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Markets With Extreme Weather are Only Affordable to the Wealthy

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Miami Beach resident Curt Dyer says he’s spent nearly $250,000 in renovations to make his home more resilient to flooding, something that impacts the 30-year resident almost daily. A Tulane University associate professor of real estate told CNBC that these resiliency fixes create a “game of musical chairs” with home equity. .

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Steady Optimism Among U.S. Commercial Real Estate Executives, Increased Investor Appetite

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Capital availability from a wide range of equity sources also is expected to improve in 2014, with increased activity by institutional forces. Private equity sources are predicted to drive U.S. Confidence in the banking industry as a primary source of commercial real estate financing has increased by 34% since 2011.

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Feature Story: 2016 Economic Development Awards

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Here are just a few examples that illustrate how 21st-century renewable energy initiatives are transforming what was a 20th-century steel hub: on the banks of the Buffalo River, one of the largest solar panel factories in the U.S. The big ports of Virginia, Baltimore and Miami already are at that depth.

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