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Sluggish CRE Lending Persists: CBRE
In the face of market uncertainty, CRE lending slowed in the second quarter, according to CBRE. The company’s Lending Momentum Index fell from 204 in the first quarter to 193 in the second quarter, representing declines of 5.4 percent from the first quarter and 52.2 percent year-over-year….
95% Of Advisors Plan To Maintain Or Increase Alt Investments, iCapital Survey Says
Fully 95% of advisors surveyed said they plan to maintain or even increase their exposure to alternative investments, a largely unregulated and illiquid asset class, over the next 12 months, according to iCapital….
Optimism Is Returning To Battle-Tested Retail Sector — But More Importantly, So Are Investors NationalInvestment
After years of trepidation, institutional money is flowing back into retail. Crow Holdings and Lincoln Property Co. are among the prominent firms that have launched new endeavors aimed at spending billions of dollars to acquire more retail real estate…
NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. Announces Entrance into Contract to Sell Old Farm in Houston, TX, and Silverbrook in Dallas, TX
“NXRT is excited to execute our strategic objectives to sell out of our Houston market positions and pay off our most expensive debt capital…”
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Up to $28B in Distressed Retail Could Hit the Market in the Next 24 Months
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Which nontraded REIT recently filed a follow-on offering with four share classes and intends to become a perpetual-life nontraded REIT?
Which nontraded REIT recently filed a follow-on offering with four share classes and intends to become a perpetual-life nontraded REIT? Answer: Hines Global REIT II, Inc. filed an S-11 prospectus with the SEC on August 18, 2017, with four share classes: T, D, S...
Colony NorthStar to Merge Two NTRs and Selected Colony NorthStar Assets to Create Listed REIT
Colony NorthStar to Merge Two NTRs and Selected Colony NorthStar Assets to Create Listed REIT August 28, 2017 | James Sprow | Blue Vault Colony NorthStar Inc., NorthStar Real Estate Income Trust Inc. and NorthStar Real Estate Income II Inc. have entered into a...
Have You Been Tracking Sales Lately?
If you’ve been following sales trends in alternative investments, you’ve likely noticed that sales are down. After reporting sales of $350.9 million in June, nontraded REIT (NTR) sponsors’ monthly total for July fell to $245.8 million – a difference of 30%.
Business Development Companies (BDCs), nonlisted Interval Funds, and nonlisted Closed-End Funds were also down in the month of July. Private Placement sales declined as well, albeit only by a very modest -0.7%.
The MOB Cure: CBRE Report
The MOB Cure: CBRE Report August 24, 2017 | Scott Baltic | Commercial Property Executive With “U.S. Medical Office Buildings: A Cure for Market Volatility,” CBRE has presented its first-ever report on the U.S. medical office market, a nearly 60-page in-depth...
Cap Rates: The Story’s In The Details
Cap Rates: The Story’s In The Details August 24, 2017 | Paul Bubny | GlobeSt.com LOS ANGELES—The cap rate story for the first half of this year is in the details, rather than overarching trends. And that’s expected to be the case as well when transactions in the...









