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AI Boom Pulls Dollars From Home Improvement as Building Products Face a Drawn-Out Recovery

Via The Registry · August 28, 2026
Compiled by Real Estate Trail Editorial · August 28, 2026

Why this matters

Commercial real estate continues to digest a multi-year reset in cost of capital. Transaction velocity is below the 2019-2021 trend but improving, cap rates have stabilized across most stabilized property types, and the bid-ask gap has narrowed materially in the past two quarters. Sponsors with permanent capital and operating platforms have an advantage in the current execution environment. The next twelve months will continue to reward underwriting discipline and operational sophistication over balance-sheet aggression.

Editorial analysis · Real Estate Trail Editorial

Excerpt from The Registry:
Speaking to building products executives, John Burns Research and Consulting principal Nishu Sood made the case for a slow, uneven recovery stretching into 2027, pointing to a 91 percent jump in home-buying costs, rem…
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