The Changing Global Economy, Debt Capital Market Retrenchment, and Demographic Shifts Lead the New List of The CRE 2016-17 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate. The Counselors or Real Estate open the floor to the members at the mid-year meeting each year, and discuss and rank items of relevance regarding current or anticipated trends that will shape and influence commercial, industrial and institutional grade real estate activities in the coming year. The items detailed this year were:

1. The Changing Global Economy

2. Debt Capital Market Retrenchment

3. Demographic Shifts

4. Densification/Urbanization

5. The Political Environment

6. Housing Affordability and Credit Constraints

7. The Disappearing Middle Class

8.  Energy

9. The Sharing/Virtual Economy

10. The Rise of “Experiential” Retail

Read about these topics and others that are on the Watch List by visiting the CRE website at cre.org. Please call if you would like Raymond A. Jackson, CRE, MAI to speak before your group to discuss these items, or coordinate a panel presentation with your members to use all or some of the Top 10 items relative to the effects on you and your business.