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Nov 20, 2019

A recent study revealed that more than 78 percent of clients expect a response from their agents in a single hour. Download this eBook to learn how to leverage the same on-demand technology they use, to close deals fast.

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Nov 20, 2019

Download this eBook to learn the 5 essential steps to building out your technology platform for the home buying and selling process.

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Nov 13, 2019

99% of workers are distracted. This is the reality for more than 5,000 office workers around the world that we surveyed this year. More than a third of them are always or very often distracted. Download our eBook to learn more about what's really distracting your teams and what you can do to hel...

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Oct 03, 2019

The Kronos Workforce TeleStaff Bidding Module can free public safety agencies from the risks associated with manual shift bidding. Employee scheduling is a challenge for any organization, especially public safety agencies, which must balance 24/7/365 demands with union rules, labor compliance guidel...

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Oct 03, 2019

Campus dining, housing, and security managers face unique challenges in scheduling staff. Learn how an automated workforce management solution can help. Scheduling part-time student workers — and full-time staff — in a higher education setting is particularly challenging considering students' busy l...

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May 29, 2019

Download this eBook to learn the 5 essential steps to building out your technology platform for the home buying and selling process.

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Apr 10, 2019

Clients want real estate on-demand. Recently, we asked 476 real estate agents how on-demand technology has changed client relationships. Results were surprising. For instance, more than 78 percent of clients expect a response from their agents within an hour, and 19 percent expect it within a mere t...

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Apr 10, 2019

Real estate is changing... Every day, it seems like another startup launches to “disrupt” real estate. These startups sport names like OpenDoor, Compass, Purplebricks, and Open Listings. Their value propositions and business models vary widely. But they have one thing in common: They use technology ...

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Mar 08, 2019

Choosing a construction software solution is an important decision. Not only is it a significant investment in terms of cost, time, and resources, the solution you choose will have an enormous impact on the daily activities of your construction teams. Therefore, it's vital to conduct the proper rese...

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Jan 25, 2019

Learn how to build your software-buying team, assess your needs as a company, and determine what you want in a construction project management solution.

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Nov 13, 2018

Your company is up against a new workforce of tech-savvy millenials, jobsite automation, and the demands of a booming economy. In this digital era, working with outdated technology, or pen and paper, can wreak havoc on your bottom line. Download our free eBook to learn exactly how technology can: Ke...

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Nov 13, 2018

What's the ROI? As firms grow, operations become more and more complex. A software solution eliminates repetitive processes and greatly reduces the need to manually enter information while streamlining and/or automating operations cross-departmentally. Efficiency is one of the most expansive ROI met...

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Nov 13, 2018

Many types of construction documents have experienced a slow migration. First from paper-based documentation and storage to digital organization, then cloud-based software, and more recently, open cloud-based platforms and mobile applications. But specification books—those hefty tomes that catalog e...

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Read the Deck 7 Webinar Benchmarks & Best Practices Report to see how your webinars measure against market benchmarks. And learn about the best practices

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Jan 30, 2020

This article is the third in a series discussing the disruptors that are remaking commercial real estate and will impact the way we live, build, work, play and invest. Rather than thinking about technology as a defensive, isolated disruption of commercial real estate, we need to contemplate technolo...

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Jan 24, 2020

As the digital age accelerates the rate in which these new developments appear and the effects they can have, it's more important than ever for real estate professionals to stay a few steps ahead of the game. 9 of the biggest trends we see impacting the real estate industry in 2020 and beyond in...

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Dec 05, 2019

The goal of the task force’s work was to identify challenges to housing supply, and thus attainability for individuals and families across the income spectrum. Improving the process for approval of development projects, and the citizen participation element of the process, are two critical ele...

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Oct 10, 2019

In layman’s terms, the investment concept for real estate is relatively simple. Investors buy a property and collect a rent for it. They may also gain some capital appreciation and leverage the property to achieve a higher return on equity. While simple in concept, the practical realization ma...

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Sep 17, 2019

“The common theme in office, retail, and residential is that it is no longer about space. It’s about the services you offer.” The challenges facing Canada’s real estate industry continue to grow. Despite Canada’s low unemployment rate and signs of strength in areas span...

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Aug 21, 2019

In practice, of course, things are more complicated. Effective translation necessitates a nuanced understanding of (at least) two languages and cultures, both source and target. It requires an understanding of the original content’s goals. It mandates a fluency in tone and subtext as well as v...

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Aug 21, 2019

Your localization partner is going to do a deep-dive into your business—so start by diving deep into theirs. Are they an industry-leader with 20 years of experience or a relative newcomer? Will they speak Samoan, Uzbek, or Swahili (and all your customers’ languages)? Can they deliver on-...

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Aug 14, 2019

Content—and how brands use it to interact with buyers at all stages of the engagement journey—has fundamentally reshaped every business’ go-to-market strategy. This shift has been particularly challenging for “top-of-the-funnel” demand generation marketers, most of who ...

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Aug 05, 2019

With over 134.5 million square feet of retail space constructed around the world in 2016, demand remains high for new retail environments, despite the growing influence of e-commerce.1 This demand for new retail and mixeduse construction spans the globe, including in Mexico, China, Morocco, Saudi Ar...

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Aug 02, 2019

An interesting paradox exists between architecture/industrial design companies and their counterparts in the construction industry. The architecture and industrial design industries are both highly digitized. On the other hand, companies in the construction industry where all the trenchwork occurs, ...

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Jul 25, 2019

This guide is here to help you understand exactly why construction software is revolutionising the industry. With cloud-based systems, there’s a sense of traceability and accountability that has never been seen before in construction. All team members, from architects to subcontractors, are co...

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Jul 25, 2019

93% of commercial real estate executives agree with the statement that “real estate organizations need to engage with PropTech in order to adapt to the changing global environment.” In practice, recognition that technology is necessary to remain competitive and strategically implementing...

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Jul 24, 2019

Picketing of jobsites is a frequent occurrence in the Construction Industry. Each year unions set up hundreds of pickets designed to exert pressure on one or more employers. Most picketing situations in the Construction Industry result from mixing union and non-union subcontractors on the same works...

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Jul 20, 2019

In a retail business, compromising on quality may affect the bottom line. In the construction industry, it can cost lives. Poor construction quality costs millions of dollars in profit loss each year and accounts for hundreds of injuries, with costs related to quality issues often estimated between ...

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Jul 15, 2019

If you’re on a B2B revenue team, it’s likely your Marketing and Sales teams are experiencing some angst these days when it comes to understanding how prospects and customers want to interact with your company. On one hand customers seem to want ultra-personalized attention on every chann...

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Jul 10, 2019

This document provides an explanation on some structural problems or inefficiencies in the current construction sector and how these can be solved through means of smart contracts. In the construction sector payments are made from party to party to another party etc., which contains great risks and ...

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Jul 10, 2019

The labor shortage impacts construction companies when it comes to hiring and conducting business. The time and cost of hiring increases when potential employees are able to be selective and demanding, which lengthens the process. Salaries must be increased to entice potential hires and to match or ...

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Jul 10, 2019

The need for affordable housing is on the rise. Nationwide, more than 10 million renter households are severely cost burdened – that is, they spend more than 50 percent of their income on housing. Through our Expanding the Supply of Affordable Homes research initiative, the Enterprise Policy D...

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Jul 08, 2019

Decisionmaking is a cognitive process defined by psychologists as the selection of a course of action from multiple alternatives (e.g. what to eat, where to shop). John Dewey, the pragmatic philosopher and psychologist, introduced the first decision process framework for consumer buying in his book ...

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Jul 07, 2019

For most people, property investment is by far the most secure method of investment. The underlying problem is, the only way for you to cash out is to sell your properties, and we know that doesn't happen overnight. Real estate in general has low liquidity, high barrier to entry, unpredictable l...

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Jul 05, 2019

The development phase of blockchain technology is still being incubated at a very early stage and is currently experiencing exponential growth. It is obvious and imminent that this approach will change the way how industries operate in the world. Blockchain technology can be applied in a slew of eco...

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Jul 05, 2019

This white paper discusses where the construction industry is today, the innovations that are already available and how to approach the digital transformation of your construction company in practical terms.

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Jun 25, 2019

The pace of turnaround for new homes is hotting up. According to Government figures some 217,000 were delivered to the market in 2017 an increase on the previous year and the highest rate for a decade. But the Government cannot afford to let that rate drop. If the housebuilding sector is to make rea...

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Jun 24, 2019

We believe that data-driven marketing shouldn’t be confusing. Every company should know what works for their campaigns in order to make more ROI-driven decisions. At Directive, we not only craft customized campaigns for your unique marketing objectives - we exceed those objectives and truly re...

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Jun 20, 2019

Residential operational real estate in the UK is still in its early stages, representing an exciting growth opportunity for investors and developers. Institutions are already active, but we expect appetite and activity to grow substantially as investors appreciate the underlying demographic drivers ...

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Jun 20, 2019

Property-level suitability pioneers a completely new way of executing valuations related to home equity lending, providing a next generation cascade alternative. By conducting a first initial valuation test on the property with VeroPRECISION, users can streamline operational processes, reduce unnece...

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Jun 15, 2019

Construction projects over the past few decades have become increasingly complex. As a result disputes2 have grown in direct relation to the size and complexity of projects. One recent study reported that the value of the average dispute in the United States is approximately $34.3 million.3 A slight...

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Jun 10, 2019

In the fast-paced environment of today’s real estate industry, expanding the diversity of ideas is especially important and is driving the greater innovation necessary to navigate disruption and capitalize on change. Men still outnumber women by large numbers in nearly all subsectors of real e...

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Jun 05, 2019

Real estate has historically been known for its cycles, which have included some big highs and some low lows, but we are now at a unique time in the current cycle and the norms of the past regarding pace and cadence are foundationally different. This causes us to ask, what does this mean and what ca...

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Jun 05, 2019

European direct real estate is set for a slightly more benign year of performance, owing to the likely softening in demand fundamentals and signs that prime asset pricing trends are reaching their peak. While risks remain tilted towards the external environment and domestic growth drivers remain in ...

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Jun 04, 2019

There is a fundamental shift going on in Australian listed real estate. For years retail property has been the rightful leader in the listed market providing strong returns for investors. It has become the bedrock of passive investing in listed real estate via off-the-shelf index funds. The prolifer...

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May 24, 2019

The UK economy has never been in greater need of high-quality, efficiently managed private housing. But this is nothing new. 2012 saw the publication of the Montague Review as a result of a long-standing housing deficit in the UK. There was already a distinct awareness that the existing house-builde...

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May 16, 2019

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) have had a banner first four months of the year, even though the sector returned -0.2% in April after investors moved to a more “risk on” focus. Notwithstanding April’s pause, REITs’ year-to-date returns of 16.9%, should be viewed as maki...

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May 10, 2019

At CAMRADATA’s latest roundtable on The changing face of Real Estate, Infrastructure & Real Assets, held in London at the start of the year, asset owners explained why the appeal of owning buildings, windfarms and waste incinerators was on the rise. Padmesh Shukla, head of investments at t...

