Wesley Medical Plaza

12/03/2025

Computer chip prices skyrocketed the last 2 months due to shortage but it takes 2 years to build new plants.

07/25/2025

Looking for states with the fastest growth to start your business? Best indicator is who is hiring most and the numbers are just out: as of May, the number of hires increased in 10 states, decreased in 3 states, and was little changed in 37 states. The largest increases in the hires occurred in Pennsylvania (+45,000), Arizona (+34,000), and Ohio (+28,000). Looking for a job? Best indicator is job opening rate, and the map shows Louisiana has 114,000 jobs available or 5.4% of total jobs.

05/24/2025

This week Louisiana Commercial Realty broker Robert Hand, presented his 'Commercial Real Estate Strategies' workshop to a sold out audience of real estate agents. The workshop is a two hour deep dive into the major aspects of commercial real estate that buyers, sellers and real estate agents need to know.

https://louisianacommercialrealty.com/2025/05/24/louisiana-commercial-realty-teaches-continuing-education-course-on-commercial-real-estate-to-agents/

03/16/2025

Mississippi Commercial Realty recently negotiated 2 medical clinic leases in the Natchez Doctor’s Pavilion, but not without first resolving conflict in a 3 year lease for a 2,600 SF After Hours Clinic and a 3 year renewal for a 6,500 SF Internal Medicine Clinic.

Mississippi Commercial Realty recently negotiated a 3 year lease for the 2,600 square foot After Hours Medical Clinic in Natchez, one of only two walk-in clinics in Natchez and the only clinic located near the main Natch...

02/22/2025

Worried about inflation? Egg prices? Those expensive eggs are only the ones that roosters lay, right? Get the facts:

Last week, inflation was calculated at 3% for the last 12 months and while the high cost of eggs was the main concern, those expensive eggs are only the ones th

02/21/2025

Need to know where the economy is headed? Interest rates? Watch housing starts. January starts were 1,366,000, dropping 9.8 % from December 1,515,000. Will lead to lower GDP and interest rates.

02/16/2025

Worried about inflation? Prices of eggs? Looking long term is more realistic because data just out shows inflation at 3% for the last year. The CPI is compiled from 8,000 items. Catch our blog on how it affects your lease:

Your lease always has language that describes how the rent you pay can be adjusted using the Consumer Price Index, meaning your rent payments increase at the en

01/24/2025

Tariffs take money out of your pocket. The math proves it.

At first glance, imposing tariffs or quotas appear to be the perfect solution to get American industries back on track to prosperity, but the reality is that ta

12/07/2024

At first glance, imposing tariffs or quotas appear to be the perfect solution to get American industries back on track to prosperity, but the reality is that tariffs steal money out of consumers’ pockets by increasing prices, stifling creativity, rewarding inefficiencies and destroying the competitive drive that allows a free market economy to deliver cheaper, smarter and innovative products to you.
https://louisianacommercialrealty.com/2019/08/26/every-economics-textbook-teaches-tariffs-are-bad-for-a-free-market-economy/

12/02/2024

30 year mortgage rate today is 6.81%, the highest in 20 years, but the all time high was 18% in 1980. Rates are driven by inflation expectations, which are driven by shortages. In 1980, OPEC reduced oil supply which drove oil prices. In 2022, COVID choked China supply lines while consumers spent heavily, driving prices up. Both supply/demand imbalances did not last. See the inflation chart since 1930-spikes don’t last.

11/28/2024

Be thankful today if you have a job. Rates increased in 70% of metropolitan areas for people without a job. The yellow dots show the areas with the highest rate of people without work.

11/13/2024

Got a lease tied to inflation? Just out: inflation is only 2.6% for the 12 months ending October, after rising 2.4 % over the 12 months ending September. Gas decreased 4.9 % but food increased 2.1 %. Only airline fares are driving inflation.