REIT Study, Part 3: Healthy Balance Sheets

By David Bodamer and Beth Mattson-Tieg

A majority of respondents indicated that they think REITs have been good at managing their balance sheets.

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1031 Buyers Compete for Replacement Properties

By Beth Mattson-Teig, Contributing Writer

Heightened competition for replacement properties is spurring 1031 exchange investors to expand their criteria to include a broader geographic scope and more property types.

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Brokers - Disruption: Ten-X

By NREI Staff

Ten-X is out to change the way commercial real estate brokers do business. Ten-X is focusing on creating partnerships with commercial real estate brokers across the U.S. to help empower them with the knowledge and tools. Since its launch as Auction.com in 2007, Ten-X has evolved to change the way people buy and sell real estate online.

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Lehman Brothers Said to Sell One of Its Last Property Holdings

By Oshrat Carmiel

Bloomberg

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. sold the NYLO New York City hotel, bringing the unwinding of the bank’s real estate investments close to completion almost eight years after its bankruptcy.

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Home Price Increases in 20 U.S. Cities Hold Steady in April

By Victoria Stilwell

Bloomberg

Home prices in 20 U.S. cities rose at a steady pace in April from a year earlier, a sign demand for residential real estate remains solid enough to support both buyers and sellers.

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10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

By NREI Staff

U.S. apartment sizes are eight percent smaller than they were a decade ago, MultiHousing News reports. Airbnb is pursuing a new funding round that would value it at $30 billion, according to The Real Deal. These are among today's must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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