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US Hotel Metrics Edge Lower in Week Ended August 12
US hotel performance declined during the week ended Aug. 12, STR reported, citing the latest data from CoStar, which provides information and analytics in the property markets…
Blue Vault Begins Publishing Q2 2023 Performance Reports
Blue Vault Begins Publishing Q2 2023 Performance Reports Blue Vault began publishing Q2 2023 NTR...
What was Blackstone’s Floating Rate Enhanced Income Fund Class I annualized distribution rate as of March 31, 2023?
The fund’s annualized distribution rate…
Investing For Grownups: Why Asset Allocation Matters
Where you invest is important, but the amount you invest in each type of investment is also significant. Advisors traditionally recommend a 60/40 investment portfolio. This means that 60% of investments are in stocks and 40% in bonds, or 60% is at higher risk than the other 40%. However, history tells us that this traditional model of investing in stocks and bonds is not as effective as the model that endowments (think Harvard and Yale) use. Over the last 30 years, the average return in the US for someone using the 60/40 model is 8.2%, not bad. But, the Endowment Model Yale earned 13.1% over the same 30 years…
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Economy Watch: Apartment Rents Stabilize in Summer
Economy Watch: Apartment Rents Stabilize in Summer September 6, 2017 | D.C. Stribling | Commercial Property Executive After falling through the first quarter, the U.S. national median rent has stabilized in recent months, climbing in September to its highest...
KBS REIT II to sell Los Angeles office tower for $280M
KBS REIT II to sell Los Angeles office tower for $280M September 14, 2017 | Luke Schmidt | Blue Vault On September 8, 2017, KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II, Inc. entered into a purchase and sale agreement for the sale of Union Bank Plaza to RC Acquisitions, LLC...
Cashing Out: KBS Looking to Liquidate Post-Recession Apartment REIT
Cashing Out: KBS Looking to Liquidate Post-Recession Apartment REIT September 14, 2017 | Mark Heschmeyer | CoStar.com KBS Legacy Partners Apartment REIT has decided it’s time to cash out and sell the remaining multifamily properties it purchased through early 2014....
NTR Sales Up 17% in August While BDC Sales Increase 36%
NTR Sales Up 17% in August While BDC Sales Increase 36% September 14, 2017 | Luke Schmidt | Blue Vault Sales by nontraded REITs increased 17% in August compared to July. August sales of $288.9 million reported to Blue Vault by nontraded REIT sponsors grew from $246.9...
Malls Face ‘A Necessary Evolution’
Malls Face ‘A Necessary Evolution’ September 8, 2017 | Paul Bubny | GlobeSt.com “Converting malls’ tenant bases to include more of the categories that in-person shoppers now favor won’t be an easy or quick fix,” Cordero says. The retailer categories occupying the...
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