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May 10, 2019

TECHNOLOGY is changing the most fundamental truth about commercial real estate (CRE)—that value is based solely on location, location, location. While it still matters, of course, that a space be close to customers, employees, and/or suppliers, informationbased applications have the potential ...

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May 01, 2019

OWNERS OF VARIABLE INSURANCE CONTRACTS THAT INVEST IN THE SHARES SHOULD REFER TO THE VARIABLE INSURANCE CONTRACT PROSPECTUS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF FEES AND EXPENSES, AS THE TABLE AND EXAMPLES DO NOT REFLECT DEDUCTIONS AT THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT LEVEL OR CONTRACT LEVEL. INCLUSION OF THESE CHARGES WOULD IN...

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Apr 30, 2019

In FY18 Consus completed its transformation into the largest listed pureplay residential real estate developer in the top nine cities in Germany and will now focus on optimising its operations. With a relatively young portfolio representing €9.6bn of gross development value (GDV), Consus expect...

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Apr 26, 2019

The usable space within a building is a fundamental metric in understanding the valuation of real estate. Property with greater internal floor area commands a higher rental return and could give rise to a greater Return on Investment (ROI) when investing in premium insulation which allows for thinne...

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Apr 25, 2019

At every decision point, we consider our ability to advance the real estate industry, impact on the environment, and commitment to the well-being of people and local communities. Our Corporate Responsibility Program is integral to our mission, constantly shaping our company vision for the future, an...

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Apr 25, 2019

When property owners find themselves in the position of dealing with a construction defect and need to decide whether or not they should seek an action, most owners fail to contemplate how the damages may be calculated. Not addressing this question can limit the owners from recuperating the full amo...

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Apr 23, 2019

Contractors manage a lot of moving parts on a daily (if not hourly) basis from crews on the job site, subcontractors, equipment, materials and continuously changing conditions. Not to mention, they need to make sure all parts of a job are completed according to specifications. Their profitability de...

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Apr 16, 2019

Since 2013, the National Association of REALTORS® has written the Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends Report. This report provides insights into differences and similarities across generations of home buyers and sellers. The home buyer and seller data is taken from the annual Profile of ...

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Apr 10, 2019

Despite its position as the leading global earner, the real estate development industry has had, and still faces, challenges that undermine its true economic and human development impact. Apart from having to deal with the inevitable challenges that arise from the dynamics of climate change, fluctua...

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Mar 15, 2019

The 2015 Government’s ambition was to secure 1 million net additions to the housing stock by the end of the Parliament which was expected to be in 2020. The Housing White Paper, Fixing our broken housing market (February 2017) described a number of initiatives which aim to secure a step-change...

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Mar 15, 2019

There is an incredible opportunity to create value by addressing Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) risks in the real estate sector – placing investors and fund and asset managers at the forefront of sustainable investing and management. Buildings account for approximately one-third ...

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Mar 13, 2019

This white paper takes a deeper look at the underlying issues in ongoing conversations about the global housing deficit today. It examined the performance and prospects of the real estate industry in the face of a fast-changing global economy, establishing the marked growth the sector has experience...

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Mar 13, 2019

Real estate investors are facing a test of nerve in 2019 as concerns around economic uncertainty rise while, at the same time, they are forced to overhaul traditional business and valuation models in response to rapidly-changing consumer demands.

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Mar 05, 2019

Commercial space is heavily concentrated in large buildings, but large buildings are a relatively small number of the overall stock of commercial buildings. In terms of inventory, commercial real estate markets are bifurcated, with the majority of buildings being relatively small, while the bulk of ...

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Mar 03, 2019

There is an incredible opportunity to create value by addressing Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) risks in the real estate sector placing investors and fund and asset managers at the forefront of sustainable investing and management.1 Buildings account for approximately one-third of glob...

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Feb 23, 2019

Global Real Estate is to attract private investors and other funders who are interested in financing sustainable development and land rehabilitation. The market is not as accessible to investors who can afford it as it should in the age of decentralization and digitalization. As capital markets are ...

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Feb 15, 2019

The private rented sector overtook social housing as the UK’s second largest tenure in 2011-12. There are estimated 4.5 million households renting privately– around 20% of all households – according to the 2017-18 English Housing Survey. The proportion of households with children l...

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Feb 15, 2019

To gain insight into how brokers and agents are responding to the HyperLocal trend, WAV Group conducted real estate’s first HyperLocal Survey. The research confirms that while brokers and agents recognize the importance of neighborhood-focused expertise and marketing, to date they have not ada...

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Feb 08, 2019

In 2019, we expect growth in the US economy to continue supporting demand for real estate. Even if the pace of growth in real GDP is a little slower than 2018, the momentum is positive, as shown in exhibit 2, and the labor market is strong. Strength in the labor market is an important driver of dema...

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Feb 07, 2019

IL&FS default and ongoing speculaons about DHFL have made industry stakeholders anxious yet again. Moved by the upheaval we have tried to gauge impact of liquidity squeeze on the sector and developers. In the past 10 years while value of sold stock has increased by 1.56X, the value of unsold sto...

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Feb 04, 2019

As investors continue to migrate from the stock market to the real estate market, the need for sound financial analysis of income producing properties is greater than ever. Just as buying high-flying stocks with no regard to intrinsic values resulted in hundreds of thousands of investors losing thei...

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Feb 01, 2019

We believe prime logistics in Sydney and Melbourne. Tokyo and Seoul should provide relatively higher total returns of around 10% in 2019, backed by a higher concentration of online retail and a sizeable domestic market to buffer against trade protectionism. Japan's residential sector, particular...

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Jan 31, 2019

Lofty valuations, recent market volatility, and rising concerns over the probability of recession in the coming years are keeping most investors on their heels as they head into 2019. Economic indicators remain generally positive, but much of that may still be driven by the significant amount of liq...

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Jan 30, 2019

In 2019, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) believes economic growth will moderate globally and diverge across major markets, while interest rate policies are expected to converge and financial conditions will likely tighten. The combination of lower macroeconomic growth and higher interes...

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Jan 15, 2019

Another strong year is in prospect for the Irish commercial property market in 2019. Although there is likely to be some further moderation in the pace of growth, the market remains broadly stable. However, it must be acknowledged that we are now another year deeper into the cycle and there are an i...

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Jan 15, 2019

Media, marketing and the way high-net-worth consumers can be reached and influenced is an everchanging landscape. At Luxury Portfolio International® (LPI), along with our research partner YouGov, we wanted to put a fine point to understanding the media consumption habits, opinions and attitudes ...

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Jan 15, 2019

NeroEX is a blockchain-based platform built to grant easy access to easily invest, hold, buy or sell real estate with Gold, Diamond and other cryptocurrencies or crypto-assets. We want to create a better life with real estate, especially for the Future Living society. A better life where people can ...

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Jan 15, 2019

New business models and competition, extensive use of technology, and changing tenant and investor expectations are redefining the commercial real estate (CRE) industry. In our 2018 Real Estate Outlook, we emphasized that RE companies will likely have to take some risks and embrace change to adapt f...

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Jan 10, 2019

In complicated conditions, organizing principles matter. When a disparate array of circumstances present themselves, the advice frequently comes, “Connect the dots.” Many of us will recall puzzle books from childhood where “connect the dots” brought us to a solution that show...

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Jan 10, 2019

It's an exciting time for the Real Estate industry. While the benefits of AI and Machine Learning are well acknowledged across dozens of verticals, CRE has traditionally been a few steps behind in terms of digital transformation. According to the Forbes Real Estate Council, this is all about to ...

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Jan 10, 2019

Rumblings about a recession on the horizon are starting to make company leaders a bit nervous, but many are just too busy keeping up with current work to start thinking about contingency planning. In fact, the constrained labor situation, coupled with material increases, compressed project schedules...

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Jan 05, 2019

Real estate performance across much of the Asia Pacific region remains healthy on the back of strong capital markets and stable occupier fundamentals. Across the region, key cities in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia continued to see healthy office leasing demand in 2018, while the w...

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Jan 05, 2019

The CAD revolution in building design has already passed. Designers have now moved on to BIM - virtual Building Information Modelling - based on digital information exchange. With so much design information available in digital form, and its capacity to change the way the industry works, the benefit...

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Jan 02, 2019

This white paper is an overview of the Devolve Developer’s value proposition along with its economic sustainability delivered through our innovative real estate platform, utility, and technical structure. Devolve Developer’s platform will empower token holders with a new alternative to a...

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Dec 30, 2018

Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network is the world’s leading producer of research on women in commercial real estate. It develops white papers annually and publishes a benchmark study every five years to provide valuable industry insights and data. CREW Network is the premier business ne...

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Dec 20, 2018

Our vision is to grow Property Coin (PCX) into a $1 billion property and loan portfolio that revitalizes neighborhoods promotes affordable housing and delivers profits and value appreciation to our investors. Property Coin is designed to enable the growth of our existing real estate business (Apertu...

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Dec 20, 2018

Real estate, globally, has attracted huge financial investment in recent years. Since 2012, real estate technology based companies have raised almost $6.4 billion in funding across 817 deals in the United States alone . Real estate technology is defined as the hardware gadgets, online platforms and ...

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Dec 20, 2018

RealCrowd offers direct real estate investing opportunities to accredited investors. All properties that are offered are prevetted, institutional quality assets managed by the top real estate operators across the United States. A commercial real estate (CRE) investment is any property that produces ...

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Dec 20, 2018

AREITs and private investors continue to be the major sources of investment product but both groups were active on both sides of transactions, with total acquisitions largely offsetting disposals in 2018. With the exception of two major acquisitions by Scentre Group and SCA Property Group, which dro...

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Dec 20, 2018

With the year drawing to a close, we turn our attention to the outlook and identify nine major occupier and investment trends that we expect to infl uence market conditions and investment performance in 2019 and beyond.

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Dec 20, 2018

Homeownership has traditionally been the path to a secure financial future. Yet with homeownership on a historic decline, home equity is no longer achievable for many. This has diminished the middle class and led to rising inequality. The reality is that equity-driven wealth is out of touch for many...

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Dec 15, 2018

Montana’s Constitution and laws require the Department of Revenue to reappraise all property periodically and value similar property across the state in the same manner. This manual provides a general overview of the mass appraisal process the department uses to determine the market value of r...

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Dec 15, 2018

The UK residential market has continued to struggle against several well-established obstacles over the past year. Affordability issues, a lack of stock, political uncertainty and the prospect of further interest rate rises have all been factors seemingly weighing on activity to varying degrees. Sen...

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Dec 11, 2018

QuantmRE is creating EQRE the world’s first cryptocurrency with true intrinsic value a stable coin backed by real estate assets QuantmRE is building the world’s largest membership-driven, vertically integrated tokenized real estate marketplace powered by Blockchain technologies giving in...

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Dec 04, 2018

Whether the rapid growth rises from fresh rounds of funding, the signing of multiple big clients or expanded sales (and sometimes, all three), the swelling business leads to exciting news: your staff needs to double from 100 to 200 people fast. The challenge: your office cannot accommodate that many...

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Nov 30, 2018

The real estate as we know it is unyielding rarely fits the needs of its buyers or occupiers and limits mobility in a world that now imposes it on the vast majority of its inhabitants. This whitepaper intends to layout the proposed project of solving these issues on a global scale.

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Nov 25, 2018

With the recent tax regulatory changes and continuing disruption in the real estate sector, applying evolving accounting rules to your business remains a clear and serious challenge. In our annual real estate accounting and reporting publication, KPMG shares our insights on how to address key issues...

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Nov 20, 2018

Due to its size, real estate owned by municipalities is an important segment of the real estate market . Yet it received little attention in society as well as in science until recently. Due to the economic crisis that started in 2008, municipalities felt the sense of urgency to take the management ...

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Nov 20, 2018

In 2008, bitcoin announced itself as the first blockchain application, introducing the world to distributed ledger technology a secure and transparent peerto-peer payment protocol. Fastforward a decade and blockchain is transforming the way global business is done across industries. In the financial...

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Nov 10, 2018

Significant changes in the Real Estate world have occurred in the past twenty years. The explosive growth of the Internet accompanied by the creation of social networks has made information ubiquitous. Smart phones and mobile devices put the world in our palms. Facebook and LinkedIn enable instantan...

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Nov 01, 2018

The Elements Estates project will encompass the novel ideas of cryptocurrencies and asset management through decentralized ledgers, based on blockchain technology. We will build an online platform that will introduce to the market real estate initially deriving from distress asset at favorable price...

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Oct 25, 2018

Today, real estate transactions are conducted in ways which, by and large, have not yet been affected by the recent technology revolution. Investments in real estate can only be made through inefficient processes involving multiple intermediaries. As a result, it is unnecessarily costly and complica...

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Oct 25, 2018

Zillios is the fruit of dozens of years of combined experience in international real estate and offers a disruptive and highly innovative property sale and vacation rental platform, scalable on a global level, completely changing actual market practices with all its inefficiencies. Currently, both i...

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Oct 25, 2018

While quantitative analysis is critical to prudent real estate underwriting, real estate math isn't a black‐and‐white exercise, nor is it simple formula lending. Many qualitative judgments will feed into your estimates of property cash flow, debt/service coverage ratios, and a loan to value rati...

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Oct 20, 2018

Caviar is the first to offer digital assets and real estate in a single cryptographic token available on the Ethereum blockchain. Our mission is to provide token holders with a diversified, risk-adjusted, data-driven portfolio with exposure to both stable real estate and select cryptocurrencies and ...

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Oct 10, 2018

Contractors face many complex and unique challenges that are driving change throughout the construction industry. Those who recognize the impact of these changes on their business and are prepared to make the necessary adjustments will be better positioned to create opportunities in the future.

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Oct 03, 2018

In the end, you need to be rewarding your sales reps with more than just money if you want to keep them motivated and if you want your sales compensation plan to deliver on its promises.

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Oct 03, 2018

The first CRM launch truly changed the way sales were managed. We went from tracking customers on spreadsheets (and even in rolodexes) to tracking them and their attendant opportunities with software. It wasn’t long before reps started to feel the purpose of a CRM was more about preserving the...

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Oct 03, 2018

Let’s explore some of the current processes around pipeline management and forecasting and how they can be improved.

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Sep 24, 2018

The measure of the rate at which work is performed is called “productivity”. It is a ratio of production output to what is required to produce it. The measure of productivity is defined as a total output per one unit of a total input. In construction, the output is usually expressed in w...

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Sep 20, 2018

By various metrics, UK commercial property is looking fully priced. At the same time, ‘theoretical Brexit’ is becoming much closer to ‘real Brexit’. Consequently, investors (especially cross-border investors) are increasingly trying to understand what might be in the offing. ...

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Sep 20, 2018

The Block Estates Solution "Unrestricted Access to Global Real Estate Investments through Blockchain" Block Estates introduces the world's first platform enabling investors to research, invest in and exit global real estate investments by utilising crypto and fiat currencies combined w...

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Sep 20, 2018

The importance of real estate in our life is difficult to overestimate: our home, our employer’s office and our local shopping mall all compete for our hard-earned cash, directly or indirectly. We rent or pay a mortgage on the home we live in. A part of our employer’s revenue is paid to ...

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Sep 15, 2018

The real estate industry is long overdue for a shakeup. Not only is one-third of the industry running on technology that was first released over 30 years ago, but it continues to put up barriers to transparency, preventing the release of locked up liquidity and eliminating standard services. Researc...

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Sep 15, 2018

Spending growth in 2018 is forecast to be led by select nonresidential and residential segments. Current top-three-performing segments forecast through year-end 2018 include transportation (+13 percent), public safety (+10 percent) and conservation and development (+10 percent). The bottomthree-perf...

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Sep 15, 2018

A year on from KPMG International’s first PropTech survey, it is evident that the real estate industry has made a start on the road to realizing the opportunities that technology and innovation can bring. But there is still some way to go. The key theme KPMG professionals have noticed in conve...

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Sep 04, 2018

Alt.Estate Group is a financial technology company offering a new solution for real estate tokenization: the Protocol and the Platform. Alt.Estate Protocol covers the technology, corporate structure and legal compliance aspects of tokenization. The Protocol will be a turnkey solution for anyone who ...

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Sep 01, 2018

The real estate industry is long overdue for a shakeup. Not only is one-third of the industry running on technology that was first released over 30 years ago, but it continues to put up barriers to transparency, preventing the release of locked up liquidity and eliminating standard services. Researc...

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Aug 30, 2018

The current economic recovery began in 2009 and is quickly becoming the longest recovery in history. Interest rates, until recently, and unemployment have been at historic lows. Capital and liquidity in the banking industry are near historic highs. Asset quality remains strong and overall underwriti...

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Aug 25, 2018

Real estate is ripe for blockchain adoption due to its size, fragmentation, multi-party transactions, and illiquidity. Cryptocurrency wealth is real and offers a significant new source of capital looking for investment opportunities, not unlike investors under the EB-5 visa program. Blockchain has t...

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Aug 25, 2018

The survey was conducted by U.K.-based Property Funds Research (PFR). PFR is an independent management-owned business that provides confidential research and strategic consulting for investors in European real estate. PFR’s foundations are an expert team, a suite of products for underwriting i...

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Aug 20, 2018

Studies have consistently shown an important link between ESG performance and financial returns. Harvard Business School research has shown that companies with a high commitment to ESG in their organizational processes, structures and disclosures “significantly outperform their counterparts ov...

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Aug 20, 2018

The housing market, though capable of generating billions of dollars of revenue, lacks solution providers that can swiftly and efficiently supply the ever-growing demand. By launching the OLM token initiative, we will make history, creating innovative ways of entering the rental housing market and g...

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Aug 20, 2018

India’s economy exhibited healthy growth rates in the last decade, with the exception of 2012. The average growth rate registered over the period 2000–2012 was approximately 7.2%. The growth has been achieved on account of increased consumption, increased investment activity as well as p...

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Aug 19, 2018

The New York City’s strong real estate market performance, the robust interest of foreign investors throughout its history, and macro factors that support job and population growth have together created a favorable environment for investment opportunities in real estate. The New York City real...

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Aug 10, 2018

Sustainable real estate development is an essential component of intergenerational justice, in part because the real estate sector creates more than 20% of the world’s carbon emissions. Governments, recognizing that environmentally sustainable real estate development involves higher upfront co...

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Aug 01, 2018

Real estate is traditionally one of the safest and simplest ways to invest money in the modern world. However, real estate investment comes with its own set of drawbacks that limit ease of use. The main downside to real estate investment is their illiquidity; money in real estate is almost exclusive...

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Jul 23, 2018

Custom ICM solutions are built for you, not auditors, so they typically don’t offer visibility into actions performed over time. Auditors may lack confidence in your homegrown system, especially if they find errors or omissions. In fact, audit risk from errors and overpayments is often the mos...

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Jul 23, 2018

It all ties together. You want your sales reps to behave a certain way and close a certain amount of deals in specific verticals that match your company’s 3- and/or 5-year vision, but the systems you currently have in place to drive this behavior are not working for any number of reasons. Most...

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Jul 23, 2018

You’ve reached a certain point in the evolution of your company and you know it’s time to invest in a CPQ system. But buyer beware: There’s a certain misconception around CPQ systems as being plug-in devices or turnkey-ready overlays of your existing infrastructure, or a simple app...

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Jul 23, 2018

The spreadsheet conundrum... Joe Smith, sales director for Great Start-Up Number 5 Billion and Thirty-One, puts on a blindfold and reaches out blindly for something, ANYTHING, to help him organize his team’s deals and commissions. He’s hopeful. He’s waiting. He knows he’ll come back with something. ...

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Jul 20, 2018

i-house.com has been positioned as a global real estate blockchain cloud platform since its preparation stage. Its mission is to integrate global real estate markets with the blockchain mechanism. Through joining blockchain and real estate, the real estate developer, financial institutions and their...

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Jul 18, 2018

Land records in most developing countries are not available to the public. Tacit land information shared through generations is rarely upheld in cases of dispute and is often lost over time. Consequently, the general public is forced to trust the government to keep the land records intact. In an eco...

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Jul 12, 2018

NAB’s Residential Property Index (a measure of sentiment among property professionals based on expectations for house prices and rents) fell 17 points to +6 in Q2 - its lowest level since mid-2016 and well below average (+14). Sentiment waned in all states, with the biggest falls in WA and NSW...

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Jul 10, 2018

Architects may design environments to improve the quality of life, but it’s the construction industry that makes those concepts a reality. A fundamental aspect to sound construction is selecting the correct materials, and one that has been gaining more attention for its strength and versatilit...

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Jun 20, 2018

The internet has changed the way people buy and sell homes. Methods of lead generation and sales that worked 10 or more years ago just aren’t working anymore.

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Jun 15, 2018

The future framework will contain both elements that are known, as from the Danish ICTregulations 118 and 119, and new elements. This gives the industry a possibility for continuing using well proved practices and supplement with new necessary elements and processes.

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Jun 15, 2018

Spending growth in 2018 is forecast to be led by select nonresidential and residential segments. Current top-three-performing segments forecast in 2018 include transportation (+10 percent), residential improvements (+9 percent) and office (+9 percent). The bottom-three-performing segments include po...

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Jun 15, 2018

While there is endless talk about the possibilities of blockchain for businesses and across industries, as well as hundreds of projects in the pipeline, few such initiatives have come to fruition. Among the most prominent industries that have adopted the blockchain technology are real estate, insura...

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Jun 15, 2018

Real estate is just a shell in which a society operates Mankind has overcome nomadism and today settled real estate has become a major component in how societies operate. Real estate is a shell in which a society operates given that our lives (living, consuming and working) operate in properties. Fi...

