Economy

Cresa’s Annual Market Insight Reports Deliver Fresh Data Tracking Boston CRE Landscape in 2026

Cresa’s Annual Market Insight Reports Deliver Fresh Data Tracking Boston CRE Landscape in 2026

Source: Cresa BostonBy: ACCESS Newswire From downtown to suburbs, Cresa’s tenant teams see both opportunities and risks BOSTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / February 5, 2026 / Boston’s premier tenant-focused commercial real estate firm, Cresa, announced today the release of its 2026 Greater Boston Market Insight Reports, which provide a first-hand look at the trends and opportunities in the region’s […]

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Lending standards ease — constructive signal for commercial real estate

Lending standards ease — constructive signal for commercial real estate

By Mile SobolikSource: Invesco US commercial real estate (CRE) got an encouraging signal. Banks have begun to ease underwriting standards for CRE loans for the first time since interest rates started rising in 2022, according to the January 2026 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS) from the Federal Reserve. It suggests lenders are gaining confidence that market conditions […]

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Lower interest rates may bring focus back to real estate for many investors

Source: Milwaukee Business JournalBy Shawn Swenson After multiple years of declining capital flows, could 2026 mark a comeback for commercial real estate (“CRE”) funding? A report by Cushman & Wakefield* provided an interesting summary of private CRE fundraising. While fundraising topped $160 billion in 2021 and 2022, that number decreased significantly in 2023 and was […]

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Fed’s Cook Says Jobs Revisions Could Signal a ‘Turning Point’

Fed’s Cook Says Jobs Revisions Could Signal a ‘Turning Point’

By Maria Eloisa Capurro and Amara Omeokwe Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook called the July jobs report “concerning,” and said it could signal an inflection point for the US economy. “These revisions are somewhat typical of turning points,” Cook said Wednesday during a moderated discussion organized by the Boston Fed. Data published last week pointed to a sharp […]

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U.S. Economy

U.S. Economy Slowed in First Half of 2025 as Tariffs Scrambled Data

By Ben Casselman Economic growth softened in the first half of the year, as tariffs and uncertainty upended business plans and scrambled consumers’ spending decisions. Gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, increased at a 3 percent annual rate in the second quarter, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday. That topped forecasters’ expectations and appeared to […]

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Google commits to buy 200MW from Mass. fusion company

Google commits to buy 200MW from Mass. fusion company

By Lucia Maffei  Google and Massachusetts-Based CFS Advance Commercial Fusion Energy The promise of fusion energy—clean, limitless power—is gaining urgency as AI technologies demand massive computational energy. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), based in Devens, Massachusetts, announced Monday a deepened partnership with Google, which plans to purchase 200 megawatts of fusion power from the MIT spinoff. Google […]

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