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03/20/2019

How do foreign buyers impact a city’s health and economic landscape? If NYC decides to tax pieds-a-terre (as HK, Paris, London, Vancouver already do), how will the American market shift, esp on the east coast?

High-end real estate brokers in New York worry that foreign second-home buyers are feeling under assault from all sides and may end up going elsewhere. Already wary of President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, they now see a planned tax on absentee owners as a swipe from the political left...

03/07/2019

Looking forward to IMN Real Estate's Middle-Market Forum where Principal Gabriel Pozo will discuss institutional capital and joint ventures with fellow panelists. Get in touch if you'd like to set up a meeting while we are in Dallas!

02/21/2019

Despite low unemployment, student debt continued to climb to record highs in Q4 2018. What impact will the massive student debt crisis have on residential and multi-housing real estate?

Student-loan delinquencies surged last year, hitting consecutive records of $166.3 billion in the third quarter and $166.4 billion in the fourth.

02/13/2019

The number of renters nationwide earning $150,000 or greater has nearly tripled over the past decade, according to a recent study by RENTCafé. Is this indicative of housing unaffordability, restrictive financing qualifications, renter-by-choice, or some combination of the three?

And what it tells the rest of us about the state of the housing market.

02/12/2019

If stocks are expected to return 5% on average over the next decade, then how does that compare with bonds when factoring in risk, and what should be the expectation for returns on real estate?

With returns slowing as earnings and economic growth cool off, Americans will need to save more for longer, according to Vanguard.

01/24/2019

We’re looking forward to in-depth sessions on market intelligence and innovation at the National Multifamily Housing Council's Annual Meeting in San Diego next week Jan 29-31. Interested in scheduling a meeting with principal Gabriel Pozo while in SD? Let us know: http://advaluremgroup.com/contact/

01/23/2019

Apple’s recent announcement that it’s building a new $1 billion campus in Austin, Tex. adds momentum to the trend among tech startups and investors to look beyond Silicon Valley to incubate and grow the next generation of innovative companies https://on.mktw.net/2sDN3kl

Best and brightest workers increasingly are locating to up-and-coming, affordable U.S. cities.

01/22/2019

Latest tax reforms herald major shifts in landscape. Lowered state & local impact residents of higher-tax states (NY, CT, NJ, CA etc). Potential movement away from these areas and into lower-tax states will bring changes across the board. Which states will benefit from this movement and how will they benefit?

https://smartasset.com/taxes/trumps-plan-to-eliminate-the-state-and-local-tax-deduction-explained

The new tax law caps the state and local tax deduction at $10,000. What does this mean for taxpayers who itemize their taxes and live in high-tax states...

11/06/2018

Amazon.com is now purportedly looking to split HQ2 between Long Island City and Crystal City. If confirmed, this will mean considerable change in the landscapes of Queens, NY and Arlington, VA.

via The New York Times—"HQ2 would be 'full equal to our current campus in Seattle,' the company said. If Amazon goes ahead with two new sites, it is unclear whether the company would refer to both of the locations as headquarters or if they would amount to large satellite offices."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/technology/amazon-second-headquarters-split.html

The surprise change would allow the company to tap into the talent pools of two different regions.

09/11/2018

Principal Gabriel Pozo will be joining a featured panel of veteran at the Wisconsin Real Estate Alumni Association - WREAA Biennial Wisconsin Real Estate Conference on Friday 9/14. Join us in hearing stories from panelists who began their own real estate companies, and sharing insights on entrepreneurship in today’s market.

08/22/2018

Infrastructure Update: After 60 years, I-95 is complete. The new interchange at PA Turnpike and I-95 will link these two major highways and enable I-95 to continue directly to the NJ Turnpike. Aside from improved access and traffic flow, this nearly half a billion dollar infrastructure project should increase economic activity along the bordering counties of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Via

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-20/after-60-years-i-95-is-complete

Meanwhile, the rest of America’s roadways, rails and bridges are disintegrating.