COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE'S ECONOMIC ADVISORS

While many celebrate the recent positive shift in home prices, the emergent optimism neglects a critical piece of the puzzle: inflation.

Personal inflation rates for homeowners have recovered, while renters continue to see atypically high annual increases.

Due to high prices and tight underwriting standards, many renters now expect there’s a good chance they will never own in their lifetime.

A return to a normal inflationary environment has come more quickly for homeowners than renters, though progress remains across the board.