What does COVID-19 mean for commercial real estate?
COVID-19 has translated into measures that strongly affect the global economy—how will it affect CRE?
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Why GeoPhy, Why Now
Last week’s news that the Federal Reserve was turning to BlackRock, my former employer, to purchase Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS) put all the work we are doing at GeoPhy...
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Building a real estate ETF, bottom-up
Last week, the investment management behemoth BNP Paribas launched a “green” real estate ETF—a mutual fund that invests in listed property companies (aka REITs), passively, while taking environmental considerations into...
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Industrial real estate is red hot. But where to invest?
The demise of retail real estate, mostly at the hands of e-commerce, has had one positive side-effect for the industry: it’s been a boon for owners and developers of warehousing...
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The GeoPhy AVM: From Theory to Practice
[This article is the 3rd part of a series on the GeoPhy AVM, and follows the articles “Location Location Location” and “Accurate Assessments of Value”]. Obtaining an independent assessment of...
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