Commentary: Still Sorting Out the Impact of Pandemic on Real Estate and Downtowns

Source: Davis Vanguard — 

One of the things we are watching are emerging trends during the pandemic that are likely to impact the overall landscape—particularly as it impacts Davis’ housing market as well as its potential tech market.

In general, I think we should be cautious about adopting too broad or sweeping conclusions about permanent change during a pandemic.

For example, after getting to see the advantages and disadvantages of remote work over the last 20 months or so, many companies probably recognize that they can do a lot more remote work than they did previously, but most are probably not going to go all remote, all the time.