Real Estate
Learn how real estate investing can diversify portfolio risk and enhance portfolio performance, along with the latest news and developments in this most popular alternative investment.
Aging population offers golden opportunities
By Marlene Y. SatterHere's how the aging of people around the world provides opportunities for investment in real estate, health care, and technology.
March 07, 2016
The IRS’ Gifts to the Real Estate OwnerCongress has carved out a number of tax code benefits for the real estate industry.
February 25, 2016
Real Estate Investors Enter 2016 Cautiously OptimisticHowever, they were less bullish than in the previous years survey, KPMG said.
February 19, 2016
FBI Raids Office of Texas REIT; Trading HaltedLawyers bearing class action suits are circling the United Development Funding IV REIT.
February 01, 2016
The Dark Side of the Global Super-RichForeign cash threatens to destabilize U.S. real estate, Alexei Bayer warns.
January 29, 2016
Confusion about the financial crisis won't dieAs long as pundits persist in explaining the financial crisis through the lens of ideology, the harder it will be to implement measures to prevent the next one.
January 26, 2016
MetLife commercial-property lending reaches record $14.3 billionThe largest U.S. life insurer loaned about $14.3 billion for commercial real estate globally last year, the most in the companys history of more than 140 years.
January 12, 2016
Clinton calls for broadening estate tax, increasing its rateHillary Clintons plan would tax individuals estates worth more than $3.5 million, down from $5.45 million currently.