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Jun 10, 2018

Real Estate Agents continue to be a critical component in the home buyers search process. Home buyers are relying heavily on online sources and their agents to provide information, with decreasing use of some sources, such as newspapers and open houses. Home buyers typically spend 10 weeks searching...

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Jun 07, 2018

This paper examines the transformations and trends in the healthcare industry as it seeks to meet pressing challenges, including escalating health care costs, an aging population, the future shortage of physicians, geographical inequities in the payer mix, and patient demand shifting to a consumer-d...

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Jun 05, 2018

For far too many, the dream of property ownership seems untenable, particularly in the majority of the world’s largest and most dynamic cities. Regulation & legal complexity, high costs, time constraints, tax implications, location limitations, and the need for large amounts of available c...

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Jun 04, 2018

It is increasingly widely recognized that there is a shortage of affordable housing in nearly every city in America. At the national level, 11 million renter households – more than one in four – spent upwards of half their income on rent in 2016. In addition, the National Low Income Hous...

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Jun 01, 2018

Newmark Knight Frank researchers across the U.S. collaborated to examine six popular commercial real estate myths of 2018 and determine to what extent they are anchored in reality. For each myth, we summarize the popular theory from a national perspective, then address the reality with examples from...

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May 31, 2018

Interest in healthcare real estate is increasing as fast as the industry itself is growing. Rising patient numbers and real estate spending point to long-term demand and cycle resilience for investment in healthcare-related buildings. Healthcare providers are getting creative with real estate strate...

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May 25, 2018

The statewide apartment vacancy rate decreased from 3.7% to 2.7% in Spring 2018. While there is variability among the individual county rates, all counties included in the survey had vacancy rates below 5%, which is usually considered the threshold for a tight rental market. An acute shortage of ren...

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May 14, 2018

The Housing White Paper found that because the existing housing stock is largely single-family homes on large lots, new supply will need to include more diverse for-sale and rental product types, at more price points, in more locations, to meet the breadth of demand and preferences in the region.

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May 05, 2018

This is a significant year for the Inland Empire. It’s been a decade since the Great Recession hit the United States, the nation’s worst downturn since the Great Depression, and it’s the year that home prices in many communities across the region will regain the peak levels they re...

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May 05, 2018

Global real estate markets have carried their strong performance from the latter stages of 2017 into the first few months of 2018, with investment and corporate occupier activity at their highest levels for a decade. In the logistics sector, vacancy rates continue to set new lows with rental growth ...

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May 05, 2018

ARA and Berkeley Point Capital present the First Quarter 2018 United States Multihousing Market Report. The statistics and outlook contained in the report illustrate current trends in the Multihousing sector.

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May 05, 2018

Amazon’s search for a new headquarters ("HQ2") has demonstrated the redefining of corporate America’s view of a geographical location, placing at risk decades-long views of optimal capital allocation for real estate investors. In CenterSquare's 2016 research piece “Be...

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Apr 26, 2018

This prior paper showed clearly that the SACOG region is falling behind in meeting people’s needs for housing. Housing is being developed at a much slower rate than almost any time since the early 1980s. In information provided by Greg Paquin of the Gregory Group, building permits in the six c...

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Apr 25, 2018

Today’s worldwide capital projects are getting ever more complex and larger in scope, with many of these projects facing chronic cost overruns and schedule delays. In fact, as an industry, engineering and construction (E&C) almost just accept the fact that nothing ever gets built on time o...

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Apr 20, 2018

The start of 2018 has been an inauspicious one for the construction industry. The liquidation of Carillion in January, combined with the unseasonal weather in February and March, will inevitably lead to a poor first quarter of activity for the industry. The second quarter of 2018 is likely to see an...

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Apr 20, 2018

Digitalisation and demographic change are shaking up business, society and politics, but also the real estate sector. New forms of living and working, as well as changed values and attitudes, are shaping the real estate of the future and making as much of an impression on investments in this field a...

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Apr 20, 2018

Homeownership has traditionally been the path to a secure financial future. Yet with homeownership on a historic decline, home equity is no longer achievable for many. This has diminished the middle class and led to rising inequality. The reality is that equity-driven wealth is out of touch for many...

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Apr 20, 2018

Brickchain Investments, Ltd (“Brickchain”) is a London based corporation founded in the first quarter of 2018 with the aim of bridging emerging blockchain technology together with the real-estate market, consequently giving everyone the possibility to make low-risk and profitable real es...

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Apr 20, 2018

The global financial crisis has caused an important structural shift in investor preferences towards alternative investments and away from more volatile equity markets. In addition, bond yields have plummeted in the aftermath of the crisis, leaving investors without the ability to generate income. I...

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Apr 20, 2018

The Real Estate and Construction market has been changing over the past few years. With all these changes going on, Deloitte Real Estate is releasing the Real Estate Predictions 2018. We hope the predictions enhance your understanding of the opportunities within the real estate industry.

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Apr 20, 2018

A large part of digitized information is today hosted on various systems. As a result, businesses often face challenges such as a lack of transparency and efficiency, while a higher rate of inaccuracies creates a greater potential for fraud and disputes. Blockchain technology a digitized, distribute...

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Apr 20, 2018

The global real estate market offers uniquely appealing long-term prospects for investors capable of acquiring the data necessary for confident decision making. Critically dependent on local conditions and trends, the market has long been locked away from most retail investors, often from the other ...

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Apr 20, 2018

Place to rent is a decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) global platform in the space of both long and short-term residential and commercial rentals, such as homes, apartments, office, retail, and industrial space. We anticipate capturing real estate rental markets worldwide. While the costs and specific...

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Apr 18, 2018

Will blockchain technology produce PropTech 3.0, the next wave of innovation in real estate? Since 2012, real estate tech companies have raised USD 6.4 billion in funding and 4 companies have been minted to the unicorn club. This activity indicates real estate is in need of a big update, and a 95-pa...

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Apr 11, 2018

Commercial real estate investors look to the coming year with increased optimism thanks in large part to the approval of new tax legislation. Details are still unfolding on some of the finer points of the recently passed Tax Cuts & Jobs Act. The country is still waiting for guidance from the IRS...

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Apr 11, 2018

Sustainable by Design: Increasing Water Efficiency and Reducing Cost in Affordable Housing is a case study drawing upon lessons learned from the Chicago Water-Efficiency Pilot. Enterprise Community Partners and Elevate Energy is working to develop solutions that will help affordable housing provider...

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Apr 04, 2018

As a real estate operation grows and evolves, it adds employees, customer databases, investors, and properties under management. Compared to other professional services, real estate operations must be especially mindful of the evolution of their liability loss exposures, which can change as the resu...

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Apr 04, 2018

Affordable housing can be a foundation for overall stability and well-being for the District’s lowest-income residents. Research shows that having a safe and affordable place to live is essential to health outcomes and achievement in school. Yet few of the District’s extremely low-income...

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Apr 01, 2018

America faces a major shortage of affordable housing. Nearly half of all renters are paying 30% of their income on rent—or more. And the number of households who are renting is near postwar highs. Meanwhile, private market-focused policies have proven completely inadequate for ameliorating thi...

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Mar 27, 2018

At Collateral Analytics we continuously work to improve our valuation models by incorporating new and better measures of those influences on value which, while exceptional in nature, create significant variation in valuation accuracy and levels. Property condition, school quality, and waterfront pro...

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Mar 26, 2018

Cryptocurrencies and other blockchain-based technologies have the potential to transform the real estate industry. This paper outlines a vision for a new crypto-currency, a trading platform and software applications for the real estate industry based on state of the art blockchain technology. This v...

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Mar 20, 2018

Finland is an open, well-functioning and stable economy, where strong growth, innovation and structural reforms transformed the country into one of the world’s most competitive economies during the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. Services are currently the biggest sector of the Finni...

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Mar 15, 2018

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017, the most significant revision to the U.S. tax code since 1986, reduced the headline corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. Businesses have already responded to the fiscal stimulus, which was designed to make the country more competitive within the global market...

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Mar 15, 2018

This whitepaper describes the utilization of distributed ledger technology for record management of real estate titles, financial data, and property encumbrance, held within a federated blockchain operated by government departments, financial institutions, and dominion. Through the use of smart cont...

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Mar 15, 2018

The past two years have been landmark years for India’s real estate landscape; ranging from the formation of a strong regulator on one side to easing of foreign investor norms on the other. The years have also witnessed a major thrust on affordable housing and a strong revision to the Real Est...

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Mar 15, 2018

Tycoon Global Real Estate Investment Platform (hereafter referred to as Tycoon Global) is a decentralized real estate investment, trading, and management platform, which is based on Ethereum. Through a decentralized blockchain platform, Tycoon Global directly connects international investors with gl...

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Mar 15, 2018

Each year, the million-plus real estate professionals nationwide set time aside from their day-to-day to take a deep breath, examine their success from the past 12 months, and learn what they can do better in the year ahead to boost their bottom lines. It’s during this period that agents and b...

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Mar 15, 2018

The operations and management within the CRE industry are abstruse and extensive in nature huddled up with innumerable formalities and yet this sector has arguably lagged behind in capitalizing computer-aided technology ' Real estate sellers/buyers have been victims of hidden transaction costs, ...

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Mar 15, 2018

The ROCATI project the world’s first cryptocurrency linked to a tangible asset: the home comes just when the real estate market has reached its lowest point in modern history. ROCATI Limited brings together leading experts in the real estate and financial sectors with a single objective in min...

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Mar 14, 2018

Buying a primary residence is an emotional and financial milestone in peoples’ lives. Buying real estate investments is different. It’s more like a business proposition, intended to generate rental revenue and profit through market appreciation. In addition, real estate investing provide...

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Mar 14, 2018

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017, the most significant revision to the U.S. tax code since 1986, reduced the headline corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. Businesses have already responded to the fiscal stimulus, which was designed to make the country more competitive within the global market...

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Mar 10, 2018

Currently, online trading markets are powerful and increasing continuously. The most important one is the Real Estate market which needs quick and clear information. However, the information is, sometimes or often, sent from unknown senders. The present day, the markets for real estate brokers are m...

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Mar 08, 2018

The real estate market is one of the globally largest but to our experience still very intransparent and inefficient industries. SwissRealCoin (SRC) commits to bringing real estate assets onto the Blockchain to revolutionize the real estate asset management and old-world transaction system by introd...

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Mar 08, 2018

As the price of U.S. housing reaches historic highs and continues to climb, financial experts and investors alike are questioning the reasons behind this continuous growth. Have we reached a peak, signifying a future decline? Is another housing crisis on the horizon? We believe the answer to both of...

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Mar 06, 2018

The real estate (RE) industry seems to be on an accelerating disruption curve highlighted by rapid changes in tenant dynamics, customer demographic shifts, and ever-increasing needs for better and faster data access to allow improved service and amenities. A case in point: the ongoing development of...

