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U.S. Equity REITs Primed for Strong Second Half of 2013

By Steven Marks, Head of U.S. REITs, Fitch Ratings: Accessing senior debt and preferred stock will continue to come very cheap for equity REITs, despite the recent increase in Treasury rates.

What Is Better Than (Almost) Free Money?

By Robert Bach, National Director of Market Analytics, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank: The Federal Reserve hopes the answer to that question is stronger economic growth.

Student Housing: Sourcing the Institutional Equity

By Bruce Davis, Principal, Lee & Associates Atlanta: A purpose-built student housing project is a very specialized type of development, with everything from its own nomenclature to specific performance and underwriting guidelines.

Ares Purchase of AREA Not Just About Geography

The pending purchase by Ares Management of AREA Property Partners reflects both an ongoing trend in institutional investment management and institutional investors’ still-rising interest in commercial real estate.

2013 Top Brokerage Firms

This month’s real estate research focuses on the state of the brokerage industry. We were surprised by the growth of investment sales from 2010 to 2012, which nearly doubled in volume during the three-year time frame from $148 billion to $267 billion.

Mandatory Benchmarking

Energy efficiency regulations—coming soon to a city near you?