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The only thing offices provided was overhead. Remote work kept the productivity. AI took the rest. pic.twitter.com/vyNRPlq3Ee — Cactus Jack (@CactusJackMemo) November 20, 2025 The U.S. office market has hit a critical point, with vacancy rates soaring to historic highs …
‼️US commercial real estate CRISIS in one chart: Office space vacancy rates hit ~20% in Q2 2025, the highest share on RECORD. Vacant office space has almost DOUBLED in 5 years. This is also WAY above the post-Great Financial Crisis …
An empty 16-story office building at 995 Market Street in San Francisco recently sold for a mere $6.5 million. This price represents a staggering 90% plunge from its 2016 value of $62 million. The building, which was once home to Burning Man headquarters and later occupied by …
The landscape of US commercial real estate (CRE) is facing unprecedented challenges, with prices plummeting 21% from their 2022 peaks. The latest figures reveal a staggering milestone: the US office vacancy rate has surged to a historic high of 19%, …
by confoundedinterest17 I said over and over again, Bidenomics will be a drag. Larger cracks are appearing in the US commercial real estate market at a time when uncertainty around the regional bank industry flashes red. The latest report from …
Offices Around America Hit a New Vacancy Record. “A staggering 19.6% of office space in major U.S. cities wasn’t leased as of the fourth quarter, according to Moody’s Analytics, up from 18.8% a year earlier. That is slightly above the previous …
Cities like Phoenix on the brink of recording all-time high eviction numbers, as a growing number of apartments resort to desperate measures, including offering three months of free rent, amidst an unprecedented construction boom. The housing rental market is absolutely …
by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics is a train wreck. But unlike E. Palestine Ohio, the site of a train derailment and massive toxic spill (for which Biden has yet to visit), Bidenomics is a continuing train wreck. The first chart is the …
New ApartmentList data dropped The United States hit the HIGHEST average vacancy rate since they started tracking data in 2017 with the following metros hitting 6+ year highs: pic.twitter.com/8xqVfGyKef — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) August 2, 2023 “Similar to 2007 levels” …
by confoundedinterest17 Thanks to The Federal Reserve, office property values have gone crazy despite rising vacancy rates. US office space vacancies (white line) have soared since 2008 as The Fed’s massive monetary expansion (blue and green line) has not helped. But …
Some US banks are preparing to sell off property loans at a discount even when borrowers are up to date on repayments, a sign of their determination to reduce exposure to the teetering commercial real estate market, per FT. — …
