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The CRE Weekly Digest by LightBox — 96 episodes

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

2

Markets Defy Logic While CRE Holds Its Ground

3

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

4

Inside CRE’s Next Cycle with Joe McBride of SitusAMC

5

Markets on Edge, CRE Holds Steady

6

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

7

Is CRE in the Danger Zone?

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

Navigating Market Potholes as CRE Optimism Holds

14

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

15

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

16

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

Rate Cut, Rising Optimism, and Early Thoughts on 2026

22

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

23

Thanksgiving Week Signals—Rates, Risk, and Resets

24

Signals and Sentiment—Markets Jitter as CRE Data Reveals Contrasts

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

Market Resilience and Rising Optimism – CRE’s Quiet Comeback

29

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

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

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

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

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

41

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

42

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

43

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

44

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

45

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

46

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

47

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

48

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

49

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

50

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

51

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

52

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

53

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

54

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

55

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

56

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

57

CRE Post Tariffs—Safe Harbor or Risk of Downdraft?

58

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

59

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

60

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

61

Can CRE Investors Dodge Tariff and GSA Office Turbulence?

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

Policy Twists, Market Turns: CRE Activity Stays Positive

66

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

67

Gaming out 2025 for CRE with Ryan Severino

68

Market Exhales on Fresh Data

69

CRE Enthusiasm High, Will Bond Market Cooperate?

70

The Bulls Are Beating the Bears in Early 2025

71

The Year in Review: Successes, Setbacks, and Surprises

72

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

73

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

74

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

75

Bond Market Concerns: Is the Fed Blowing It?

76

Private REIT Market Momentum

77

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

78

CRE Market: Recalibrating Investor Confidence

79

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

80

Election 2024: Navigating the Risks and Opportunities for CRE

81

Did the Fed Rate Cut Backfire?

82

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

83

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

84

Special Edition — What the Fed Rate Cut Means for CRE

85

Market Signals Keep CRE Investors Guarded

86

Soft Landing in Doubt with Fresh Data

87

Investors Close the Book on August; Look Toward Rate Cuts

88

Game On for the CRE Market in Q4?

89

From Market Rout to Rally: What Recession Fears?

90

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

91

Can Lower Rates Offset Market Jitters For CRE?

92

Headline Risk Keeps CRE Investors Defensive

93

CRE bruised but not battered

94

Intrepid Buyers Serve as Counterweight to Bad News

95

Nobody Puts Commercial Real Estate in a Corner

96

The CRE grind, silver linings, and intrepid developers