CCIM COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FORECAST COMPETITION

BY RAY HANKAMER
rhankamer@gmail.com

KEYNOTE TALK:
Dr. Mark Dotzour
Bullets:
• Should be clear sailing ahead in 2018 for Houston businesses
• Texas is an economic miracle
• The four largest Texas cities are also the
top four in U.S. for domestic in-migration
• Texas’ and Houston’s leading economic indicators remain on an upward curve
• With no fiscal restraint shown in recent tax law change, inflation and higher interest rates are a threat and will not be good for CRE; there is no lid on debt in Washington any more, and deficit hawks

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CCIM January Luncheon

BY RAY HANKAMER

Speaker: Patrick Jankowski, Sr. V.P of Research-Greater Houston Partnership

Takeaway: The Houston economy is powerful, ‘exporting’ goods and services to the US economy and to countries all over the globe. The prediction for 2018 is a return to overall growth, with the
energy sector slowly returning to normal.

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