In this episode, Deborah Cloutier, CRE, discusses the state of the economy with Hugh F. Kelly, Ph.D., CRE. Economic Renewal was listed as the #2 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®. The U.S. economy was heading toward a tipping point prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and beyond that we find deep and persistent challenges facing the economy and the real estate industry.

Hugh Kelly, Ph.D., CRE, is Special Advisor at Fordham University's Real Estate Institute and principal of Hugh Kelly Real Estate Economics in New York City. He served as Global Chair of The Counselors of Real Estate in 2014.

The "Top 10 in 20" series is part of The Counselors of Real Estate's CRE® Thought Leaders podcast program. In each 20-minute episode, we discuss an issue from the 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate.

Intro Music: Driven To Success by Scott Holmes Music - licensed under CC BY 4.0

Further Reading

The 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®: https://cre.org/topten/

Read Hugh Kelly's piece in Real Estate Issues: https://cre.org/real-estate-issues/the-economy-beyond-the-tipping-point-crisis-and-opportunity-for-renewal/