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Lingering Uncertainty The number of DFW office projects will look different in 2021 than it did in the time before COVID-19. Pre-COVID, downtown Dallas was a forest of construction cranes. In [...]

The Federal Reserve Bank recently released its Texas Employment Forecast for 2021. The outlook for the DFW job market is better than most states. According to their report, Texas jobs should [...]

In March of 2020, everyone went home.  Everyone.  And for the most part, we have stayed home.  In November, the election turned the world upside down.  And continued to do so for the last 60 days [...]

As the pandemic drags on throughout the third quarter of 2020, Dallas is in the top 10 markets facing big challenges.  Nationwide, U.S. office absorption hit a new low. The pandemic continues to [...]

Texas is one of seven states that does not collect income tax. So, what taxes do Texas residents pay? According to an article posted recently on The Center Square, the average Texan pays 8.7% of [...]

The way office space looks after COVID-19 is one of the big unknowns of the pandemic. There are lots of opinions, but let’s be honest. No one knows for sure what the fate of the traditional [...]

The grocery industry is going through a metamorphosis.  Many consider the industry immune to the online shopping trend.  That is until COVID-19 consumed the world.  Grocery-anchored retail is [...]

The death of indoor shopping malls has been coming for a decade or more.  Twenty years ago, the shopping mall was the place to go for shopping, dining, and entertainment.  The pandemic has [...]

Delinquency rates in housing rentals are rising around the country. The Dallas-Fort Worth area is faring slightly better than other states. On a national level, 77.4% of rent payments are current [...]

Commercial real estate loans are heading into default at rates nearing the Great Recession.  In early April, Forbes Magazine reported “According to credit rating agency Fitch Ratings, CMBS [...]