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 [IMAGE] [IMAGE] 	[IMAGE]	[IMAGE] [IMAGE]    ReisCast October 9, 2001     Reis - America's Source for Real Estate Investing    Welcome to ReisCast, our weekly email newsletter.  This week's edition highlights are:    Inside Real Estate  Metro Briefs  More Great News for Reis SE Subscribers     [IMAGE]   [IMAGE]      1. Inside Real Estate   The Post-Attack Economic Outlook   Wars are fought as much on an economic front as a military one, a point underscored by the terrorists' choice of the World Trade Towers to initiate their villainous attack on the continental US...On the economic front, we are in for a fight... Although the markets have since rallied somewhat...the US economy will close out this year in recession.   Reis's senior editor Sam Truitt spoke with Mark M. Zandi -- chief economist and co-founder of financial information site Economy.com who is regularly cited in The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Business Week and Fortune -- to gauge just how deep and how long this recession is likely to be and where it is most likely to be felt.   To read the entire article, go to: Inside Real Estate at http://www.reis.com/learning/insights_inside_re_art.cfm       [IMAGE]    2. Metro Briefs   A Charmed Life   Baltimore Retail Market - Second Quarter 2001  Having emerged as a cultural, educational and economic center in its own right, the "Charm City" of Baltimore continues to win over employers, residents, tourists and convention planners with its Super Bowl XXXV champion Ravens football team, award-winning Inner Harbor tourist area, and world-famous Johns Hopkins University... But just how far could D.C.'s "underachieving stepbrother" go without a homegrown high-tech presence?  In light of recent events in the dot-com and high-tech sectors, their relative absence from the Baltimore economic landscape may have proven to be a blessing...   To get the entire market excerpt as well as an opportunity to buy the full Reis Observer report,  go to www.reis.com/learning/insights_metro_spotlight1.cfm     Small Market: Big Reach  Fort Lauderdale Industrial Market - Second Quarter 2001  Even as other industrial metros struggle during the current economic slowdown, the Ft. Lauderdale industrial market is capitalizing on its role as a global marketplace.   Located in Broward County, the metro's 72-million-square-foot industrial market, according to Reis's estimate, is modest by comparison with other Florida industrial markets, but it continues to draw foreign and domestic investors eager to capitalize on the area's low costs, favorable business climate and expanded transportation infrastructure...     To get the entire market excerpt as well as an opportunity to buy the full Reis Observer report,  go to www.reis.com/learning/insights_metro_spotlight1.cfm#two      [IMAGE]     [IMAGE]    3. More Great News for Reis SE Subscribers     Reis SE -- our revolutionary information source designed to help real estate professionals make more informed investment decisions -- has even more great news for subscribers and corporate account users...   Coming next week, get the latest trends on those hard-to-gather secondary US markets with Reis's enhanced reporting on 30 expansion metros for office and apartment markets as well as vital rent comps in these new markets with Reis's MetroStats and SubmarketStats reports. Just when you need a competitive edge, too -- since secondary market trends and rent comp information aren't available from any other standardized, timely source.    And don't forget...beginning next week you can also get class-cut distinctions for the 50 top US Office and Apartment markets with Reis's new MetroTrend Class Cuts and SubTrend Class Cuts reports.    To become a REIS SE subscriber or corporate account user and get access to the same investment decision-support information used by thousands of professionals among leading commercial banks, lenders, appraisers, owner/developers, REITs and mortgage bankers, call us today for a DEMO at 1(800) 366-REIS, or email us at INFO@reis.com .   From Wall Street to Main Street, our clients rely on Reis for comprehensive and proven transaction support.   As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions.     [IMAGE]   You are receiving the email because you have subscribed to this list.  If you would like to remove yourself from this list, please click here  and you will be removed immediately! Thank you!  [IMAGE]   [IMAGE]  [IMAGE]  [IMAGE] [IMAGE]    ?2001 Reis, Inc. All rights reserved.   	[IMAGE]	[IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE]