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The sale of VEREIT's investment management business “allows us to simplify our core business model and focus on our large, diversified single-tenant real estate portfolio,” says CEO Glenn Rufrano.

“Because we're late in the cycle, people are less likely to take a lot of floating rate risk, so demand for fixed-rate products is increasing.”

Texas has been one of the big winners of the decade following the financial crisis–Houston jumped from number 15 to number 11, while Dallas gained six spots on the office investment list, going from number 16 to 10.

With 84 million millennials and 78 million Baby Boomers, hotels have ramped up brands and concepts geared specifically to the younger set, and Hilton and Marriott brands are some of millennial favorites.

Houston was among the gainers for rent growth in October, as the metro area's housing supply contracted in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, says Yardi Matrix.

REITs delivered “stable operating results,” in the third quarter, says Nareit's Steven A. Wechsler, including year-over-year growth in same-store NOI.

Steadfast Income REIT acquired the apartment properties across Texas and Southern markets between August 2011 and May 2014.

The road to a 20% reduction in energy usage is built slowly, says InvenTrust's Neil Soskin. Nevertheless, the rewards are quick in coming.