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The CRE Weekly Digest by LightBox — 104 episodes

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Six Months In – The Market's Biggest Surprises and What's Next

2

“Banks Are Back, Baby.” Buckle Up for H2 2026

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Hope Is Not a Strategy—Why CRE Keeps Moving Forward

4

CRE Keeps Moving Despite Market Headwinds

5

Special Edition: LightBox CEO Eric Frank on How Connecting CRE Data Lays the Foundation for Smarter Decisions

6

Office Reinvention, Multifamily Momentum, and a Better Week for Markets

7

Don’t Take Away the Punchbowl – Markets, Momentum & Memorial Day

8

Another Bizarro Week and CRE’s Next Stress Test

9

CRE’s Jenga Market: Why Commercial Real Estate Keeps Defying Gravity

10

Markets Defy Logic While CRE Holds Its Ground

11

Stuck in Neutral or Ready to Surge? CRE Weighs Risk and Resilience with Oil at $100

12

Inside CRE’s Next Cycle with Joe McBride of SitusAMC

13

Markets on Edge, CRE Holds Steady

14

Volatility Everywhere—CRE Holds the Line, But for How Long?

15

Is CRE in the Danger Zone?

16

CRE Caught in the Crosswinds – Rising Rates, Gating Risks, and a Market at an Inflection Point

17

Whipsaw Week – Iran, Private Equity Stress, and an Upbeat CRE Index – What Comes Next?

18

War, Oil Spikes, Private Equity Jitters, and a Market on Edge

19

The Case for a Goldilocks Market, Steady Deal Flow & Olympic Goalie Magic

20

The Wall of Maturities, “Revenge of the Midwest,” and a Surprise Bull Case for Office from Guest Richard Hill

21

Navigating Market Potholes as CRE Optimism Holds

22

Wave of Sell-Offs Triggers Market Jitters but CRE Holds Its Ground

23

Strong Deals, Soft Data – CRE’s Cautious Optimism Tested

24

Boots on the Ground: Retail’s Human Element in an AI-Driven World with Gregg Katz

25

CRE’s Calm in the Chaos—Positive Bank Signals, Robust Year-End Deal Surge, and 2026 Momentum

26

Head-Scratchers, Housing Shockwaves, and a December to Remember

27

2026 Outlook—Bull vs. Bear and the Forces Shaping CRE’s Next Chapter

28

Special Year in Review Edition: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of 2025

29

Rate Cut, Rising Optimism, and Early Thoughts on 2026

30

Signals, Slowdowns, and Surprises Kick Off the Final Month of 2025

31

Thanksgiving Week Signals—Rates, Risk, and Resets

32

Signals and Sentiment—Markets Jitter as CRE Data Reveals Contrasts

33

Shutdown Relief, Markets Exhale, and a Confidence Check for CRE

34

New York’s Bold Bet, Mixed Signals, and CRE’s “Back-ish” Recovery

35

A Haunted Market? Rate Cuts, Layoffs, and the Fed’s Balancing Act

36

Market Resilience and Rising Optimism – CRE’s Quiet Comeback

37

Tariffs, Data Blackouts & Pricing Reset – CRE’s Quiet Strength

38

Shutdown Week 2, Fed Cut Signals, CRE Liquidity, Lending & Deals

39

Markets Shrug, CRE Activity Steadies – Government Shutdown Risks, Bankruptcy Signals & SF’s Two Office Realities

40

Diverse Data Signals – Equity Highs, Housing Pops, and Multifamily Moves

41

Murky Markets, Steady CRE – A Fed Rate Cut, Housing Slump, and Transaction Trends

42

CRE Appraisals in Focus – Valuations, Refis & the Data Center Boom with Craig Benton of Synovus Financial

43

Jobs Jitters, Tariff Twists & CRE Activity Late-Summer Slowdown

44

Episode 61: CMBS & CRE CLOs: What the Data Gets Right (and Misses) with Michael Haas, CRED iQ

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REITs Demystified – Dividend Machines, Market Signals & What CRE Investors Miss

46

Inflation Fails to Shake Equity Markets, Focus on Rate Cuts while CRE Holds Firm

47

CRE 2025 Forecast – Rate Cuts, Resilience, and the Rise of AI with Economist Ryan Severino

48

Mixed Bag — Fed Holds Rates, Corporate Earnings Falter, but CRE Outlook Sentiment Rises

49

Forecasting Through Fog — Rebecca Rockey on Stagflation, Tariffs & the CRE Outlook

50

Markets Dodge DC Drama – Inflation Muted, Bank Earnings Strong, and Industrial Bets Rise

