Real Estate Blog

The $4-plus/gallon of gas threshold hit this summer has pushed the real estate industry in unforeseen ways -- fundamentally altering how it behaves and its understanding of markets.

It is changing the way brokers market property, how brokerages charge clients, how managers budget improvements, how tenants decide where to locate, how local governments are approaching development and transportation issues, how consumers decide where to spend money, how logistics firms manage their distribution centers, how landlords calculate their expense pass-throughs, and how lenders fund construction projects and acquisitions. It has investors adjusting their acquisition criteria and has asset managers recalculating cash flows. And these are just a few of the ways.

Written by Mark Herschmeyer

Costar Group