AFIRE News
Investors have plenty of reasons to be worried about climate risk, but there are already winners in the new economy—and there will be more.
Translating rising climate risks over the next decades requires a cash flow model that starts today—and should be a necessary exercise for all investors.
Institutional investors frequently outperform individual investors, underscoring how real estate technology can create an advantage.
The “great sag” in the US office market—and potential underlying financial fragilities—do not necessarily portend the calamity popularly forecasted by today’s market skeptics.
Summit Journal: Issue 13 provides insights for the climate change, risk pricing, senior housing, office, and the future of #CRE.
From August to September 2023, AFIRE invites all association members and relevant experts to participate in the Mid-2023 Investor Pulse Survey, underwritten by Holland Partner Group.
According to Anthony Malkin of Empire State Realty Trust, the altered approach to the “new office” won’t be easy or business-as-usual, but there is a compelling future.
Hard times make for opportunistic strategies and rescue capital could see increased adoption in the current climate. How should investors prepare?
A recent DEI survey in real estate shows that the art of talking and listening helps boost recruitment, retention, and employee engagement. And it’s free to implement.
A recent DEI survey in real estate shows that the art of talking and listening helps boost recruitment, retention, and employee engagement. And it’s free to implement.
Urban economist Ed Glaeser discusses how American cities have been fundamentally transformed—and what leaders need to prepare for the future.
A new model for underwriting offices, based on a framework commonly seen in hospitality assets, can maximize value by giving occupiers what they want.
Gentrification has not often been analyzed at the microeconomic level using large-scale granular data. But data science could change that.
As US has exported trends to transform global property markets, trends originating in Europe are likely to now transform the US.
Mandi Wedin, CEO of Feroce Real Estate Advisors, draws on her experience growing up in Alaska to help investors learn a “frontier mentality.”
There used to be an inverse relationship between the change in office jobs and office vacancies. That relationship broke down after COVID.
Under the shadow of a slow-burning bank crisis in 2023, should institutional investors consider allocating to short duration real estate debt?
There is a growing divide between valuations and real-time pricing. Can the global real estate industry achieve universal consistency?
Some economic forecasters are still planning on the likelihood of a recession coming sooner than later. Should investors in commercial mortgages worry?
The challenges of inflation, interest rates, and returns to the office can be overwhelming, but according to Hans Nordby of Lionstone Investments, changing demographic forces may be the biggest story of our time.
Media Coverage
The results of the 2012 AFIRE Annual Survey have revealed that foreign investors intend to continue seeking out real estate investment opportunities in the US, focusing on New York.
In the 18th annual Foreign Investment Survey of AFIRE, 51 percent of survey participants identified the United States as the market offering the best opportunity for long-term capital appreciation.
A prominent association of foreign investors has named New York City as the No. 1-ranked U.S. site for real estate investment.
The U.S. real estate market seems attractive to foreign investors, but that does not mean they will be buying American property this year, a recent survey by the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate has found.