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Mar 05, 2018

Through advocacy, influence and engagement, Central City Association (CCA) enhances Downtown LA’s vibrancy and increases investment in the region. As Los Angeles’ center for growth, Downtown has the potential to meaningfully address the housing crisis and maximize the impact of transit i...

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Mar 05, 2018

In the housing White Paper, ‘Fixing our broken housing market’, we made it clear that our priority is building the new homes this country needs. We made a commitment to deliver a million homes by the end of 2020 - and half a million more by the end of 2022. We set out proposals for tackl...

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Feb 27, 2018

There are close to 132,000 units of affordable housing in the U.S. that are in various stages of development. Nearly one-third of these planned units are at risk of not receiving the necessary financing now that the tax cut has reduced the incentive to buy tax credits that spur affordable housing. A...

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Feb 25, 2018

Economic inequality is one of the greatest challenges in the world today. For this reason, the founding team built Wealth Migrate an online Real Estate Marketplace that democratizes access to quality real estate assets across the globe at an affordable amount (currently USD 1000). For as long as hum...

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Feb 22, 2018

Technological change affects everyone. It alters our daily lives at every level: social, economic, and political. Until now, the real estate industry’s reaction to these fundamental changes has been muted, even though real estate’s vulnerability to digital disruption is as profound as an...

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Feb 20, 2018

The Deed mission brings the relationship of property owners and agents to the 21st century. We repair the model of the real estate industry by reducing costs and labor while providing information transparency for all parties. Agents win more customers: the Deed Network operates similarly to a cell p...

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Feb 20, 2018

REALECOIN™ is a tokenized real estate investment fund. The Fund seeks to acquire income-producing, institutional-quality multi-family housing units that need redevelopment or renovation. The Fund will improve the properties, refinance the equity, and deploy the cash into additional properties....

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Feb 20, 2018

The traditional centralized real estate system has remained mostly unchanged in the past couple of decades. NEST plans to disrupt the current ecosystem by streamlining processes, automaCurrently, the residential real estate market is not as accessible as it should be to investors who are unable to a...

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Feb 17, 2018

Investing in real estate has long been a well-known method of wealth-building. Favored by many and with a myriad of options to choose from, individuals are spoilt for choice when it comes to their investment options. However, traditional real estate investment models present immense barriers to entr...

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Feb 15, 2018

While it appears that the housing market has bottomed out, or nearly so, in many areas, a recovery is hard to find and the vast majority of those in the industry and millions of homeowners are still enduring economic hardships. How did we get into this predicament and where are we headed?

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Feb 15, 2018

At Urbit Data we believe Real Estate market needs more transparency and therefore we are working hard to build the biggest online service and real estate management platform in the world. Our core vision is to create an ecosystem which offers and manages all the information to which any person, comp...

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Feb 15, 2018

Things look positive in 2018 for the real estate and construction industries. Although the uncertainty of previous years has not entirely gone and some markets won’t be as buoyant as they have been on the whole the road ahead looks more settled and business like. It will however be a very busy...

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Feb 14, 2018

This paper represents the culmination of the research completed during the first two years of the Los Angeles Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) Preservation Initiative, a collaboration led by Enterprise’s Southern California office in partnership with the LISC/National Equity Fund (NEF) Los A...

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Feb 14, 2018

At CenterSquare we believe an appropriate consideration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues is important to making the right real estate investments. Real estate assets are one of the primary locations of energy usage (environmental), the cornerstones of our societal infrastructure...

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Feb 12, 2018

Apartment investments will maintain a positive outlook in 2018 as the combination of steady job creation, healthy demographics and an accelerating pace of household formation sustain renter demand. The consistent ¬ow of newly developed units, a top of mind consideration for many investors, incre...

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Feb 11, 2018

Driven primarily by private sector investment, blockchain-based technologies are being developed to address a number of land and property related challenges. This paper examines how those technologies have been applied to land registries and real estate to date and considers how blockchain and regis...

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Feb 10, 2018

In recent years, real estate firms have realized the benefits of technology adoption to streamline operational efficiencies and gain competitive advantage. But across commercial and multifamily real estate firms,asurprisinglylarge proportion are still using antiquated systems. A survey ofcommercial ...

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Feb 08, 2018

Real estate managers are increasingly turning to technology to improve operational performance across their commercial and/or multifamily portfolios. New, powerful tools are enabling operators to effectively optimize building equipment performance, implement proactive maintenance processes, and auto...

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Feb 08, 2018

In anticipation of a plateau for underlying commercial real estate markets, REIT returns began to moderate beginning in 2015, delivering mid-single-digit total returns and range-bound pricing over the last few years. The fundamental factors moderating private real estate markets have been an increas...

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Feb 07, 2018

Real estate equity markets are currently experiencing significant volatility, elevated valuations, and heightened uncertainty. Moreover, a “lower for longer” interest rate environment is leading investors to seek income ahead of capital returns. In this situation, the investment attribut...

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Feb 07, 2018

One of the measures by which any proposed housing finance system must be judged is how well it would serve low- and moderate-income (LMI) households. In this analysis, we assess how well the multi-guarantor system proposed in the draft under discussion in the Senate Banking Committee would serve the...

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Feb 06, 2018

President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1), or the "Act," a comprehensive tax reform package representing an overhaul of federal taxation arguably on a level not seen in more than 30 years. The sweeping piece of legislation makes significant changes that affect the ...

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Feb 06, 2018

The purpose of this White Paper is to present Etheera and ETA Token to potential token holders. inconnection with the proposed Token sale. The information set forth below may not be exhaustive anddoes not imply any elements of a contractual relationship. Its sole purpose is to provide rele-vant andr...

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Feb 02, 2018

Yet there is an undercurrent of caution in the three regional Emerging Trends in Real Estate reports, and more so from the 24 senior professionals interviewed for this Global Emerging Trends edition. These industry leaders all acknowledge that this is a late-cycle property market influenced by a gra...

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Feb 02, 2018

In recent years, many companies have been reconsidering their real estate strategies. This is especially true for companies that own and utilize significant real estate in their business. In many cases, this is either part of an effort to unlock untapped shareholder value in existing assets or to pr...

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Feb 01, 2018

This white paper presents a series of proposals that have been discussed by the OREA REBBA Review Taskforce. The Taskforce does not endorse any of these proposals. They are options we want your feedback on. That feedback will inform the recommendations that are made by the Taskforce to the OREA Boar...

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Feb 01, 2018

From December 2007 to June 2009, the U.S. economy lost over 8.7 million jobs.1 In the months after the recession began, the unemployment rate peaked at 10 percent, reaching double digits for the first time since September 1982, and American households lost over $16 trillion in net worth.2 After a nu...

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Jan 25, 2018

Real estate transactions can be some of the most complicated and burdensome undertakings many people ever participate in. Even the simplest lease agreement is rarely fully understood by the parties signing it. Additionally, enforcing the terms of these contracts can take significant time and effort ...

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Jan 25, 2018

Losses arising from natural disasters in 2017 were among the highest ever recorded. Total global economic cost was USD344 billion dollars as insurers covered USD132 billion of that total. Nine of the ten costliest insured loss events in 2017 impacted the continental United States. The predominant dr...

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Jan 25, 2018

This Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) research paper documents the statistical forecast models that the modeling team has developed as part of the process for establishing the affordable housing goal benchmark levels for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2018 through 2020. The paper was prepared b...

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Jan 20, 2018

Knotel is changing the way commercial property is listed, leased and recorded by creating a blockchain-based record of available commercial space, tenants seeking that space and, ultimately, all related real estate transactions. Currently, the publicly available data pertaining to the commercial rea...

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Jan 17, 2018

Geopolitical uncertainty will continue to weigh on investors’ minds, but the focus has turned toward a number of positive economic indicators and the continued optimism over tax reform. Despite this confidence, the commercial real estate market may be beginning to slow from its peak. Many expe...

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Jan 15, 2018

Emerging Trends in Real Estate® is a trends and forecast publication now in its 39th edition, and is one of the most highly regarded and widely read forecast reports in the real estate industry. Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2018, undertaken jointly by PwC and the Urban Land Institute, pro...

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Jan 11, 2018

The enactment of tax reform legislation will have far-reaching consequences and create new planning considerations for the real estate industry—particularly REITs and other investors in real estate. Our report examines selected provisions in the new tax law and their likely impact on REITs and...

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Jan 10, 2018

The trend in construction continues to show lower growth than that of the economy in general. In the third quarter, the fall of the accumulated GDP of the sector is -1.2% as an annual rate, largely due to civil works, which have fallen by 11%. The building will close with a growth of 0.5%. Civil wor...

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Jan 06, 2018

Emerging Trends Europe reveals an industry that is buoyed by a brighter general economic outlook and, in turn, stronger occupier demand for much of Europe than previous years. Continental European markets are benefiting from a relative slide in sentiment towards the UK, where, despite some semblance...

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Jan 05, 2018

Solar energy offers commercial real estate (CRE) property owners and managers an exceptional opportunity to boost cash flow by reducing utility expenditures, increasing rents, and increasing common areas maintenance (CAM) reimbursements. Installing a solar photovoltaic (PV) array also fosters closer...

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Jan 05, 2018

The United States recently enacted the most comprehensive tax reform in more than 30 years. US policymakers and American businesses have championed tax reform for years on a bipartisan basis, concerned that the US tax system was out of step with the systems of the rest of the developed world. With t...

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Jan 05, 2018

The central message our nation needs to understand about fair housing is captured in the subheading of Professor George Lipsitz’ chapter in The Fight for Fair Housing: Causes, Consequences, and Future Implications of the 1968 Federal Fair Housing Act. In his beautifully-rendered chapter about ...

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Jan 05, 2018

MUXE is the innovative platform that uses Blockchain technology to allow users to LIST, SEARCH, SECURE, and SETTLEall your Real Estate needs. MUXE is a one-stop platform that facilitates from buying your DREAM HOME to getting rental income from your extra space, inspired with latest INTERIOR DESIGNS...

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Jan 02, 2018

President Trump signed the tax reform bill, “An Act to Provide for Reconciliation Pursuant to Titles II and V of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for the Fiscal Year 2018,” into law, marking the largest change to U.S. tax policy since the 1980s. With most of the provisions already...

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Jan 02, 2018

Since 2008, NAIOP has conducted this study for purposes of estimating the annual economic contribution of commercial real estate development to the U.S. economy. The study uses key data sets from the U.S. Census Bureau and Dodge Data & Analytics. It applies several estimating and impact assessme...

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Jan 02, 2018

Perhaps more than any other industry, Commercial Real Estate (CRE) is primed to reap the benefits of advances in Big Data and Internet of Things (IoT) technology. In fact, nearly 33% (equating to $11 trillion globally) of the industry’s assets are managed with manual spreadsheets. As such, the...

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Jan 02, 2018

The REAL Trends 500, now in its 30th year, remains the undisputed leading report ranking the performance of the top residential real estate services firms. Firms are ranked by both closed transaction sides and sales volume. Due to the requirement that all information, be independently verified, the ...

