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Medical office real estate remains one of the most defensive asset classes in U.S. commercial real estate. This 2026 Medical Office Demand Durability Tracker analyzes occupancy resilience, leasing momentum, rent growth, and regional performance across major U.S. markets. Using market-level data and a forward-looking lens, the report evaluates how demographic growth, outpatient expansion, and telehealth adoption are reshaping medical office demand.

This benchmarking brief compares Build-to-Rent and traditional multifamily underwriting in the U.S. using Loan Analytics data. It analyzes cap rate spreads, DSCR, LTV, yield-on-cost, rent growth, vacancy, and operating expense assumptions to highlight how lenders and institutional investors are pricing risk in current market conditions.

Submarkets such as Port South and the Meadowlands continue to see robust leasing activity, highlighting their strategic value and appeal for modern warehouse and distribution spaces.

An unprecedented data center boom is forcing investors to scrutinize where to build next. Our market analyst brief ranks leading U.S. metros by a “Site Readiness” scorecard – weighing power capacity, land suitability, and development pipeline – to reveal which regions can best support the next wave of hyperscale data centers.

Retail Tenant Replacement Risk is a critical issue for U.S. retail real estate owners. This comprehensive research note explores the impact of anchor store closures – from lengthy re-tenanting downtime and rent differentials to hefty capital costs, DSCR impacts, NOI hits, and property value erosion – and outlines a strategic playbook to navigate the “anchor fallout” scenario.

As office vacancies remain elevated across U.S. downtowns, office-to-residential conversions have emerged as a critical tool to address housing shortages and stabilize urban cores. This feasibility heatmap ranks major U.S. metro areas based on building-level constraints such as floorplate depth, construction vintage, and residential rent assumptions, offering policy makers, investors, and developers a data-driven framework to assess where conversions are most viable and where

The office market’s “flight-to-quality” is no longer anecdotal. This analysis quantifies the widening gap between Class A and Class B office assets across rents, occupancy, sublease availability, and leasing behavior. Using a dashboard-style comparison with emphasis on New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, the report shows where quality premiums are expanding, where they are stabilizing, and what the divergence means for landlords, tenants, and investors in 2024 and

Demand for commercial real estate is surging in early 2026, propelled by a diverse set of industries. Technology, logistics, healthcare, finance, and more are leading a national rebound in leasing activity. Our Q1 2026 Scoreboard ranks the Top 10 industries driving space needs – complete with a clear table and sharp analysis for each sector. From Atlanta’s and Dallas’s leasing trends to macroeconomic drivers like AI, e-commerce, and reshoring, this briefing delivers data-rich

The CRE Overbuild Risk Index (By Metro + Asset Type) provides a structured, data-driven framework for identifying where new commercial real estate supply is most likely to outpace near- and mid-term demand across U.S. markets. By integrating construction pipeline intensity, vacancy and absorption trends, rent growth momentum, and forward-looking tenant industry demand, the index highlights metros and asset classes where overbuilding risk is elevated, stabilizing, or minimal.

“Hotel income is not ‘just rent’—underwrite it like an operating business.” Hotels are fundamentally different from apartments or office buildings. The nightly rental model means revenue resets every day, and performance swings with demand, seasonality, and management decisions. Traditional commercial real estate (CRE) valuation methods must be adjusted to account for this volatility. In this report, we connect the dots between STR metrics (industry jargon for Smith Travel R

Specialists in real estate credit risk, market forecasting, and asset-level underwriting frameworks. We support lenders with data-backed insights across mainstream and alternative U.S. real estate markets.

Rising RV ownership, expanding HOAs, and increasingly restrictive parking rules are creating a national shortage of off-site RV storage. Using the Loan Analytics RV Storage Demand Opportunity Index, this report identifies the U.S. metros and rural pockets with the highest unmet demand, quantifies the five-year outlook, and outlines strategic implications for developers, lenders, RV dealers, and municipal planners.

Prepared by the Loan Analytics Research Group, a specialized CRE analytics team focused on underwriting, valuation, and performance modeling for small-box assets. The team combines national transaction data, ancillary-income benchmarks, and regulatory insights to help lenders and investors assess NOI durability, DSCR resilience, and yield enhancement strategies across storage, RV parks, and fuel/convenience sites.

