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October 9, 2025
Q325 Burns + CRE Daily Fear and Greed Index
The Q325 JBREC + CRE Daily Fear and Greed Index is now available, delivering fresh insights into investor sentiment across the commercial real estate (CRE)...

October 5, 2025
Contractors’ Market Outlooks Center on Uncertainty
General contractors’ 2025 midyear construction outlooks highlight slower growth ahead due to policy uncertainty from tariffs and lingering cost pressures, according to market reports from...

September 30, 2025
Commercial Real Estate Sees Rebound as Interest Rates Drop
Falling interest rates signal a recovery for commercial real estate, boosting lending, sales, and refinancing across key sectors. Read on to learn more: Link.

September 22, 2025
Modular Construction is Rising
Modular construction is rising in multifamily as developers cut costs, build faster, and attract support from federal policy. Read on to learn more: Link

September 18, 2025
Small Deals in Commercial Real Estate Rose 3.5% in Early 2025
Small deals in commercial real estate rose 3.5% in early 2025, led by multifamily and industrial with help from regional bank lending. Read on to...

September 15, 2025
Construction Starts in the U.S. Jumped 16% in June
Construction activity in the United States increased sharply in June 2025, with total construction starts rising 16 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of...

September 13, 2025
Construction Pressures Ease, Yet Contractors Stay Cautious
The rate of construction freezes and cancellations plummeted in July, according to the latest data from Cincinnati-based ConstructConnect. The Project Stress Index, a measure of...

September 10, 2025
U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline up 3%
Higher-tier, extended stay hotels dominate the Q2 construction pipeline.The total U.S. hotel construction pipeline was up 3% year on year in the second quarter, and...

September 6, 2025
Latest Producer Price Index Report Brings Limited Relief
Construction input prices ticked up 0.4% in July, the same increase for nonresidential inputs, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau...

September 2, 2025
South Sees Uptick in Apartment Construction in 2025
The US is on pace to open more than 500,000 new apartment units in 2025 — a strong showing that, while down from last year’s...