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STUCK IN SECOND GEAR: WHY CRE IS MOVING FORWARDBUT CAN'T REV ITS ENGINE Big-picture summary At the start of 2025, financial experts predicted interest rates would fall quickly toward 3.6%. Instead, long-term rates have remained around 4.5%. Commercial real estate is moving forward, but higher borrowing costs mean sponsors must adjust their capital plans to a higher-rate environment. Wall Street expected rates to fall approximately 1%, but actual rates remained nearly 1% highe

Hummingbird Bioscience received the Asia Pacific Trailblazer Award at the 2026 Nebius AI Discovery Awards for its work applying artificial intelligence to biotherapeutic discovery.

Cedars Hill Group reviews renewed U.S. dollar strength, changing liquidity conditions, and the resulting implications for markets, artificial intelligence, commercial real estate, and geopolitics.

Forge Nano entered a definitive merger agreement with Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners II in a transaction implying an equity value of approximately $1.2 billion.

Cedars Hill Group examines geopolitical conflict, the uncertainty created by war, and the ways those risks can influence global markets and political decision-making.

Autodesk signed an agreement to acquire Rhumbix, extending Autodesk’s construction technology capabilities and digital workflow offerings.

Schmidt Industrial Services acquired Metal & Cable Corp to broaden its engineered metal solutions platform across telecommunications, energy, and power markets.

Bent Pixels acquired Sunny State Agency in a transaction valued at more than $23 million, expanding its creator-media and cross-platform advertising business.

Cedars Hill Group discusses how markets were adapting to wartime headlines and considers signs of changing political power within Iran.

John B. Levy & Company closed a $13.3 million Freddie Mac refinancing for Kensington Place Apartments, a 106-unit multifamily property in Richmond, Virginia.

Cedars Hill Group analyzes how investor narratives shaped reactions to geopolitical conflict, energy-market disruption, and artificial intelligence developments.

John B. Levy & Company reported that the G-L 1 index finished 2025 with strong returns, improving credit quality, and better commercial-mortgage fundamentals.

John B. Levy & Company advised on two affordable multifamily developments in Richmond and supported their Low-Income Housing Tax Credit applications.

John B. Levy & Company closed a $25.35 million first-mortgage refinancing for The Lowell, a 44-unit luxury condominium project in McLean, Virginia.

The G-L 2 third-quarter review highlighted increased loan-tracking activity, improving credit quality, and continued strength in multifamily and leveraged real-estate loans.

Cedars Hill Group considers demographic trends, productivity, government debt, and signs that the long period of financial-asset outperformance may be approaching an end.

John B. Levy & Company reported a modest negative quarterly return for the G-L 2 index, its first negative quarter since 2015, while reviewing underlying real-estate debt conditions.

Cedars Hill Group explores the tension between tradition and novelty, how people and institutions learn from setbacks, and why lasting success requires continual adaptation.

John B. Levy & Company arranged a $19 million capital stack for the acquisition of a 130,000-square-foot flex portfolio in Owings Mills, Maryland.

Cedars Hill Group continues its examination of duration risk, inflation expectations, economic growth, and how changing yield-curve pricing affects bond investors.