Leasing activity may be experiencing a renaissance if retail landlords are to be believed, but it’s still taking a while for property fundamentals to return to historically healthy levels. One only has to look at retail REITs’ recent performance to see that the market has taken a turn for the bet
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06/01/2013
Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that
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05/30/2013
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." John 16:22
05/30/2013
The United States commercial real estate market is finally enjoying a revival. Compared to six months ago, expectations for the market are up. The Urban Land Institute conducted a survey that estimated real estate transaction volume for the year would top $310 billion. In 2012, the transaction vo
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05/30/2013
Since the capital markets froze in 2008, commercial real estate (CRE) lending has experienced significant constraints that continue to persist. Amidst reports suggesting that CRE lending has begun to return, it’s important to realize that any market loosening is far from universal. So far, debt
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05/28/2013
KeyBank Real Estate Capital entered into an agreement with Bank of America N.A. to purchase certain commercial mortgage servicing rights that will substantially increase its commercial mortgage servicing business. KeyBank will purchase substantially all of the third party CMBS and special servici
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05/28/2013
What makes an apartment market a “top” market? Is it single-digit vacancy rates and double-digit rental rate growth? Can investors simply look at the most recent data from industry researcher Axiometrics Inc. and make their decisions based on numbers alone? If they do, they might end up investin
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05/28/2013
Joshua 1:8-9 "This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be s
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05/28/2013
LEADERSHIP EXISTS TO CREATE A CHANGE IN REALITY Without leaders, things drift along. They go where they want to go, following the path of least resistance. However, when this is not desirable—or acceptable—you hire, elect, appoint or become a leader. The leader’s job is to overcome resistance a
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05/26/2013
Life companies are jockeying to keep their seat at the table as capital continues to pour into commercial real estate. Thanks to maintaining the most conservative standards in the lead up to the boom, life insurance companies had fewer bad loans to work out after 2008 and used that strong capital
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05/26/2013
