This month we share news on some great new media that was released in August. You will also hear about new CBC national rankings, updates to our learning team, new educational classes available as well as content to share with your clients.
The first half of the year was filled with uncertainty as the U.S. began emerging from under the cloud of a global pandemic. Not only did the economy need to get re-started, but businesses across the country also sought new ways to energize their brand.
A conversation with two highly sought-after presenters, coaches, leaders, and entrepreneurs about how professionals can achieve great success and how top performers can push to the next level.
Cryptocurrency is a hot topic amongst investors, entrepreneurs, and essentially anyone involved in technology, business, and/or finance. The use of cryptocurrency is expected to spread into the real estate sector in the coming years. The rise of this digital payment isn’t surprising, given the number of companies that now accept it for goods and services. In fact, legendary entrepreneur Mark Cuban made headlines when he announced that dogecoin, a popular form of cryptocurrency, can be used to pay for tickets and merchandise online for supporters of the Dallas Mavericks, the NBA team that he owns.
The prevailing thought about the Federal Reserve stimulating the economy with injections of newly printed money, to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, is that inflation will be temporary. The Fed has assured us that as production gets back to normal, prices will come down to stabilized levels and this will keep our economic engine humming as it did before the pandemic. But what if higher labor costs and rising housing expenses are the new normal and don’t come back down?
Join three CBC distinguished professionals as they share best practices and experiences on how they navigated through Commercial Real Estate to become the professionals that they are today. We will hear from Kathi Constanzo, Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT in Pasadena, CA, Ryan Murphy, Coldwell Banker Commercial Devonshire in Champaign, IL and Nathan Matelich with Coldwell Banker Commercial CBS in Billings Montana.
This month we discuss some great new podcast episodes that dropped the past month in July. We also share some new recruitment materials, an update to our Demographics tool and information on upcoming training.
On this episode, Dan Spiegel, Managing Director of Coldwell Banker Commercial, takes a deep dive into the recently published 2021 Mid- Year Update report, where they look back on the first half of 2021 and cover likely CRE trends for the remainder of the year.
The numbers for the first half of 2021 show that market activity has resumed, and commercial real estate is recovering ground lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. There was a significant decline in sales and leasing activity at the outset of the pandemic in 2020 and although there has been a subsequent spike in construction costs, CRE markets are faring better than expected.
The success and growth of CBC Worldwide is directly correlated to its people. That talent, dedication and expertise is contributed by more than 2,000 professionals at 200 companies throughout the U.S. and internationally. Currently,140 of the brand’s brokerage professionals have earned the prestigious Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation by the CCIM Institute including three recent inductees Michael Salik, Virginia “Ginny” Squire and Rob Thomas.