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Jan 02, 2018

LCAM believes the supply and demand dynamic for commercial real estate (CRE) has created a favorable backdrop for investment. We believe limited construction and moderate economic growth has made CRE fundamentals favorable, despite recent market volatility. LCAM expects equity price action to be une...

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Dec 30, 2017

The inevitable convergence of blockchain and real estate may be viewed as a modern-day example of the classic confrontation staged when an immovable object meets an unstoppable force. On the one hand, real estate an industry as old as mankind is notoriously resistant to change and seemingly allergic...

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Dec 27, 2017

Before engaging in real estate investment trusts as a solid investment tool, you should familiarize yourself with the definition and inner workings of these investment products. With a clear picture of what this key investment tool offers, it will be far easier to determine whether or not it's a...

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Dec 27, 2017

The commercial real estate (CRE) industry appears to take pride in keeping several aspects of its operations secret, such as comparable lease rental rates, property prices, and valuations, to create a possible competitive advantage. However, secrets are hard to keep—and may not even be desired...

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Dec 22, 2017

In Private Letter Ruling (“PLR”) 201751011 issued on December 22, 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) revoked and modified parts of PLR 201123003 issued on March 4, 2011 regarding the treatment of carbon emission units (“Units”) for a real estate investment...

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Dec 22, 2017

oday, President Donald Trump signed the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (TCJA or Act) that lowers business and individual tax rates, modernizes US international tax rules, and provides the most significant overhaul of the US tax code in more than 30 years. On December 20, Congress gave final app...

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Dec 20, 2017

We generally believe that the premium for liquidity remains high despite steady growth and few immediate concerns. We see this across the different asset classes as well as within MBS/real estate. Across spread products, the liquid MBS and public securities remain the least well compensated for risk...

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Dec 20, 2017

Everyone in the real estate industry is examining their practices in light of the big changes coming August 1, 2015. The new closing forms from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are the most significant change to real estate closing in years, and we may see different agencies than before hand...

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Dec 20, 2017

The fundamental truth that the value of the commercial real estate (CRE) is mostly based on location is becoming undermined by a new factor – information. While the fundamentals of real estate still matter, information on day-to-day building operations have the potential to add new ways for th...

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Dec 20, 2017

How are the international prime property markets performing, and what are the chief drivers of performance? Which are the “hottest” luxury primary and second-home markets? Luxury Defined, Christie’s International Real Estate’s sixth annual white paper, seeks to answer these q...

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Dec 20, 2017

An alternative to property portals such as Zillow, Zoopla, realestate.com.au and realtor.com, this white paper outlines Propify’s real estate Blockchain marketing solution, providing a continual and immutable public ledger of property updates made available via a social media user interface.

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Dec 20, 2017

A REIT is a company that owns or finances income-producing real estate. Unlike real estate companies that focus on developing properties in order to resell them, REITs buy and develop properties primarily with a view to holding them within their own investment portfolios. REITs thereby aim to provid...

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Dec 20, 2017

In addition to diversifying the portfolio, multi-family investments can reduce portfolio volatility, provide steady income and offer tax advantages few investments can match. In this paper, we attempt to explain the benefits and risks of multifamily investments as well as the options individuals and...

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Dec 16, 2017

Choosing the right real estate closing and family law software can be quite a challenge when it comes to understanding which one best fits your practices needs. By understanding the features that are needed, and adding good support with proper training, lawyers can see extraordinary gains in efficie...

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Dec 15, 2017

Many real estate law firms have found it easier to outsource closings to title companies than to perform them in-house, but this practice comes at significant costs - both literal and figurative. Outsourcing typically serves one of three purposes. It relieves some of the manpower pressure with which...

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Dec 15, 2017

Emerging technologies are transforming every aspect of the insurance business. Property and casualty insurers are adapting InsurTech capabilities to be more customer-centric, to optimize costs, and to improve operational efficiency. Transformational moves by P&C insurers include the use of conne...

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Dec 13, 2017

There is general consensus that when entering 2018 the real estate industry is at the same time in an elongated cycle but still has legs under it with more to run. With the passage of tax reform, significant capital available for investment and continued search for yield, we are optimistic about the...

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Dec 12, 2017

Commercial real estate found itself at the intersection of major global changes during 2016. Activity remained moderate in the world’s economies, with further monetary easing continuing on several continents, according to the Expectations & Market Realities in Real Estate 2017: Intersectio...

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Dec 05, 2017

The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly referred to as The Affordable Care Act and otherwise known as "Obamacare", was signed into law in 2010 and became effective January 1, 2014. As a result, the United States can expect to see an accelerated demand for an incr...

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Dec 04, 2017

Amid all the uncertainty in the post-Brexit world, one thing is certain—US CRE firms will be challenged in doing cross-border business. And the situation can get exacerbated if Brexit has a cascading impact and other countries seek to leave the EU. That said, let’s evaluate some of the i...

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Dec 04, 2017

Blockchain could radically change the real estate sector and other sectors in the years ahead. How will this work and what will it mean for the world of real estate? Is it players? What will blockchain deliver when it comes to uniformity, efficiency, transparency? How does blockchain strengthen the ...

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Dec 01, 2017

How can real estate executives adapt their business models to keep up with the evolution of their ecosystem? Here are four priority areas for 2018 that may help them bridge the gaps while maximizing value and growth. The real estate (RE) industry seems to be on an accelerating disruption curve highl...

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Nov 30, 2017

There are multiple reasons to include publicly traded global real estate securities (GRES) in an institutional real estate portfolio. Some, but not all, of these reasons are also true of the private real estate. The main advantages of publicly traded GRES are as follows: large and diverse part of th...

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Nov 30, 2017

There is no doubt that the real estate market is the most stable investment that has consistently demonstrated a more significant profit margin and lower risk of loss over time. The stability and high likelihood of asset appreciation are what make real estate investment so attractive to investors be...

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Nov 29, 2017

Increased demand for U.S. commercial real estate assets and a maturity in the property cycle driven by economic growth have been major contributors to the volume of commercial real estate in the United States. But game changers, including technology, an undeniable urbanization shift, the impact of c...

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Nov 27, 2017

Historically, research has shown that out-of-town home buyers are informationally disadvantaged and therefore pay higher prices compared to in-town buyers. However, with the advent of online housing platforms, a plethora of free information about the housing market is now available. Here we test whe...

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Nov 22, 2017

The improved performance of the property sector in recent times means greater revenue to the State Governments from increased transaction activity and higher valuations. The proportionate tax burden borne by the Real Estate & Construction industry means the topic of property taxes and their impa...

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Nov 15, 2017

In a low-interest rate environment, it is tempting to gear up non-residential property to generate higher returns on equity. Yet, we believe now is not the time to be pushing leverage (gearing) levels too high. As the RBA quite rightly points out, if there is a “marked increase in global long-...

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Nov 15, 2017

According to the National Association of REALTORS 2016 Profile of Homebuyers and Sellers, 95 percent of all recent buyers are using the internet at some point during the home search process. Of the home buyers who used the internet to search for a home, 51 percent found the home that they ultimately...

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Nov 15, 2017

Major metropolitan areas across the United States and internationally have experienced tremendous economic and population growth over the past five years, resulting in near-maximum occupancy of both residential multi-family (apartments and condominiums) and commercial property. Available inventory i...

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Nov 11, 2017

This whitepaper discusses the many benefits of Parcel Boundary Data and why it’s one of the most in-demand additions to real estate websites. Digital Map Products CEO Jim Skurzynski talks about how parcel boundaries improve real estate decisions and explain the complexities of this data set.

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Nov 07, 2017

In the new economy, the value of retail real estate will be defined by its ability to meet the needs of a retailer’s omnichannel sales strategy. The implication for landlords is the need for significant repositioning of existing assets and lower demand for the physical real estate. The consequ...

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Nov 02, 2017

The housing shortage is now one of our top domestic political issues, at the forefront of the government’s and opposition’s positioning during the 2017 general election and party conferences. However, policy development has thus far been focused on first-time buyers and affordable housin...

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Nov 02, 2017

Landlords should have a provision in their lease that states that notice of non-payment of rent is waived. If that clause is contained in the lease, then it becomes a business decision on the part of the landlord regarding when to turn a defaulting tenant over to the attorney for eviction. If this c...

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Oct 25, 2017

This paper summarizes changes in housing prices during the recent U.S. boom and bust from various geographic perspectives. Nationally, the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller house price index more than doubled in nominal terms during the boom and has fallen by roughly a third subsequently. Dur...

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Oct 22, 2017

This report results from a combination of research methods. Chapters 1 and 2 draw heavily from the research of one of the authors as well as from substantial academic literature regarding issues such as housing affordability, the evolution and fluctuations of home values, and the demographics of rea...

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Oct 18, 2017

CRE owners may believe that smart cities are unlikely to impact the existing built environment, or that the timing is too far out to consider seriously. However, some evolving trends are likely to impact the CRE industry faster than expected. Growing government focus, rapid advances in technology, a...

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Oct 18, 2017

Responsiveness. Innovation. Agility. Adaptability. All organizations must possess these qualities in order to thrive in today’s highly competitive global economy. Until recently, the corporate real estate was not considered a strategic advantage to help companies reach these goals, and commerc...

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Oct 18, 2017

The industrial real estate sector is at an inflection point in the United States due to a confluence of both technological and physical events and disruptive forces impacting trends. The rise of e-commerce has led to a reduction in physical store size, and an increased demand for immediate delivery....

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Oct 18, 2017

An urbanization trend has taken root in major metropolitan areas across the United States, one that we believe will allow multifamily assets to continue experiencing solid fundamentals at least through 2016 and probably beyond. Household formation has remained healthy, spiking at the end of 2014 and...

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Oct 16, 2017

Perhaps we need a new definition of housing affordability or perhaps we need to ask Dr. Barkham to visit a few more modestly sized cities, although he does conclude there is no housing bubble looming. Still others have been singing the same song for decades, that we are in a housing crisis based on ...

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Oct 10, 2017

The mortgage industry has been struggling since the implementation of the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) Act to produce and deliver accurate documents to consumers on a significantly shortened timetable. It seems that adopting electronic closing (e-closing) procedures should have become mai...

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Oct 10, 2017

With record amounts of capital still seeking a home, investors continue to find ways to buy into Canada’s finite investable commercial real estate sector. Investment activity is buoyed by a relatively healthy economy that is the envy of the G7 countries and a commercial property market that co...

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Oct 10, 2017

The distance may be dead, but the location is not. Information technology and broadband connectivity are enabling automation and globalization to proceed at an accelerating peacebuilding innovation, boosting productivity, and opening new markets for American products and services. Though unstable, t...

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Oct 04, 2017

Since the legislation that first created REITs over 50 years ago, there is no question that much has changed in the world of real estate and real estate finance. REITs continue to expand and flourish in ways which were clearly not contemplated 50 years ago or even a decade ago. In just the last 20 y...

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Oct 03, 2017

Non-profit affordable housing developers have played a key role in New York City housing plans since the beginning of the modern, city-backed affordable housing model. Mayor Koch’s seminal Ten-Year Housing Plan relied heavily on non-profit developers, in part because it was understood that non...

