If you make a small leasing mistake in an office, it might cost you a little bit of money. Getting the wrong space or the wrong lease terms when you’re a retailer could tank your entire business. After all, you can’t contract out retailing or have salespeople sell from home if you’re a brick-and-mortar retailer…

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..