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Year-End Slowdown?

(U.S. retail market conditions*)

Corrective Measures

(change in U.S. commercial real estate under construction)

Who’s Leading the Charge?

(performance of U.S. assets per market/property type, as of year-end 2014)

Market Snapshot: Orlando’s Robust Employment Keeps Multi-Family Afloat

The apartment sector in Orlando is still in an upswing after more than a half a decade of economic recovery.

Aggressive Investors Push Net-Lease Cap Rates to Record Lows

By Randy Blankstein, President, The Boulder Group: Cap rates in the first quarter of 2015 for the single-tenant, net-lease retail sector reached a new historic low.

Lower Oil Prices Giving U.S. Equity REITs Minor Boost

By Stephen Boyd, Director, REITs, Fitch Ratings: Lower gasoline and heating oil prices will bolster consumer discretionary incomes and will likely lead to greater retail and travel spending, providing a moderate net benefit to U.S. equity REITs.

Roger Gregory

Oil, Gas Fuel Gulf Coast Construction

By Roger Gregory, President, Investments, PM Realty Group: While the upstream sector may be pulling back, it is certainly not shutting down.