In a market still defined by caution, Q1 2025 delivered a quiet but important signal to multifamily investors: the fundamentals are stabilizing—and in some key markets, they’re...
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Tariffs, Turbulence, and the Investor Mindset: Why Sentiment Is Slipping Fast
There’s an old saying in real estate: markets move on confidence. If that’s the case, May just rang the alarm bells.According to the University of Michigan’s preliminary numbers,...
The Trade Truce, the Fed, and What It Means for Capital Markets
By Daniel KaufmanMay 12, 2025If you’re a developer or investor managing leverage, watching inflation, or planning your next raise—yesterday brought news that could ripple across...
“Tariffs on Pause, Deals on Deck: Why the Next 90 Days Matter for CRE”
It’s hard to overstate how volatile this year has been for capital markets—and for those of us navigating development, dealmaking, or capital raising in commercial real estate,...
Rents Hold, Tariffs Spike, and the Return of Trade Theater
The Week in Review – May 2025Before the headlines turned to Vatican smoke signals and Bitcoin’s victory lap, a new U.S.–UK “trade deal” made its debut from the Oval. I use that...
When the Machines Move the Markets
There was a time when Wall Street’s biggest risk factor was something tangible—oil prices, war, a Lehman moment. But this week, the markets got spooked not by a natural disaster...
Why Family Offices Are Doubling Down on Real Estate in 2025
The big money is moving quietly, but deliberately.Family offices—those private entities managing the capital of ultra-wealthy families—are ramping up their exposure to commercial...
What I Heard at Milken: Real Talk from the Front Lines of Global Capital
Yesterday, I spent the day at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles — the annual collision of finance, tech, and policy that turns the Beverly Hilton into ground...
Legacy is a Long Game
By Daniel KaufmanIn an industry obsessed with next quarters and next exits, the most powerful thing you can do is play the long game. Warren Buffett did that better than...