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The CRE Weekly Digest by LightBox — 119 episodes · page 1 of 2

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When Markets Stop Making Sense – AI Credit Risk, Inflation & CRE's Value Divide

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Singing the CRE Blues – Rising Rates, Falling Sentiment, and a Market That Won't Quit

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The Runaway Train—Why the 10-Year Won't Stop Climbing

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CRE Triage – Who Survives the Refinancing Squeeze?

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Peas and Carrots—CRE Keeps Moving as Rates Bite

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Playing Offense in a K-Shaped CRE Market with Jeff Brown, CEO of T2

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CRE’s Fall Test – Can Deals Defy a 5% 10-Year?

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High Yields, Big Bets: Where CRE Capital Is Still Moving

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CRE’s Next Inflection Point – Caution, Capital and Contradictions

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CRE Has Momentum. Can It Survive a 5% 10-Year?

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Risk On Again? CRE Faces a Reality Check

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The Market's New Reality – Higher Rates, Stronger Deals

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No End in Sight: Oil, Yields, and CRE’s Resilience

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“As Good As It Gets”? The Second Half Gets Another Stress Test

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Chutes and Ladders – A Sobering Week as the Bull Case Meets Reality

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

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

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Hope Is Not a Strategy—Why CRE Keeps Moving Forward

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CRE Keeps Moving Despite Market Headwinds

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

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

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

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Another Bizarro Week and CRE’s Next Stress Test

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

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Markets Defy Logic While CRE Holds Its Ground

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

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Inside CRE’s Next Cycle with Joe McBride of SitusAMC

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Markets on Edge, CRE Holds Steady

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

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Is CRE in the Danger Zone?

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

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

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

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

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

36

Navigating Market Potholes as CRE Optimism Holds

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Rate Cut, Rising Optimism, and Early Thoughts on 2026

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

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Thanksgiving Week Signals—Rates, Risk, and Resets

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Signals and Sentiment—Markets Jitter as CRE Data Reveals Contrasts

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

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

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

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Market Resilience and Rising Optimism – CRE’s Quiet Comeback

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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CRE Post Tariffs—Safe Harbor or Risk of Downdraft?

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

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

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

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Can CRE Investors Dodge Tariff and GSA Office Turbulence?

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

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

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

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Policy Twists, Market Turns: CRE Activity Stays Positive

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

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Gaming out 2025 for CRE with Ryan Severino

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Market Exhales on Fresh Data

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CRE Enthusiasm High, Will Bond Market Cooperate?

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The Bulls Are Beating the Bears in Early 2025

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The Year in Review: Successes, Setbacks, and Surprises

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

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

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

98

Bond Market Concerns: Is the Fed Blowing It?

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Private REIT Market Momentum

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