Read the case study answer the following questions: Indicate how you think it may impact the real estate market (either the residential or commercial real estate market) being careful to distinguish between the markets for space and capital.  how they might affect retail real estate; or how demographic trends may affect the housing market.  

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. The copy for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues clients or customers vi http://www.drprinta.com. http://www.wj.com/articlenu--honing-arts-fall-in-apri-for-thed-me-in-our-months-1494037917 ECONOMY | ECONOMIC DATA U.S. Housing Starts Fell in April for Third Time in Four Months Slowing construction could send home prices even higher B A new home under construction in Zellenople, Pa., in March. PHOTO: KEITH SRAKOCICIASSOCIATED PRESS By Laura Kusisto and Sarah Chaney Updated May 16, 2017 10:39 a.m. ET U.S. new-home construction in April declined modestly for the third time in four months, a trend that is likely to worsen supply shortages and push prices higher at a time of swelling demand. Housing starts declined 2.6% in April from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.172 million, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. Single- family starts increased by 0.4% from March, while multifamily starts fell 9.6%, the fourth consecutive month of declines for that sector. "With housing starts declining in April, inventory shortages will continue for a longer period of time. The intensifying housing shortage will push up home THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. The copy for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues clients or customers vi http://www.drprinta.com. http://www.wj.com/articlenu--honing-arts-fall-in-apri-for-thed-me-in-our-months-1494037917 ECONOMY | ECONOMIC DATA U.S. Housing Starts Fell in April for Third Time in Four Months Slowing construction could send home prices even higher B A new home under construction in Zellenople, Pa., in March. PHOTO: KEITH SRAKOCICIASSOCIATED PRESS By Laura Kusisto and Sarah Chaney Updated May 16, 2017 10:39 a.m. ET U.S. new-home construction in April declined modestly for the third time in four months, a trend that is likely to worsen supply shortages and push prices higher at a time of swelling demand. Housing starts declined 2.6% in April from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.172 million, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. Single- family starts increased by 0.4% from March, while multifamily starts fell 9.6%, the fourth consecutive month of declines for that sector. "With housing starts declining in April, inventory shortages will continue for a longer period of time. The intensifying housing shortage will push up home

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1 Impact on the Real Estate Market The case study provides an interesting insight into how technological advancements and demographic trends may impact the real estate market both in the residential a... View the full answer