HousingWire
Why your next open house should start with the neighbors
Via HousingWire · July 20, 2026
Compiled by Real Estate Trail Editorial · July 20, 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.
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Excerpt from HousingWire:
Let me ask you something. When was the last time you treated an open house like a one-day event instead of what it actually is: a long-term investment in the street it sits on? Most agents do it backward, and I get it…
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