When Colony NorthStar Inc. (NYSE: CLNS) announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year ended December 31, 2017, President and CEO Richard Saltzman tried to put a positive spin on what was a tough year for the listed REIT.

The $1.3 trillion appropriations bill signed by President Trump on March 23 has a provision to allow BDCs to increase their debt-to-equity leverage from 1:1 to 2:1.

On March 19, 2018, the board of directors of Moody National REIT II, Inc., including all the independent directors, determined an estimated NAV per share of the REIT’s Class A shares, Class D shares, Class I shares, and Class T shares of common stock of...

In a March 20 filing with the SEC, Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust announced higher transaction prices for their four share classes for subscriptions accepted as of April 1, 2018.

Industrial Property Trust Inc. (“IPT”), a nontraded REIT program with a portfolio of U.S. industrial properties valued at around $3.3 billion, is exploring options for a full-liquidity event, including a potential sale or equity recapitalization, according to a report by Reuters on March 14.

On March 19, the board of American Finance Trust Inc. approved an estimated net asset value per share of $23.56 for the company’s common stock as of December 31, 2017.

A mortgage default risk index that uses internet search queries such as “foreclosure help” and “mortgage help” that was developed by Chauvet, Gabriel and Lutz in 2016 and is called the “MDRI” has decreased 9.1% over the last 12 months according to the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate.

NAREIT Economist Calvin Schnure describes how he expects traded REITs to respond when and if the FOMC raises the target for short-term interest rates by 25 bps at its meeting on March 20-21, to a range between 1.50 percent and 1.75 percent.

Marcus & Millichap, in a March 19 Research Brief, report that core retail sales growth has been increasing across many categories, extending past the holiday season as rising discretionary income has strengthened retail spending.