Adaptive reuse of vacant retail real estate is emerging as one of the most capital-efficient paths into the self-storage sector. As retail closures accelerate and demand for storage remains structurally resilient, investors are increasingly targeting big-box conversions to capture below-replacement-cost basis, faster delivery timelines, and earlier cash flow. This report presents a conversion scorecard—integrating market demand, building suitability, time-to-revenue.

Fuel retail is entering a decisive transition. Over the next decade, site value will be determined less by fuel throughput and more by convenience, charging infrastructure, and land optionality. Operators that modernize early—expanding non-fuel revenue and integrating EV fast charging—will preserve asset value, while those relying solely on gallons face accelerated obsolescence.

Industry Overview and 5-Year Outlook The U.S. RV park and campground industry has matured into a stable, income-producing real estate sector with steady growth. According to the Loan Analytics database, industry revenue reached $10.9 billion in 2025 , reflecting a 2.5% annual increase, and is projected to expand at roughly 1.9% CAGR  over the next five years to about $11.9 billion by 2030 . This modest growth trajectory – slightly above inflation – comes after an unprecedente

Introduction Express car washes have emerged as a high-growth segment in the U.S. auto services industry, attracting significant private equity and lender interest in recent years. The U.S. car wash and detailing industry  generates on the order of $18–21 billion in annual revenue  (2025) according to Loan Analytics data, with roughly 62,000 businesses  in operation. This fragmented sector ranges from small self-serve bays to large express tunnel chains, but express conveyor

Rising Operating Costs Erode Multifamily Margins Multifamily properties in the U.S. are facing an unprecedented surge in operating expenses that is testing the resilience of their debt service coverage ratios (DSCR). Landlords today grapple with sustained cost-shocks  across multiple fronts – from sharp increases in insurance premiums and property taxes to escalating utilities, labor, and construction-related costs. These rising operational costs are pressuring owners to rais

1. Overview of the Self-Storage Demand Index (SDI) The Self-Storage Demand Index (SDI)  is a metric designed to quantify local demand for self-storage space relative to supply. In essence, SDI distills various market factors – population growth and density, housing turnover, supply of competing facilities, and consumer behavior – into a single indicator of demand strength at a given location. According to industry data, self-storage usage has grown substantially in recent yea

Introduction Adaptive reuse – repurposing existing buildings for new uses – has gained renewed attention in the U.S. real estate market as developers and lenders seek creative solutions for vacant or underutilized properties. In the wake of shifting demand (for example, high office vacancies post-pandemic alongside housing shortages), reusing structures offers an appealing alternative to ground-up development. At the same time, new construction remains the traditional path fo

Introduction The year 2024 marked a pivotal moment for U.S. commercial real estate (CRE), as the industry navigated high interest rates, shifting demand patterns, and the aftershocks of the pandemic. Some sectors thrived on structural tailwinds, while others struggled with secular challenges. As we head into 2025 and beyond, CRE lenders and institutional investors face a transformed landscape that demands strategic foresight. This analytical recap and outlook draws on the Loa

Introduction: A New Era of Green Value-Add in Texas Real Estate Texas’s commercial real estate (CRE) market is experiencing a retrofit revolution . Investors, developers, and lenders are increasingly focused on upgrading older buildings with sustainable features – not just for environmental reasons, but because it makes strong financial sense . In cities like Houston and San Antonio , a vast inventory of aging multifamily complexes and industrial facilities is being “green re

Introduction: Amazon’s Outsized Influence on Industrial Real Estate Amazon’s breakneck logistics expansion has reshaped the U.S. industrial property landscape. As of 2025, Amazon operates roughly 175 fulfillment and sortation facilities in the U.S., part of a global network exceeding 1,200 logistics sites. E-commerce now accounts for about 16% of total U.S. retail sales and is projected to reach 30% by 2030. This structural shift is fueling unprecedented warehouse demand – Pr

Introduction North Carolina’s commercial real estate (CRE) market is at a pivotal juncture. The state’s robust economic and population growth has fueled strong demand for property – from Raleigh’s booming tech corridor to Charlotte’s financial hub – yet a high-interest-rate environment and a looming wall of loan maturities are straining real estate finances. Investors, both institutional and individual, are watching closely as refinancing challenges mount and asset values adj