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Retail stocks have dropped over the last couple months at the largest companies we’re all familiar with, all shown in this article about Retail Red Flags, but in the Southeast United States the consumer seems healthy along with low unemployment and job growth. Florida is part of this region that’s…

These numbers are a rough order of magnitude, for the purposes of giving you some scale in where our local market is, and there could be some variance between these numbers and others reported. The main takeaway is that the sheer volume of what we’re seeing is new for Tampa…

In the last couple months of networking and collaborating with colleagues around the country, I've learned from and heard some valuable thought leaders express the following thoughts. Population growth, GDP growth and e-commerce are all driving demand. Structural changes in our consumption habits are taking us to new directions that…

Tampa is in a bubble. I said “in” a bubble not “on” a bubble. Big difference. I believe we are insulated from some of the things that are threatening the macro economy. We might be looking out from within a safe bubble of activity, growth and new progress. No earth…

It seems there’s still gas in the engine for growth, and Nationally the Leading Economic Index rose again for the first time in 5 months, which indicates improved financial conditions and a rebound in stocks that offset any labor market issues that might have been as a result of the…

Quick rundown of the info behind the data. Even though consumer confidence and employment trends indexes through the Conference Board have declined in January mostly due to the government shutdown, either affecting confidence or shutting down the availability of statistics, the general sentiment is that the economy is still favorably…

There’s more balance in the world than you think, at least when it comes to real estate dynamics.  Yes, there is a fear that China will buy less and invest less in the U.S. due to recent trade wars and political conversations, but that situation has also opened up room…

2019 could be a boring year. All the steam was built up in 2018 and now everyone is looking for the fuel to the fire to keep this engine going. It’s like being on a train going uphill in some beautiful mountains and the conductor has to be careful with…