Housing Emergency, Mid-6% Mortgage Rates, and Major CRE Deals

GRO GROUP MARKET UPDATE for September 2, 2025. We cover mortgage rates holding in the mid-6 percent range with the 10-year Treasury near recent levels, ISM Manufacturing at 48.7, and mixed trends in construction spending. On policy, the administration is discussing a potential national housing emergency focused on permitting, fees, and input costs; no declaration has been issued. In transactions, San Francisco’s Parc 55 and Hilton Union Square advance out of receivership, SL Green enters contract for 346 Madison Avenue and 11 East 44th Street (about 160 million dollars), and industrial deals print in Southern California (about 165.5 million dollars) and Dallas–Fort Worth (60.3 million dollars). We close with a “new-build math” framework comparing builder buydowns and incentives with existing-home comps.Happy selling!Teresa Grobecker, MBA, CRPC. Investment Banker, Angel to Series C, Capital Formation, CRE and Gov Contracting, Defense, Policy and Real Assets Investor, Futurist and Fixer at the Intersection of FinanceCA DRE 01908507 NMLS 1286612, CEO and Broker of Record, Grobecker Holland International, Inc., CA DRE 01976696 NMLS 1295266