Is CRE Past Market Peak? Dec 13, 2016 | by NREI Staff | NREI Based on NREI’s survey of industry professionals in November, fewer commercial real estate insiders believe that the market is at its peak than was the case in October. Forty four percent of those surveyed indicated they believe the commercial real estate market is…

Top 25 U.S. Residential Markets with Highest Rent Increases Revealed Residential News » Cincinnati Edition | By Michael Gerrity | December 7, 2016 8:15 AM ET | World Property Journal According to data provider RentRange, U.S. 'Rust Belt' markets showed strength in single-family rental price growth while retaining strong yields in the third quarter of…

Outlook good for expanded accredited investor definition after strong approval in House Sailing through the chamber Monday, 391-2, bill includes changes to who is considered a sophisticated investor eligible to participate in private placements Dec 6, 2016 @ 1:07 pm | By Mark Schoeff Jr. | Investment News Congress could act before the end of the year…

Morningstar's Top Picks for Inflation Protection By Christine Benz | 12-07-16 | 05:00 AM | Morning Star Surveying the fund and ETF landscape, from direct hedges like TIPS to indirect inflation-fighting plays such as floating rate loans and commodities. Over the past decade, many investors have learned some hard lessons about attempting to predict the direction of inflation.…

Alternative Investment Equity Raised in November 2016 December 13, 2016 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault Blue Vault has compiled sales data on nontraded alternative investments for the month of November. Sales for all categories of alternative investments came in at $621.8 million, and fundraising year to date is $6.27 billion*. In November, nontraded…

Apartment Vacancy Rate Stays Low, Surprising Researchers Dec 6, 2016 | Bendix Anderson | NREI Experts warned that hundreds of thousands of new apartments would open in 2016 and drive up the vacancy in the sector. But for most of this year, average vacancy rates stayed low. “The market has proved to be incredibly resilient,” says John…

Trading Nation: Traded real estate lags badly   Monday, 5 Dec 2016 | 2:52 PM ET | CNBC Erin Gibbs, S&P Global, and Craig Johnson, Piper Jaffray, discuss the real estate investment trust sector with Brian Sullivan. News Story Located Here

Blackstone's Schwarzman sees historic regulatory overhaul from Trump By By Dan Freed Published December 06, 2016 Features Reuters Blackstone Group LP Chairman and CEO Steve Schwarzman said on Tuesday he expected to see a "very substantial reversal of regulations of all types," for the financial sector, following Donald Trump's U.S. presidential election victory. Schwarzman, who…

Comrit Mini-Tender Offer for Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT I December 9, 2016 | by Beth Glavosek | Blue Vault Comrit Investments 1, LP, has offered to make a cash purchase of up to 1 million shares of Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT I common stock at a price of $8.50 per share. The REIT’s…