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Oct 02, 2017

Initially, it is important to ensure that the property has procedures to document everything that is performed during the application process. Proper qualification procedures will include written application, check list, interviews, along with credit reports and verification of employment and refere...

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Sep 26, 2017

The U.S. currently has a student debt load of $1.4 trillion, which accounts for 10 percent of all outstanding debt and 35 percent of the non-housing debt. The magnitude of the debt continues to grow in size and share of the overall debt in the economy. While this amount of debt has risen, the homeow...

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Sep 15, 2017

Building on 25 years of research, this paper provides an alternative approach for direct real estate investors seeking to add alpha to their broadly diversified property portfolios. First, one must simplify the landscape by grouping 128 different Combined Statistical Areas (“CSAs”) into ...

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Sep 13, 2017

There are various types of private real estate funds. Understanding the basic structure can help mitigate against associated risks. West Group Advisors has advised many clients over the years on various private equity transactions. We have reviewed scores of third party private offerings and advised...

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Sep 13, 2017

Over the past twenty years, business transactions worldwide have grown into an ever-evolving set of internet-based technologies that are designed to make business run more efficiently, and to facilitate swifter communications and closure and fulfillment of those transactions. Unsurprisingly, the ris...

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Sep 12, 2017

Real estate is very much a tax-driven industry. As a result, changes in US tax policy have an impact on the relative attractiveness of real estate as an investment class for non-US investors. Increases to the US tax rates on capital gains, the taxation of the disposition of real estate, and US tax r...

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Sep 04, 2017

West Group has a series of 50 real estate investment principles that are derived from successful value investors in the equity markets. We call these the Thrifty Fifty. Most of these principles are well known, open and in plain sight. We have applied these principles to real estate investing as we b...

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Aug 30, 2017

Selecting and investing in construction-specific software is a critical decision for construction businesses. By educating your team about the current trends within construction technology and how a fully integrated system can improve profitability, you’ll be armed with the knowledge and guida...

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Aug 25, 2017

Real estate, a key asset class in a portfolio, can offer stable income returns, partial protection against inflation, and good diversification with other investments in the portfolio. An efficient real estate portfolio should include varied regions, sectors and investment strategies.

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Aug 22, 2017

There are many reasons for the most recent recession and collapse of the commercial real estate [CRE] market. It was a “perfect storm” for the financial markets that were awash in cash that had to go somewhere. Wall Street banks, their clients, and their regulators failed to understand t...

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Aug 20, 2017

Over the past few quarters, real estate fundraising has struggled to remain consistent, and 2017 is on course to see one of the lowest totals in the past five years. The number of funds closed in Q3 was a little more than half that seen in Q2, and aggregate capital raised in the quarter is following...

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Aug 17, 2017

U.S. banks have increased their commercial real estate (CRE) lending significantly in the past five years. Economists and regulators note that some positive factors are driving this trend, but they also see potential risks. Analysts at the Richmond Fed have found that some banks could be especially ...

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Aug 16, 2017

This paper examines the risk-reward associated with investing in stabilized/non-stabilized CRE, and argues that low leverage loans backed by transitional properties are the sweet spot for CRE investing in the current environment.

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Aug 10, 2017

The commercial real estate market may face gradual softening with signs that investors are proceeding more cautiously on new investment. Exclusive research results from the third quarter NREI / Marcus & Millichap Investor Sentiment Survey show a gradual cooling trend on investor sentiment. The i...

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Aug 07, 2017

The mortgage industry has been struggling since the implementation of the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) Act to produce and deliver accurate documents to consumers on a significantly shortened timetable. It seems that adopting electronic closing (e-closing) procedures should have become mai...

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Aug 07, 2017

The Urban Land Institute Terwilliger Center for Housing has long produced and sponsored industry-leading research on the demographic trends shaping real estate development and land use. From our biennial Housing in America reports to last year’s America in 2015 survey, we believe that actionab...

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Aug 04, 2017

Apartment investments remain well positioned entering 2017, though several important macro-level dynamics have begun to shift course. The November election set in motion a range of fiscal, monetary, regulatory and economic changes that will merit close investor attention. Prospective modifications t...

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Jul 26, 2017

A REAL ESTATE MARKETING FIRM in one of the largest markets in the U.S. recognized the need to develop and implement a digital and content marketing strategy for a large residential property but did not know where to begin.

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Jul 20, 2017

Real Estate Doc (RED) will revolutionize the managing of commercial real estate businesses. Running on our blockchain network, our technology platform facilitates secure, immutable and legally binding transactions between parties using blockchain and smart contracts in a seamless environment, to ach...

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Jul 20, 2017

This paper presents a brief overview of IPD, reflects on how IPD stems from current challenges facing the building industry, and presents the perspectives of three key members of an integrated project team: owner, architect/engineer, and contractor. The paper includes observations on ways that techn...

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Jul 12, 2017

The purpose of this White Paper written by Bitrent project (the “Company”) is to present the Rntb Token (the “Rntb Token” or “Rntb” or “Token”) to potential holders in connection with the proposed token launch. The information set forth below may not b...

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Jul 07, 2017

Paperless offices are nothing new, but law firms are one of the last types of business to adopt the practice in large numbers, because we are all so accustomed to having to deal with massive amounts of paper for every aspect of practice. The truth is, entirely paperless law offices are probably stil...

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Jul 05, 2017

More than eight years ago, during the early days of the financial crisis, the federal government took control of the mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac through a legal process called conservatorship. Since then, Fannie and Freddie – collectively, the government-sponsored enterprises...

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Jul 04, 2017

In the post-Global Financial Crisis investment world, a distinct asset class called “Real Assets” has emerged, primarily motivated by the desire of investors to increase diversification and income while reducing volatility. In the current low yield, low growth investment environment, we ...

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Jun 20, 2017

We are convinced that the long-term rental space is the next industry to be disrupted by blockchain technology, and our entire team believes that blockchain and smart contracts will play a crucial part in this upcoming disruption. Redberry's goal is to enable both landlords and tenants to enjoy ...

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Jun 20, 2017

The commercial real estate (CRE) market is rich with opportunities for smart buildings to improve property management top- and bottom-line performance through expense reduction increased property values and better workplace experiences for tenants. Today, amid the flurry of smart homes, self-driving...

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Jun 15, 2017

The long-awaited proposals set out to deliver a higher number of homes through a co-ordinated approach that tightens up the planning system and requires local authorities and developers to do more.

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Jun 14, 2017

The aim of the Construction Products Regulation is to protect people in buildings against the consequences of a fire. The growth of digitalization means that the density of cables in buildings is constantly increasing. In general, the quantity of flammable materials in modern buildings is increasing...

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May 25, 2017

In this paper we explore what RealTech means, explain the global growth of RealTech, and provide a perspective on the future of RealTech together with the implications for real estate sector participants.

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May 10, 2017

The housing bubble fallout of 2007-2010 resulted in a paradigm shift in the U.S. among many households. Disillusioned by the bursting of the house price bubble that destroyed equity, many former home owners continue to rent today. Younger households, seeking more mobility and often saddled with stud...

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May 08, 2017

In every aspect of our economy, advancing technology and evolving demographics are fueling significant changes in demand patterns. How we live and work is increasingly connected, which influences consumer and business decisions. By its very nature, our physical infrastructure lags changes in underly...

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May 05, 2017

For the first time since the Great Recession, U.S. bank commercial real estate lending (CRE) has surpassed its 2008 peak. After a sharp decline in construction lending and an overall reduction in CRE loans outstanding between 2008 and 2012, S&P Global Ratings has seen a resurgence in lending for...

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May 05, 2017

In a constantly evolving world, even a traditional sector such as real estate changes and innovates. In our view, the future of real estate is directly linked with innovation. The startups of today are the potential industry leaders of tomorrow. Incumbent firms that want to not only survive, but als...

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Apr 24, 2017

REIDAO seeks to introduce crypto assets that are backed by a particular real estate in the real world. This will create an exposure towards the real estate market for the crypto assets holders, such as rental income generation and capital appreciation from the underlying property. These crypto asset...

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Apr 15, 2017

Managers of successful firms are today facing challenges that would have been unimaginable to many of their predecessors a decade ago. The advent of information technology and electronic commerce has brought with it a significant paradigm shift in the business world. Innovation has now, more than ev...

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Apr 15, 2017

While we are now almost eight years into the current economic expansion, our market indicators remain positive for investing in U.S. real estate. The market is competitive; however, we continue to see compelling opportunities to acquire properties in growth markets and increase cash flow, physically...

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Apr 12, 2017

Making real estate a part of your portfolios offers a host of benefits, including a stable income stream and strong returns, capital preservation and diversification through non-correlation to the broader markets. But not all real estate is created equal, and an active approach to investing in this ...

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Mar 25, 2017

The goal of the project is to improve how real estate transactions are performed. The most common real estate transaction is the purchase of a private residence. Here we first describe the main features in this process as it stands today. Following this we will explain how we believe it will look in...

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Mar 15, 2017

The successful delivery of projects is at the heart of the infrastructure and urban-development industry. As one industry expert put it, “Project delivery is about the global value proposition of the construction industry, going beyond time and budget”. The challenge is to create certain...

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Mar 14, 2017

For the first time since the recession, U.S. household income increased significantly during 2015. Gains were seen even among the lowest income households, with the poverty rate declining from 14.8% to 13.5% (Proctor, Semega, & Kollar, 2016). Millions of people, however, continue to struggle eco...

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Mar 10, 2017

Rapid urbanisation and demographic changes, especially within emerging markets, will lead to substantial growth in the real estate industry. At the same time as the industry’s opportunities grow, so too will assets invested in the sector. “As confidence returns to real estate, the indust...

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Feb 20, 2017

Since the instant the Big Bang created the universe, scientists assert that it has been expanding for 13.7 billion years. The same cannot be said of the real estate markets. For more than 200 years, the average full U.S. real estate cycle runs its course, from peak to trough and back again to peak, ...

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Feb 14, 2017

REIT valuations position the sector as a compelling investment option as we enter 2017, as REITs have already discounted the factors that should moderate returns in the underlying real estate markets this year. For private real estate markets, 2017 is a transitional year as we shift away from low-in...

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Feb 05, 2017

For the purposes of this white paper, IREM legislative staff researched each state’s real estate licensing law and applicability to property management. IREM staff examined the real estate licensing authority in all fifty states and the District of Columbia to survey respondents about their ju...

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Jan 30, 2017

On 3 January 2017, the 115th Congress was sworn in, which capped a surprising sweep by Republicans of the House, Senate and White House. Before, during and following the campaigns, President Trump, House Speaker Ryan and Senate Majority Leader McConnell each signaled that comprehensive tax reform wa...

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Jan 09, 2017

Our fundamental approach and valuation models suggest global REITs are priced to deliver an 8.5%–10.5% total return in 2017, consisting of a 4% current dividend yield and 5%–6% growth in earnings driven by occupancy gains, higher revenue from bringing in-place rents on expiring leases to...

