Boulder Commercial Real Estate: An Investing Haven
Ever heard of how the Japanese Yin and the Swiss Franc are considered haven currencies? In the face of geopolitical risk and weak bond markets, these currencies tend to hold their value. The city of Boulder is real estate’s version of a safe haven currency. It’s historically resilient real estate market is an attractive option for investors in times like these, when the stock market is volatile, interest rates are on the rise, and the bond market is in shambles. Investors are on the hunt for safer places to invest their money and many have turned to Boulder’s real estate market. However, with all the product being swept up, inventory is
How Discount Stores Have Managed Better Retail Earnings
As the news of yet another shut down of big box retailer, Toys “R” Us, broke last week, disruptionin the brick-and-mortar retail sector appears to be at an all-time high. However, while big shutdowns seem to dominate the news, one retail sector has quietly been on the rise for 5 years: the legendary discount store. The discount store model Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, Dollar General, Big Lots. So many monikers and they are everywhere. They make their offering unmistakable: necessities like hydrogen peroxide, ziplock bags, and toothpaste at impossibly low prices. And their simple strategy – economy of scale and low-budget, mid-sized properties – appears
Why Everyone is Moving from the Costs to the Boulder Area
There has been a lot of buzz about the boom of mid-tier markets, particularly those located along the sun belt and in the west and south. Of Amazon’s list of 20 finalist cities to host its second headquarters, 12 are non-coastal cities. In the fourth quarter of last year, Redfin reported that users in more expensive, high-tax coastal markets like San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles, searched for homes in metro areas like Sacramento, Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Nashville where taxes are lower, the weather is friendly, and housing is more affordable. Many mid-tier markets in the middle of