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With coronavirus cases surging in parts of the U.S., a nascent lodging recovery is unraveling.

(Bloomberg)—Hotels are getting increasingly creative in their efforts to wring business out of the travel standstill.

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Insurance companies want to increase their investments in warehouse properties as office assets have become riskier, reports Reuters. CBL & Associates got an extension to reach a deal on repayment of some of its

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Industrial facilities are seeing rising rents and potential bidding wars as online sales drive demand for space to store merchandise.

Acceleration of online shopping during the COVID-19 lockdown has made e-commerce retailers more risk-averse.

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The housing market continued to attract buyers looking for more space and attracted by low interest rates.

(Bloomberg)—U.S. homebuilders’ outlook improved in July and is back

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In the second quarter, occupancy at independent living and assisted living facilities declined by 2.8 percent.

(Bloomberg)—Occupancy in senior housing has hit

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Close to 88 percent of apartment-renting households made a full or partial rent payment by July 13, according to The National Multifamily Housing Council. Despite an online boom, retailers are struggling with

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As more drive-in movie theaters pop up in parking lots of malls and big-box retailers, we look at how these partnerships work.

The once-popular drive-in movie theater is back in vogue as many

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In the last recession some for-sale condo developments were turned into rentals. Brokers say that's unlikely to happen in the current crisis.

Sarah, a prospective buyer whose full name we’ve

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The coronavirus crisis has exposed potential weaknesses tied to non-bank financial firms, including excessive leverage and interconnectedness.

(Bloomberg)—A top Federal Reserve official is issuing a warning about

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The private equity firm is closing a fund that invested in CMBS loans.

(Bloomberg)—Blackstone Group Inc. is closing a real estate fund that used leverage to load up on

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