Creativity Is the Deal Right Now
Sitting at the table with our agents in this week’s Brokerage Meeting, one theme kept coming up: Creativity.
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If you’ve looked at recent office market data for suburban Detroit, Michigan, the headline number isn’t encouraging. Vacancy across the suburban office market is hovering around 22 percent, a figure that suggests a market still working through years of post-pandemic recalibration. Talk to a broker who’s actually in these buildings every week, though, and the picture gets more specific and more useful.
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The term real estate usually conjures up images of buildings, whether residential, commercial, or industrial. However, the newest trend in industrial real estate doesn’t involve buildings at all. Now you can sell large plots of land, even if you don’t plan to ever build on them. This trend is called industrial outdoor storage, and it’s making good use of land that can’t be developed but is essential to the real estate business.
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All eyes are on the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield and what its rapid ascent could mean for the ongoing recovery in CRE. A much-talked-about “ceiling” of 4.5% has been reached. Above this level, analysts say the market may at least be forced to reckon with a new lending environment. At worst, it may face a sustained period of repricing. How long the current yield increase will stick is anyone’s guess, but with the 10-year Treasury hitting a 16-month high this week, market participants are taking a longer look at the implications.
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We were invited back to our alma mater, the University of Missouri, to speak with the Real Estate Club (MOREC) at their monthly meeting, and what we walked into wasn’t what we expected; in many ways, it was better.
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The commercial real estate sector as a whole and transaction activity within specific sectors are seeing positive growth this year, according to CORFAC’s 2026 Spring Market Survey. Respondents from across the global network are expressing optimism about the market’s performance and the prospects for their businesses this year.
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With my term as 2026 CORFAC President underway, I’m thrilled to continue investing in our collaborative global network of independent commercial real estate firms. Our strength lies in the expertise and local market leadership of our members, and one of my primary goals is to amplify the value those firms deliver to one another and to clients.
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CORFAC International is proud to announce the winners of our 2025 COR$TAR Awards, which recognize the largest member-to-member referral transactions completed within the global network last year. The awards highlight the power of collaboration among CORFAC’s member firms and the value delivered to clients when members collaborate across markets.
Read More CORFAC International is pleased to announce Joe Santaularia, of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services/CORFAC International in Dallas, Texas, will begin his term as 2026 President of the global organization on January 1. Additional officers include Vice President Trent Scott, CCIM, First Capital Property Group/CORFAC International in Orlando, Florida; Treasurer Dan Dokovic, SIOR, Intelica/CORFAC International in…
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In person meetings amongst CORFAC members go a long way toward building profitable business relationships. This year’s CORFAC 2025 Fall Summit in Amsterdam had all European affiliates present with great attendance from the USA and Canada. We missed our colleagues from Asia as well as the rest of the Americas, but you were close in our thoughts as we discussed new business opportunities.
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