Capital Markets

STR says the drop can be attributed to the shift from urban to suburban sales and to sales that were outside of the top 25 markets.

In general the data center real estate market thrived last year with investment totalling more than $20 billion -- surpassing the volume for the three previous years combined.

2014 through 2017 were among the busiest years in commercial real estate investment, but 2018 will be a return to a normalized market.

Mizuho Research Managing Director Richard Anderson says that many of the demographic and market trends working against senior housing now are set to pass.

The 10% stock market correction in January may be just the beginning, but stock market volatility could mean buying opportunities in commercial real estate.

The firm is making this move at a time when multifamily industry watchers remain bullish on the landscape.

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling wants to attach nearly three dozen bills to the package, which could threaten the support of Senate moderates for the measure.

Last week Blackstone REIT announced it was acquring an industrial portfolio for $1.8 billion.