What’s the outlook for housing in the Colorado Springs area? Commercial real estate? Key sectors of the local economy? Answers will be provided at the Southern Colorado chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management’s 24th annual economic forecast breakfast, which takes place Jan. 29 at the Doubletree Hotel at 1775 E. Cheyenne Mountain Blvd. on Colorado Springs’ south side. Registration for the event begins at 7 a.m.; breakfast starts at 7:30 a.m.; and a program featuring a series of speakers will run from 8-10 a.m.

This year’s speakers include Bruce Betts, broker-owner of Re/Max Advantage, who will discuss single-family housing; Doug Carter, of national real estate company Sperry Van Ness, who will address the apartment market; Brian Wagner, managing director of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, on commercial real estate; and Andy Merritt, chief defense industry officer for the Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance, who will discuss the local aerospace and defense industries.

To register in advance for the event, click here.