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After a giant year in 2018, international investment in apartments slowed early this year, according to early data.

Rising interest rates and uncertainty about the economy’s prospects slowed the pace of investment in apartment properties during the first

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The voice-shopping service comes out of a partnership between the two companies that began in August 2017.

(Bloomberg) -- Walmart Inc. will let customers order groceries by voice through Google’s smart-home assistant, an attempt to counter Amazon.com Inc.’s growing clout in e-commerce.

Beginning this

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BlackRock has sought to expand beyond indexed products, which account for about two-thirds of assets under management, and bolster its alternatives business.

(Bloomberg) -- BlackRock Inc. is launching its largest sweeping organizational overhaul

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The Wall Street Journal looks at the favorable housing market coming up for home buyers this spring. Student loan debt is hurting Millennial's ability to buy homes, according to Forbes. These are among today’s must

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Seven of 13 major retail categories showed declines, led by a 4.4 percent drop in building materials.

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. retail sales unexpectedly eased in February on declines in grocery stores and building materials, which could potentially

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The Fed has responded to lagging growth and inflation by abandoning plans to raise rates at all this year -- a surprise policy U-turn that sparked the first quarter’s

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What is the proper way to draft a pop-store agreement to avoid issues later on?

While temporary “pop-up” stores are not a new concept, their prevalence has grown exponentially in recent years. Anyone who has ever purchased a

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Too much new supply is beginning to affect occupancy in the assisted living sector.

The changing conditions in the seniors housing sector were the main point of discussing

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REITs with smaller market caps may view the deal as a green light to position themselves as more attractive to investors.

The impending $5.9 billion

Taking an in-depth look at HUD’s new LIHTC pilot program.

On February 21, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued Housing Notice 2019-03 announcing the 221(d)4 / Low-income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Pilot Program. The notice establishes an expedited review

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