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Strong Demand for Industrial Space Has Lenders Competing for Loans August 8, 2017

Strong Demand for Industrial Space Has Lenders Competing for Loans

Strong Demand for Industrial Space Has Lenders Competing for Loans August 4, 2017 | Patricia Kirk | NREIOnline.com With industrial vacancy under 2.0 percent in many U.S. markets and rents continuing to rise, this asset class is the darling of both investors and lenders. Attorney Steven J. Lurie, a partner in the Los Angeles-based law firm…
Commercial Real Estate Markets Have Settled in for the Long Haul August 8, 2017

Commercial Real Estate Markets Have Settled in for the Long Haul

Commercial Real Estate Markets Have Settled in for the Long Haul August 3, 2017 | Calvin Schnure | REIT.com Commercial real estate markets appear to have settled in for the long haul. New supply and the growth of demand are roughly balanced in most property sectors, vacancy rates are stable and rents growing modestly. The latest…
Commercial Property Price Index Inches Higher in July August 7, 2017

Commercial Property Price Index Inches Higher in July

Commercial Property Price Index Inches Higher in July  August 8, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault The Green Street Commercial Property Price Index inched higher in July. Over the past year, the index is little changed, as higher cap rates have offset growing rental income. “Some property types are doing better than others, but,…
Should REITs Worry About Section 1031 Repeal? August 7, 2017

Should REITs Worry About Section 1031 Repeal?

Should REITs Worry About Section 1031 Repeal? August 4, 2017 | Robert Beard | King and Spalding One of the headline proposals contained in the Republican Party’s “Better Way” blueprint for tax reform was immediate expensing of business investments. Although the Blueprint does not directly address like-kind exchanges, commenters immediately began to wonder what role,…
Why REITs Still Deserve A Place In Your Portfolio August 2, 2017

Why REITs Still Deserve A Place In Your Portfolio

Why REITs Still Deserve A Place In Your Portfolio July 28, 2017 | StreetAuthority.com So far, it hasn't been a very good year for real estate investment trusts (REITs). However, this isn't to say these stocks have performed badly as a whole. So far this year, the Dow Jones Equity REIT Total Return Index is…
1031 Exchange Explained August 2, 2017

1031 Exchange Explained

1031 Exchange Explained July 28, 2017 | Market Overdrive Do you know about the most important tax law in real estate? Tune in to the latest episode of Market Overdrive to learn more about the 1031 Exchange and how to save & reinvest your money, tax deferred!  What is the #1031Exchange? It's "The 401K of Real…
Why Student-Housing Is Outperforming Multifamily August 2, 2017

Why Student-Housing Is Outperforming Multifamily

Why Student-Housing Is Outperforming Multifamily The success of this sector follows a significant trend of institutional investors diversifying away from the four “food groups” of CRE and allocating a portion of their real estate capital to less-correlated niche asset classes, Pierce’s Fred Pierce tells GlobeSt.com. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="616"] Pierce: “I predict that in the…
Renter Households Reach 50-Year High July 31, 2017

Renter Households Reach 50-Year High

Renter Households Reach 50-Year High The Pew Research Center’s analysis of Census Bureau data found that renter household percentages have increased since 2006 across a variety of demographic factors. July 21, 2017 | Paul Bubny | GlobeSt.com WASHINGTON, DC—The percentage as well as number of US households led by renters is at the highest level…
Silver Portal to launch blockchain-based real estate trading platform July 31, 2017

Silver Portal to launch blockchain-based real estate trading platform

Silver Portal to launch blockchain-based real estate trading platform July 27, 2017 | Loretta Clodfelter | irei.com Blockchain may be the hottest buzzword in finance right now. Also known as distributed ledger technology, it is the structure underlying cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ether. But the technology has much wider applications in the world of finance.…

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