While apartment REITs could see the pandemic affect their fundamentals for a few quarters, their single-family peers can expect strong occupancy.

The sector's Q2 indicators appear positive in new research, in keeping with affordable housing's tendency to weather storms.

Understandably, businesses are looking at ways to stem the tide of mounting losses and are looking to their all-risk insurance policies for help. Most of these claims, however, have been or likely will be denied and, as a result, hundreds of businesses all over the country are filing lawsuits against their insurance carriers.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered another striking blow to property owners when he signed into law N.Y.C. Council Int. No. 1932-A (2020) on May 26, 2020. The new legislation prohibits landlords from enforcing personal guaranties on certain commercial leases for defaults occurring between March 7, 2020 and Sept. 30, 2020.

The fund will make new loans and invest in real-estate debt securities.

There are approximately 453 single-tenant bank-occupied properties on the market for sale in the US.

From December to June, the NOI of retail assets declined by 21.4%, and hotel assets saw a 39.7% drop.

In many cases, older student housing doesn't meet CDC standards in the COVID era.