pricing? To gauge this, we reviewed how the residential market performed during the last eight U.S.…

2 months ago

RCLCO Q2 POV – Don’t Get Too Distracted by Trump’s Tariff Show

The Trump administration’s approach to tariffs and its rollout have spooked investors and consumers with good reason, with slower growth or even a recession increasingly possible

2 months ago

Parallel Performance: Public and Private Real Estate Returns Converged Over the Past Decade

Somewhat coincidentally — but also possibly a telling data point — total returns for public and private real estate benchmarks were virtually identical over the past decade.

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2 months ago

Best Minds: Eric Nordness

From player to coach—writing the playbook for successful sports district development. RCLCO’s Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives, Joshua Boren, speaks with Eric Nordness, Managing Principal of Marquee Development

3 months ago

Webinar: State of the Market – March 2025

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Watch the recording and download the presentation slides from the March 2025 edition of our Monthly Webinar: State of the Market – March 2025

4 months ago

Financing Mechanisms: The 50 Top-Selling MPCs of 2024

How are master-planned communities financing and constructing public infrastructure? RCLCO has teamed up with Launch Development Finance Advisors to investigate

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4 months ago

2025 Home Attainability Index

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The Urban Land Institute (ULI) and research partner RCLCO, released the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing’s 2025 Home Attainability Index, a data-rich tool measuring affordability, connectivity, racial disparity, and growth…

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4 months ago

Best Minds: Bob Gardner

How does a career in consulting inform a commitment to philanthropy? In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, RCLCO’s Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives, Joshua Boren, speaks…

5 months ago

Building Blocks: How Tax Incentives Lay the Foundation for Housing Growth

In this study, RCLCO’s Charlie Hewlett, Caroline Flax Ganz and Jackson Browning examine how these programs support new construction and renovation projects by providing financial relief to developers, especially in…

RCLCO Monthly Webinar February 2025 Edition

5 months ago

Webinar: Building for the Future – Buyer Preferences and Top 50 Master-Planned Communities

Watch the recording and download the presentation slides from the February 2025 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Building for the Future – Buyer Preferences and Top 50 Master-Planned Communities

5 months ago

The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2024: Texas Edition

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New home sales among the 25 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities in Texas remained similar to the pace set in 2023, a sign of resilient demand despite headwinds that included election uncertainty,…

RCLCO Monthly Webinar January 2025 Edition

5 months ago

Webinar: What’s New at RCLCO?

Watch the recording and download the presentation slides from the January 2025 edition of our Monthly Webinar: What’s New at RCLCO?

5 months ago

The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2024: Florida Edition

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New home sales among the 20 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities in Florida remained similar to the pace set in 2023, a sign of resilient demand despite headwinds that included election uncertainty,…

5 months ago

RCLCO Foundation Affordable Housing Leadership Award

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RCLCO Foundation announces its first annual 2025 Affordable Housing Leadership Award

6 months ago

The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of 2024

New home sales among the 50 Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities were 2% below the pace set by top communities in 2023, a sign of resilient demand despite headwinds that included election…

7 months ago

From Gloom to Boom: Sentiment Soars into 2025

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For the first time since an initial short-lived recovery in 2021, the RCLCO sentiment index has moved solidly into recovery territory at year end 2024

7 months ago

2024 STEM Job Growth Index (STEMdex)

Since 2016, RCLCO has published the STEMdex, an annual analytical ranking of U.S. metropolitan areas that evaluates their potential for future growth in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) industries

7 months ago

RCLCO 2024 Owner Consumer Preferences Survey Report

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An Overview of the For-Sale Market and Shifting Consumer Preferences

8 months ago

Webinar: Smoother Sailing Ahead: Trends in Compensation and Human Capital

Watch the recording and download the presentation slides from the November 2024 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Smoother Sailing Ahead: Trends in Compensation and Human Capital

8 months ago

Evolution of Sports-Anchored Development

RCLCO created a framework to describe how sports-anchored mixed-use districts have evolved over the past few decades from stand-alone entertainment concepts to master-planned mixed-use districts

8 months ago

Hope Is Not An Effective Strategy – How Small and Mid-Sized Real Estate Companies Should Plan for Succession

Many small- and mid-sized real estate companies in business today were formed by Baby Boomers, who are now approaching retirement without a concrete or viable plan on how their businesses…

8 months ago

Private Equity Real Estate Fees: A Modest Proposal

Much has been written about the fees and costs associated with investing in private markets, such as private equity and real estate, particularly relative to investments in the public markets.

8 months ago

Trump Second Presidency Likely to be More Pro-business and Regulation Resistant, but Tariffs and Immigration Loom as Potential Threat to U.S. Real Estate Market

With Donald Trump’s recent election to the U.S. presidency on November 5, 2024, the real estate market stands at a pivotal juncture

8 months ago

ULI Emerging Trends in Real Estate: Data Centers

Data centers are a relatively new major property type with ties to both infrastructure and net-lease, and they are on a path to be one of the largest property types…

8 months ago

Best Minds: Disrupting the Urban Doom Loop with Chris Leinberger, Co-founder & Managing Director of Places Platform, LLC

How Can Cities Avoid the Urban Doom Loop? In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, RCLCO Managing Director, Gregg Logan, sits down with Christopher B. Leinberger…

9 months ago

Occupying Force

The NCREIF Open End Diversified Core Equity Fund Index can offer a critical glimpse into which types of office properties—and which markets—have suffered the most in terms of leasing occupancy,…

9 months ago

RCLCO & CEL 2024 Real Estate Compensation & Benefits Survey

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

10 months ago

Best Minds: Arturo Sneider

In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, RCLCO’s Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives, Joshua Boren, sits down with Arturo Sneider, Co-Founder & CEO of Primestor minority-owned and…

10 months ago

Builder and Developer: Reasons for Optimism for Master-Planned Communities

Master-planned communities (MPCs) continue to excel, maintaining nearly the same sales pace as the first half of 2023

11 months ago

Webinar: Investment Outlook

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Watch the recording and download the presentation slides from the July 2024 edition of our Monthly Webinar: Investment Outlook

11 months ago

The Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities of Mid-Year 2024

Sales among top-MPCs outperformed the broader new home market, as the pace of single-family home sales nationally were 1.1% lower through the first half of 2024 compared the prior year

1 year ago

From Polling Places to Commercial Spaces: Does Real Estate Prefer Trump or Biden?

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RCLCO’s Sentiment Survey has tracked real estate market conditions in the U.S. for over 13 years. The sentiment index has shown signs of recovery in the first half of 2024,…

1 year ago

Webinar: A Conversation about the Latest in the Build-to-Rent Sector

Watch the recording and download the slides from the June 2024 edition of our Monthly Webinar: A Conversation about the Latest in the Build-to-Rent Sector

1 year ago

The Supermarket Rental Sweep: Analyzing Multifamily Rent Premiums Generated by Grocery Store Anchors

RCLCO’s research into the impact of ground-floor grocers, initially completed in 2016, updated in 2020, and revisited in this new analysis, demonstrates the meaningful competitive advantages that these projects gain…

1 year ago

Soft Apartment Market Makes Hold-Sell Decisions More Difficult

The US apartment sector is currently experiencing a rough patch in terms of elevated supply, reduced debt availability, higher borrowing costs, and lower values resulting from stagnant rents and higher…

1 year ago

RCLCO 2024 Vacation and Investment Home Survey Report

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In the 2024 Vacation and Investment Home Survey Report, RCLCO shares data from a comprehensive national survey, conducted in late 2023, that illuminates the motivations, product type preferences, and locational…

1 year ago

Webinar Recording: What’s New at RCLCO?