In light of the recent turnaround in the commercial real-estate sector, the market has, so far, shown an increase in the amount of occupied office space in the first and second quarters of 2011. The first quarter showed an increase of 5.5 million square feet of inhabited office space, while the second measured a close..

As of late, the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) has begun to crack down on lucrative REITs that aren’t being traded on the stock exchange. It’s been estimated that REITs have made over $73 billion for investors in the past 10 years, despite the recession and since 1990, SEC has approved around 90 nontraded REITs…

Predicting the future of commercial real estate sales transactions is a risky business for anyone, considering the market is only just starting to recover. In this delicate stage, one small factor could send us sliding back into a recession, but for those brave souls who are looking to shed a little light on the forecast..

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We don’t really comment on the residential housing market because we deal in commercial real estate. However, there is something interesting afoot in the residential real estate world. Foreign investors have sensed opportunity in the falling home prices that have been plaguing the US economy. Last year, $41 billion was put into US residential real..