51

A Tale of Two Markets – CRE Distress vs. CMBS Resurgence with Morningstar’s David Putro

52

Midyear 2025 CRE Pulse Check and Outlook – Navigating the Second Half

53

Markets Surge, AI Booms, and CRE Activity Shows Resilience Even with Geopolitical Volatility and Fed-Policy Uncertainty

54

Shifting Sails–Navigating CRE Risk in the Era of Uncertainty–Holly Neber on Climate Risk, Insurance Shocks & Resilience

55

Inflation Eases, Tariff Tensions Cool, CRE Activity Dips & FEMA Fades — Good News, Bad News for CRE

56

In the CMBS Trenches with Shlomo Chopp— Distress, Risk, and Finding Diamonds in the Rough

57

Despite Tariff Turmoil Fatigue and Retail Recalibration, CRE Investment Holds Steady

58

Navigating CRE Lending Amid Economic Uncertainty with Eastern Bank's Matthew Osborne

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Bob Knakal & Rod Santomassimo—Mastering CRE Sales and What It Really Takes to Sell 2,350 Buildings

60

Market Rebound—Too Much Too Fast? Trade Hopes Rise, CRE Activity Up, Fed Holds Back

61

CRE Distress Decoded with Tammy & David Goldfisher—The Real Story Behind Loan Workouts, Distressed Assets & Capital Market Risk

62

A Turnabout on Trade and Fed Talk? Plus the Housing Slump & First CRE Draft—A Market on Edge

63

The Fed, Rate Cuts, and the CRE Reset with former Fed Insider Tyler Wiggers

64

CRE Capital Markets with Rick Jones—How Distress, Demand and Debt are Reshaping the Real Estate Cycle

65

CRE Post Tariffs—Safe Harbor or Risk of Downdraft?

66

State of the CRE Debt Market—Insights from CREFC’s Lisa Pendergast

67

The Fed Soothes Market Madness Plus Retail Sales, Housing, Big CRE Deals, and Leaps of Faith

68

CRE Deal Activity Surges—Will Recession Fears Drag Investors Down?

69

Can CRE Investors Dodge Tariff and GSA Office Turbulence?

70

Five Things the Market Did Last Week—Bonds, Housing, AI, Office, and Retail

71

Mixed Signals: Walmart's Downbeat Outlook & DOGE Federal Lease Cuts Against Positive Office Momentum

72

Inflation Concerns, CRE Lending, and Why You Shouldn’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basket

73

Policy Twists, Market Turns: CRE Activity Stays Positive

74

DeepSeek Disruption, CRE Market Sentiment, and Retail & Office Trends

75

Gaming out 2025 for CRE with Ryan Severino

76

Market Exhales on Fresh Data

77

CRE Enthusiasm High, Will Bond Market Cooperate?

78

The Bulls Are Beating the Bears in Early 2025

79

The Year in Review: Successes, Setbacks, and Surprises

80

Investors Eager to Indulge in Fed Punch Bowl, but Will Sticky Inflation Bring a Hangover?

81

CRE – Yellow Brick Road vs. The Boulevard of Broken Dreams

82

The Appetite for CRE Lending Is There, So What’s Missing?

83

Bond Market Concerns: Is the Fed Blowing It?

84

Private REIT Market Momentum

85

Special Edition – The Trump Economic Agenda, Another Rate Cut, and CRE Activity Index

86

CRE Market: Recalibrating Investor Confidence

87

From Debt Markets to Data Centers: Brian Olasov on CRE’s Next Moves

88

Election 2024: Navigating the Risks and Opportunities for CRE

89

Did the Fed Rate Cut Backfire?

90

Can CRE Good Will Sidestep a Hurricane, Labor Strike, and War?

91

CRE Forecasting — How Many Ways Can You Say Cautious Optimism?

92

Special Edition — What the Fed Rate Cut Means for CRE

93

Market Signals Keep CRE Investors Guarded

94

Soft Landing in Doubt with Fresh Data

95

Investors Close the Book on August; Look Toward Rate Cuts

96

Game On for the CRE Market in Q4?

97

From Market Rout to Rally: What Recession Fears?

98

After A Two-Day Panic, Can CRE Market Participants Exhale?

99

Can Lower Rates Offset Market Jitters For CRE?

100

Headline Risk Keeps CRE Investors Defensive

101

CRE bruised but not battered

102

Intrepid Buyers Serve as Counterweight to Bad News

103

Nobody Puts Commercial Real Estate in a Corner

104

The CRE grind, silver linings, and intrepid developers