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Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I Agrees to Sell Frisco, Texas, Multifamily Community April 18, 2017

Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I Agrees to Sell Frisco, Texas, Multifamily Community

Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I Agrees to Sell Frisco, Texas, Multifamily Community April 19, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On April 10, 2017, Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I, Inc., through an indirect 90%-owned subsidiary, entered into an agreement to sell the 275-unit multifamily community in Frisco, Texas to an unaffiliated third party for a…
Sam Zell on why interest rates need a “shot clock” April 17, 2017

Sam Zell on why interest rates need a “shot clock”

Sam Zell on why interest rates need a “shot clock” April 6, 2017 | by E.B. Solomont | TheRealDeal From TRD New York: Sam Zell is tired of waiting for Godot. Raise those damn interest rates already, he says. “The kinds of interest rates we’ve had are like basketball without a shot clock,” the billionaire chairman of Equity…
Financial Choice Act to Be Reintroduced by End of April April 17, 2017

Financial Choice Act to Be Reintroduced by End of April

Financial Choice Act to Be Reintroduced by End of April Latest iteration of Choice Act still requires DOL to promulgate fiduciary rule similar to SEC's April 12, 2017 | by Melanie Waddell | ThinkAdvisor Rep. Jeb Hensarling’s Financial Choice Act, which seeks to gut the Dodd-Frank Act and is set for release by the end of April,…
Are Retail Stocks and Mall REITs a Value Play? April 17, 2017

Are Retail Stocks and Mall REITs a Value Play?

Are Retail Stocks and Mall REITs a Value Play? April 13, 2017 | by Debbie Carlson | U.S. News Retail stocks and the mall and shopping center real-estate investment trusts have been hit hard by investors worried about the impact of online shopping on both retailers and the physical locations where these stores reside. In particular, the…
Fears mount over US construction boom April 13, 2017

Fears mount over US construction boom

Fears mount over US construction boom April 12, 2017 | by Alistair Gray | Financial Times More than a million new apartments have sprung up across the US in a post-crisis construction surge. Now bankers who funded the boom are worried: have developers built too much? As concerns grow about a supply glut, financial watchdogs this month…
As occupancy falls again, apartment landlords sweeten the pot April 11, 2017

As occupancy falls again, apartment landlords sweeten the pot

As occupancy falls again, apartment landlords sweeten the pot March 31, 2017 | by Diana Olick | CNBC If you are a first-time renter or looking to upgrade to a bigger, newer apartment, now may be your best chance. Demand for rental apartments fell short of new supply by about 100,000 units nationwide, according to RealPage, a…
CRE Loan Volume Ticks Down By 3% April 11, 2017

CRE Loan Volume Ticks Down By 3%

CRE Loan Volume Ticks Down By 3% April 6, 2017 | by PAUL BUBNY | GlobeSt.com WASHINGTON, DC—Although commercial and multifamily mortgage originations in 2016 fell short of the previous year’s volume, a 3% year-over-year decline from 2015’s near-record levels is nothing to sneeze at. The Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday that lenders closed $490.6 billion of…
Capital Square 1031 Acquires 232-Unit Alexander Pointe Apartments in Orange Park, Florida April 11, 2017

Capital Square 1031 Acquires 232-Unit Alexander Pointe Apartments in Orange Park, Florida

Capital Square 1031 Acquires 232-Unit Alexander Pointe Apartments in Orange Park, Florida March 31, 2017 | MultifamilyBiz.com JACKSONVILLE, FL - Capital Square 1031 announced that the firm recently completed its fourth acquisition in seven months financed with a loan originated by Walker & Dunlop to be assigned to Fannie Mae with the purchase of Alexander…
What are Subordinated Investments? April 6, 2017

What are Subordinated Investments?

What are Subordinated Investments? April 6, 2017 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault The topic of fiduciary responsibility is on everyone’s minds this year. One unique approach to protecting investors’ interests is subordinated co-investing. It’s one possible way to address the mandates for transparency and fiduciary responsibility imposed by FINRA’s 15-02 rule and the…

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