Fixed Mortgage Rates are Nearly 1 Percent Higher than Last Year
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages climbed to 4.6 percent from 4.54 percent last week. The average […]
BlackRock Launches Two New Real Estate Investment Funds
Asset management giant BlackRock is launching a new real estate fund to invest in properties in the eurozone, as its global head of real estate […]
Govt. Regulation Adds 30 Percent to the Cost of a Multifamily Development
Regulation imposed by all levels of government (whether local, state or federal) accounts for 32.1 percent of the cost of an average multifamily development, according […]
Freddie Mac Offers Financing Incentives to Landlords Who Cap Rent Increases
Freddie Mac, the country’s largest backer of apartment loans, is rolling out a new program that will offer lower-cost financing to owners who agree to […]
A Decade After the Housing Crisis: Is Another Bubble About to Burst?
September 15, 2018 marks the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, generally considered the beginning of the 2008 global financial crisis, a crisis […]
Bearish News for the Housing Market
Two recent developments in the housing market suggest that the sizzling residential real estate market maybe cooling off. Decline in Foreign Home Purchases First, rising […]
Strong Economy Continues to Strengthen National Office Market
According to Transwestern’s second-quarter 2018 national office market report, continued improvement in the U.S. office sector was due in large part to a strong jobs […]
The First $1 Billion ‘Residential’ Parcel Listing in Beverly Hills
A 157-acre parcel of land is Los Angeles’ first $1 billion listing. The property is being called “The Mountain” because it sits on an expansive […]
Cushman & Wakefield Raises $765 Million From IPO
Global real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) fetched $765 million in an initial public offering late on Wednesday, making the commercial real estate company […]
JLL Acquires Canadian Retail Advisory Firm
Northwest Atlantic, Canada’s leading retail tenant advisory firm, has been been fully acquired by Chicago-based JLL, according to Chicago Business. The Toronto-based firm, which represents […]