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REIT Scorecard: Last Week's Winners And Losers
Brexit sent capital markets on a wild ride last week—here's how the REIT sector is handling it. → Read More
Bisnow Special Report: Industry Titans On What Brexit Means For US Real Estate
When NYC real estate royalty Richard LeFrak woke up in London yesterday, he knew the world was forever changed. → Read More
Rapid Reaction: Top Economists Weigh In On Brexit
Here's what top economists have to say about the decision. → Read More
BREAKING: Brexit Goes Through, UK Prime Minister Resigns
The UK voted to leave the EU after 40 years, spurring the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and sending markets tumbling. → Read More
The Multifamily Rent Boom May Be Slowing
Rents have jumped 20% nationally over the past five years, but some of the biggest multifamily markets might see that slow. → Read More
These 18-Hour Cities Had Hot Office Markets In Q1
Here are the 18-hour cities that saw serious absorption in Q1. → Read More
Economists Weigh In: What Will Oil's Rally Mean For Real Estate
Oil has been on the rebound over recent months, so Bisnow got the scoop on its CRE impact. → Read More
KKR Closes $739M European Fund
PERE giant KKR has closed its first Europe-focused real estate fund, KKR Real Estate Partners Europe, with $739M in capital raised. → Read More
These Office Markets Saw Double-Digit Rent Growth Over The Past Year
Rent Growth: 20.12% Average Rent: $80.25/SF Vacancy Rate: 6.3% Midtown South's market is still the tightest in NYC, with Downtown and Midtown hitting just 3.33% and 5.57% in rent growth, respectively. Despite the white-hot conditions over the past year, demand slowed some in Q1, with -282k SF absorption. → Read More
5 Retailers On The Ropes
Here's some retailers that may not share Amazon's confidence (since the e-commerce giant has siphoned away their market share). → Read More
Barclays Restructuring Banker Poached By KKR's Pillarstone
Barclay’s head of credit restructuring in Europe, the Middle east and Africa, Jonathan Conway, has ditched the banking giant in favor of KKR’s Pillarstone. → Read More
5 Megaprojects That Will Affect Real Estate
From NFL stadiums to floating bridges—these massive infrastructure projects could mean big things for US property. → Read More
REIT Scorecard: Last Week's Winners And Losers
Monday Open: $8.97/share Friday Close: $9.60/share Change: 7% Diamondrock saw nearly half of its weekly gain on Wednesday alone, rising 3.44%. The lodging REIT has a 52-week high of $13.86/share while its low is $7.28/share over the same period. → Read More
Hedge Fund Manager: Stick To Real Estate Debt To Avoid Brexit Fallout
Securities backed by US commercial real estate debt, leveraged loans or residential mortgages are insulated from potential economic shocks like Brexit. → Read More
Economic Sluggishness Looks Similar To The 1930s
Companies are unwilling to spend, inflation expectations keep falling, growth is constrained—and the trigger current economic stumbling was the 2008 crisis. → Read More
St. Louis Fed President: I Am The Missing Dot
St. Louis Fed president James Bullard was the only one of 17 Fed officials not to project a long-run interest rate—displayed in the Fed’s so called “dot plot” → Read More
Report: US Office Is Going Strong, Especially In 18-Hour Cities
US office market fundamentals stayed strong in Q1, despite the early-year market volatility according to Colliers’ Q1 ’16 Office Market Outlook report. → Read More
Q&A With ResiModel CEO: Big Data In Real Estate
Bisnow sat down with another real estate tech CEO, ResiModel's Elliot Vermes, for his take on big data in real estate. → Read More
Airbnb Gets $1B Debt Facility
Airbnb snagged a $1B debt facility from big US banks—led by JPMorgan, Citigroup Inc, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America. → Read More
Dying Malls Put $47.5B In Loans At Risk
About $47.5B in loans backed by retail properties will mature over the next 18 months. → Read More