2023-24 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®

The Counselors of Real Estate® and its 1,000 credentialed real estate advisors have identified the current and emerging issues expected to have the most significant impact on all sectors of real estate. The Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® are determined through broad membership polling, discussion, and debate. Now in its 12th year, this signature thought leadership initiative… Read more

2022-23 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®

The Counselors of Real Estate has identified the current and emerging issues expected to have the most significant impact on all sectors of real estate—each determined through polling, discussion, and debate among the broad Counselors’ membership.  As the commercial real estate industry faces an unprecedented era of uncertainty, the influence of inflation and interest rates… Read more

2021-22 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®

Bifurcation of Capital Markets Adaptive Reuse 2.0 Economic Structural Change Political Polarization Housing Supply and Affordability Infrastructure: New Imperatives Emerge Logistics ESG at a Tipping Point Technology Acceleration and Innovation Remote Work & Mobility View PDF Report 10. Bifurcation of Capital Markets While we may not be experiencing the steep drops on our roller coaster… Read more

2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®

The Counselors of Real Estate has identified the current and emerging issues expected to have the most significant impact on real estate for the foreseeable future, with the COVID-19 pandemic being the leading concern of the 1,000-member organization. Download PDF Version COVID-19 Economic Renewal Capital Market Risk Public & Private Indebtedness Affordable Housing Flow of People… Read more

2019-20 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate™

The Counselors of Real Estate has identified the current and emerging issues expected to have the most significant impact on real estate in 2019 and 2020, with U.S. infrastructure being a primary concern of the 1,100-member organization. Infrastructure Housing In America Weather And Climate-Related Risks The Technology Effect End-Of-Cycle Economics Political Division Capital Market Risk… Read more

External Affairs Alert – Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate™ 2018-2019

New for 2018-2019: Current and Longer-Term Impacts Identified Counselors’ clients seek advice on today’s issues which will impact property today–and today’s issues which will impact their decisions over the next ten years.  In a break with how The Counselors’ has announced its Top Ten list in past years, the Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate™ 2018-2019 differentiates… Read more

External Affairs Alert – June 2017 – The CRE® 2017-18 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate

The CRE 2017-18 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate: Political Polarization and Global Uncertainty The Technology Boom Generational Disruption Retail Disruption Infrastructure Investment Housing: The Big Mismatch Lost Decades of the Middle Class Real Estate’s Emerging Role in Health Care Immigration Climate Change 1. Political Polarization and Global Uncertainty Political Polarization and Global Uncertainty are impacting… Read more

External Affairs Alert – Is Retail at a Tipping Point?

Stories about the death of brick and mortar retail stores have been accelerating in the news for several months. Several large retailers have closed some (or all) of their outlets. Some experts predict that retail will never bounce back, as we have known it. Others are saying it WILL, but it’s going to take vision… Read more

External Affairs Alert – Is Retail in Trouble, or just Re-Aligning?

KC Conway, CRE, writes: “I spoke this week at ICSC Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic conference in Charlotte … on more than the drone of store closings and e-commerce killing retail. A slide below may be useful regarding the good side of retail amidst hundreds more store closings in 2017. … The headline on retail commercial real… Read more

The Counselors of Real Estate®, established in 1953, is an international group of high profile professionals including members of prominent real estate, financial, legal and accounting firms as well as leaders of government and academia who provide expert, objective advice on complex real property situations and land-related matters. Membership is selective, extended by invitation only. The organization’s CRE® (Counselor of Real Estate) credential is granted to all members in recognition of superior problem solving ability in various areas of real estate counseling. For more information, contact The Counselors of Real Estate