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Jan 02, 2017

For investors around the world, real estate has long been considered a source of significant, stable return. The popularity of real estate investment is undeniable given its annual worldwide transaction volume of approximately US$660 billion, a figure that is steadily rising. All in all, the total w...

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Nov 25, 2016

The foundation of the real estate economy is based upon the commission earned from the buying and selling of property. In every transaction, there is a buying side and a selling (listing) side. Real estate companies focus more on the listing side because listings also attract buyers. In most markets...

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Nov 16, 2016

Single-family suburban homes have been the mainstay of the U.S. housing market since the post-World War II automobile boom. However, as mortgage credit availability became scarce and homeownership plummeted following the financial crisis, the demand for single-family homes manifested itself in the f...

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Nov 11, 2016

Starwood Capital’s opportunistic real estate program is distinguished by the Firm’s continuous ability to develop creative strategies to add value throughout the investment process—enabling the most advantageous exit.

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Nov 05, 2016

The questions real estate professionals typically have when using social media to their advantage are how to begin, how to build, and where to focus. The Impact of Social Media in Real Estate survey reveals that more than 87 percent of respondents are using social media for their businesses, and for...

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Sep 20, 2016

Technological innovation is one of the most important drivers of societal change and in response, the built environment continues to evolve to facilitate changing demand patterns. Technological disruption is providing both opportunities and threats for real estate investors. On the side of opportuni...

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Sep 14, 2016

On August 31, 2016, the IRS released final regulations (“Final Regulations”) to clarify the definition of “real property” for purposes of the asset tests applicable to real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). The Final Regulations generally follow the proposed reg...

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Jul 12, 2016

U.S. Single Family Housing significantly lagged post-crisis recoveries compared to equities and commercial real estate. That relative underperformance, plus potential support from pent-up demand, augur well for housing. In our opinion, median income-based measures suggesting that U.S. housing is ove...

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Jul 05, 2016

Information presented herein for the second quarter ended April 30, 2016 is subject to finalization of the Company's regulatory filings, related financial and accounting reporting procedures and external auditor procedures.

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Jun 30, 2016

Mirvac is a leading, diversified Australian property group, with an integrated development and asset management capability.

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Jun 23, 2016

The Seniors Housing sector is constantly changing and evolving. Greystone Real Estate Advisors is in the market every day, continuously talking to buyers and sellers across the United States and Canada. In this Market Trend Report, we discuss topics that are relevant in our world today, and cover bu...

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Jun 16, 2016

Rapid advances in technology are poised to disrupt many of the sectors that anchor Canada’s economy. The impact will be felt across the country, yet many Canadian businesses aren’t ready for it including the real estate industry. digital disruption is all-pervasive, with technology integ...

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May 20, 2016

The UN is forecasting the world’s cities to increase in population by 380 million people in the next five years. Consequently, the planet will need to build the equivalent of five cities the size of Los Angeles every year between now and 2020.

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May 09, 2016

Our brand identity is the way we express who we are and what we do – in a way that people recognise.By consistently applying our brand to all of our communications, we reinforce whatmakes us stand out from our peers.

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May 05, 2016

Property managers often struggle to get technically sound energy efficiency and renewable energy projects approved for financial reasons. Sometimes the split incentive embedded in leases makes projects uneconomic for the building owner. Other times, property managers simply cannot get internal capit...

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May 03, 2016

At a time when many businesses are delaying decisions and reducing their footprint, technology and telecommunication (T&T) companies have proved among the most active occupiers and have been responsible for a series of notable deals across several European office markets.

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May 01, 2016

The global prime property market continued on a steady growth trajectory in early 2015 after several post-global crisis years of price appreciation and booming sales. However, shifting economic dynamics and financial-market volatility created a paradigm shift in the second half of the year and into ...

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Apr 19, 2016

2015 was a pivotal year for DAMAC, not only did we achieve record revenue and a profit level, a highlight was the company listing on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), our home market exchange.

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Apr 16, 2016

Logistics real estate occupiers further expanded their footprints through the first quarter of 2016 despite recent volatility in the financial markets and the global economy. The latest reading from Prologis’ proprietary index of customer activity, the U.S. Industrial Business IndicatorTM (IBI...

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Apr 06, 2016

With the release of the new lease accounting standard as well as other market factors such as activist investors pushing for real estate monetization, we have begun to see companies that own or lease significant amounts of real estate for use in their operations reconsidering their real estate strat...

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Apr 04, 2016

Increased demand for U.S. commercial real estate assets and a maturity in the property cycle driven by economic growth have been major contributors to the volume of commercial real estate in the United States.

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Mar 31, 2016

FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS WE HAVE ACHIEVED GREAT SUCCESS. WE BELIEVE OUR MARKET BREADTH, DIVERSITY OF PRODUCT, STRONG BALANCE SHEET, AND NATIONAL BRAND PREPARE US FOR EVEN GREATER SUCCESS IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS.

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Mar 20, 2016

Developing the net operating income (NOI) or cash flow is an important first step in the prudent underwriting of a commercial real estate (CRE) property. Quantitative analysis is one facet of prudent real estate underwriting, but the real estate math isn't a black‐and‐white exercise, nor is it s...

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Mar 10, 2016

Real estate valuations have become fairly expensive in 2015 and the current real estate cycle might be approaching the end of its lifespan.

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Mar 05, 2016

This White Paper is divided into two parts. Part I: U.S. Census Bureau Affordability and Income Indicators, which have received little attention in previous research regarding historic districts and affordable housing, even though these indicators are considered apropos. Reasons for their previous e...

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Feb 17, 2016

Amer Group (AMER, CA on EGX), the Master regional developer of large-scale, mixed-use-family-oriented communities, has released its consolidated financial results for the Financial Year that ended December 31, 2015 recording EGP 1,846.8 Million consolidated revenues with 5% increase YoY. We have als...

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Feb 09, 2016

Office space densification, when over-done, or undertaken by a firm in an industry ill-suited to an open floor plan, can lead to a decline in employee productivity.

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Feb 05, 2016

Emerging Trends in Real Estate® is a trends and forecast publication now in its 37th edition, and is one of the most highly regarded and widely read forecast reports in the real estate industry.

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Jan 18, 2016

In recent years, property investments have provided an attractive source of income as an alternative to the financial markets. The changing cost of capital, and declining competition from institutional investors.

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Jan 01, 2016

Prime residential real estate continues to be immensely attractive for the world’s wealthiest individuals. Despite stock market volatility, geopolitical instability, and new regulations, luxury property markets overall still have a strong future outlook.

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Jan 01, 2016

The last twenty plus years have seen dramatic economic upheaval and equally dramatic recovery. Over this period, the housing market has likewise experienced volatility and, more recently, rapid increases to record high prices.

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Dec 22, 2015

A full seven years after the financial crisis that rocked the world’s economies, we find ourselves today in an environment where every aftershock — whether set off by a slowing Chinese economy, sovereign debt concerns or geopolitical concerns — is greeted with disturbing headlines that foster more f...

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Dec 05, 2015

Despite the US economy reaching its healthiest levels since the 2008 recession, low inflationary policy, and loose borrowing conditions, US consumers are still cautious with spending on goods and buying from retail stores.

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Nov 16, 2015

The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) is a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to advance the quality and availability of seniors housing and care options for America’selders. NIC provides research, education, and increasedtransparency that facilitate informed investmen...

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Oct 14, 2015

The U.S investment market strengthened between mid-year 2014 and mid-year 2015 as the availability of capital, improving economy, and historically low interest rates pushed sales volumes higher for all asset classes.

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Oct 14, 2015

This paper has been prepared by Robinson & Cole LLP in its capacity as national consultant to NAR. The paper is one in a series of white papers that NAR requests be prepared from time to time in order to focus on a particular smart growth-related issue that has arisen with sufficient frequency i...

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Oct 13, 2015

It’s no secret that the recent volatility in the REIT market has been driven by fears of an increase in the Fed Funds rate.Markets are concerned that a Fed tightening cycle may disrupt the economy and derail the real estate markets.

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Oct 01, 2015

This White Paper discusses green leases-The benefits, global best practice and demonstration of how a green lease can enable improved.

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Sep 29, 2015

Commercial Real Estate is everywhere: your local coffee shop, industrial park, downtown main street, and even the office where you work. NAR has a broad array of resources to help you provide the best service to your clients, and to be the best in your field.

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Sep 18, 2015

Despite continued falls in oil prices over the past twelve months, Saudi GDP is expected to grow by 3.6% in 2015. GDP growth is however expected to slow down throughout 2016 with Oxford.

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Sep 09, 2015

Lincoln Property Company (LPC) is pleased to present to Cambridge Redevelopment Authority (CRA) and the City of Cambridge the following response to the Request For Qualifications to develop and operate the Foundry Building in Kendall Square.

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Aug 20, 2015

The unreliability of property valuations was one of the key findings that emerged from the (2008) Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission’s probe. Two key reasons among the various factors contributing to not-so-fair valuations are missing and/or inaccurate property listing data and not leveraging...

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Aug 15, 2015

The modern supply chain is both local and global. Trade patterns have become increasingly sophisticated in the last 20 years, driven by shifts in where goods are produced and consumed.

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Aug 12, 2015

For over 20 years, the local experts at Greystar have tailored solutions to meet the needs of our clients. Greystar leverages local market knowledge, experience and The Greystar Advantage to provide solutions for all asset types.

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Jul 01, 2015

Investors’ increasing demand for fixed income alternatives has led them to embrace real estate as a key component of their mixed-asset portfolio. As a result, institutional capital fl ows towards the sector have flourished in recent years. This has not simply been a U.S. phenomenon. There has ...

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Jul 01, 2015

America needs a 21st century immigration system that supports a growing economy and lives up to our heritage as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. The Administration continues to believe that Congress must pass comprehensive, commonsense immigration reform in order to overhaul our immigrat...

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Jul 01, 2015

Alberta Queen's Printer holds copyright on behalf of the Government of Alberta in right of Her Majesty the Queen for all Government of Alberta legislation. Alberta Queen's Printer permits any person to reproduce Alberta’s statutes and regulations without seeking permission and without ...

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Jun 15, 2015

The causes and consequences of the subprime boom, housing market collapse, and financial crisis hold tremendous significance for policymakers and activists seeking to ensure a strong and fair economy. Coming out of the Great Recession, one of the most pressing economic problems is the widening racia...

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May 13, 2015

On Wednesday, May 13, 2015, the National Association of REALTORS® Risk Management Committee met in Washington D.C. to discuss issues effecting REALTORS® across the country.

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May 13, 2015

Oxford Properties Group (‘Oxford’) and Hamburg-based Union Investment Real Estate GmbH (‘Union Investment’) have created a 50:50 joint-venture (the “JV”) regarding Watermark Place in London, with Oxford acting as asset manager to the JV. In parallel, the JV has refinanced the asset, raising a new 10...