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By Steven Marks, Head of U.S. REITs, Fitch Ratings: U.S. equity REITs have enjoyed both strong capital access and liquidity coverage for the last few years and 2013 augurs well for more of the same.

By Kenneth P. Riggs, Jr., Chairman & President, Real Estate Research Corp.: A new year always prompts hope for a better tomorrow and better performance from investments.

By Marcelo Bermúdez, President, Figueroa Capital Group, a subsidiary of Charles Dunn Co.: 2012 ended with a growing amount of activity for investors wishing to reposition their portfolio and prepare for the increased tax burden.

The multi-family sector will continue to be the darling of the commercial real estate industry throughout 2013, according to panelists on the “2013 Kick-Off Webinar for Apartment Development” hosted by Humphreys & Partners Architects.

FPL finds growing hiring need, continued positive trajectory for compensation.

By Randy Blankstein, President, The Boulder Group: Cap rates for the single-tenant net leased market continued to remain near historic lows in the fourth quarter of 2012.

By Robert Lehman, Global Leader of REIT Services, Ernst & Young: Looking at the public equity REIT market in the U.S. today, you would be hard put to tell that in 2008 — at the height of the global recession and financial crisis — the market had crashed, and some market analysts questioned whether it could survive.