TEMPE, AZ-In a recent podcast, ASU's Michael Orr discussed housing supply, somewhat sluggish sales and the fact that interest rate increases really aren't having an impact on home sales.

MONROE, LA-The Carrollton, TX-based mortgage services provider strikes a deal with JPMorgan Chase to acquire its customer service operations at the latter's home mortgage financial center.

IRVING, TX-DEALTRACKER-Tricolor Auto Group expanded its headquarters to 25,000 square feet at Summit at Las Colinas. Additional southwest commercial real estate news follows.

BETHLEHEM, PA-With the first building at Lehigh Valley Tradeport pre-leased, a second industrial facility is under construction on spec'.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA-The retail industry is rethinking its approach to the consumer experience--one of the most exciting aspects of the evolution is the increasing emphasis on destination restaurants, says Snyder Langston's Stephen Jones in an EXCLUSIVE commentary.

NEW BRUNSWICK NJ-The consensus at this week's RealShare conference panel on the industrial market is that tenant concessions are generally fading, overall rents are inching up - and the Exit 8A submarket is still leaving others in the dust.

SAN ANTONIO-The Los Angeles buyer teams with Dallas-based Presidium Group to acquire the 252-unit Oakwell Springs in a value-add play. Eliot Bencuya with Tryperion tells GlobeSt.com's Amy Wolff Sorter why the deal was so compelling.

TEMPE, AZ-Scottsdale-based Everest Holdings joins forces with Walton Street Capital in Chicago to acquire the 223,000-square-foot office asset from TIC buyers headed by Thompson National Properties.