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A Look Back at EDR Insight's Most Popular Posts of 2014
The rocky market recovery. Vapor migration risk management. Business forecast. PCAs. SBA. New E 1527-13 adoption. These and more were the topics that got the most interest in 2014. As we enter the… READ MORE >
  |   01.01.2015
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A Tale of Four Metros
Are you in Chicago? Houston? Seattle? Boston? Here are the latest ScoreKeeper stats on the health of these four property due diligence markets. Last month, we touched down in Chicago, Houston and Seattle—then… READ MORE >
  |   12.22.2014
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Second Act of Market Recovery Takes A Bow
*** NOTE TO READERS:  The article below was published in the December 2014 edition of Scotsman Guide, and was authored by EDR Insight’s primary analyst, Dianne Crocker. It is republished here with permission … READ MORE >
  |   12.05.2014
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2015 Outlook Generally Positive, ScoreKeeper Shows Transactions Expand from Primary Metros
Earlier this week, I gave a presentation, RISK MANAGEMENT TRENDS IN THE 2ND ACT OF MARKET RECOVERY, at the RTM Contaminated Properties Transactions conference in Philadelphia. There were three general themes to my… READ MORE >
  |   10.08.2014
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MARKET FORECAST: "BE NOT AFRAID"
The year 2014 began with overly aggressive forecasts for property investment, and barometers looking better than at any other time in the recovery. Q1 didn’t exactly pan out as expected as the U.S.… READ MORE >
  |   06.05.2014
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Metro Watch: Ground-Truthing 2014 Forecasts with ScoreKeeper Results
Is Property Investment Gaining Traction In Secondary Markets? 2014 got off to a slower-than-expected start for many environmental due diligence consulting firms. Real estate recovery continues to be uneven across U.S. metropolitan areas,… READ MORE >
  |   03.19.2014
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Phase I ESA Activity Expands to New Areas in 3Q12
The volume of U.S. Phase I environmental site assessments, a leading barometer of commercial real estate activity, was up a modest 6 percent in 3Q12 over the same period one year ago, according… READ MORE >
  |   10.11.2012
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Risk Aversion Elevated, Metro Hot Spots from Today’s EBA Call
I spoke on today’s call of the Environmental Bankers Association Risk Management Committee to share my monthly list of top five observations on the economy, commercial real estate and property assessment markets. Here… READ MORE >
  |   07.19.2012
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Comeback Cities, Construction Starts & Phase I ESA Growth
Are you working in a comeback city? Or in a construction hot spot? In March, Forbes released a list of American Cities with the Most Construction Underway. The list was compiled using building… READ MORE >
  |   04.17.2012
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For Transactional Due Diligence: Location, Location, Location
Commercial real estate players must resign themselves to a “slowing, grind-it-out recovery” in 2012, according to the latest Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2012 report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, but all is not grim. Environmental… READ MORE >
  |   01.10.2012