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Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are off to a strong start in 2014, showing returns far in excess of alternative public equity investments. REITs continue to have access to both equity and debt capital in size and at low cost, fueling their ability to selectively acquire property on an accretive basis.

Are losses in store when investors pay more for an existing asset than the cost to build one new?

The Trepp survey for the week ended April 25th showed rates basically unchanged during the past week. While competition is “fierce” but no one seems to “have gone stupid” yet.

The Trepp survey for the week ended May 9 showed spreads unchanged and apparently unlikely to change without some type of financial or political event occurring. The implied ten-year commercial real estate mortgage rate remains at 4.00 percent for pristine, institutional properties.

Understanding how and why groundbreaking multifamily communities are securing the financial commitments required to become reality is an important first step in appreciating how Detroit’s economic and development landscape evolves throughout the course of an accelerating growth cycle.

Millions of people will be watching this year’s Super Bowl. But for the host city of Minneapolis, the event is also a chance to showcase its newest sports venue and the urban revitalization that has come with it.

Over the weekend, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which now heads to the House of Representatives. The bill aims to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030. It also holds the potential to transform the built environment—but experts say that depends on how much state and local governments work with the private and nonprofit sectors to use the federal investments as a catalyst.

When it comes to reducing embodied carbon emissions in the real estate sector, developers can’t do it on their own: they must partner with outside stakeholders to influence elements over which they don’t have direct control, including supply chain materials manufacturers.

The real estate economy is continuing to turn in the right direction, albeit slowly and with a long way to go. Compared with one year ago, 55 percent of 64 key indicators were better in January 2011. Read more about the economy and real estate markets.

This month’s data are a mixed bag best approached with a healthy dose of perspective. The instances of positive figures are encouraging, but those figures are still not at levels high enough nor extensive enough to point to a vigorous recovery. And there are still seemingly unshakable issues to overcome in the economy and real estate markets.