The amount of distressed commercial real estate assets rose 10% in the first quarter and now amounts to $64 billion, according to MSCI Real Assets. Some owners are coughing up cash to buy time on their mortgages, reports The Real Deal. These are...

With solid property fundamentals and plenty of potential demand, both institutional and high-net-worth investors have been working with firms that specialize in BTRs.

The “denominator effect” put institutions in a position where real estate allocations exceeded target levels, but observers expect that issue has begun to resolve itself as values of other investments have recovered.

Third-party surveys are often relied on for valuation purposes; however, one must be cautious in their use when actual trades in the public market are confirming a value that is substantially different.