Real estate markets worldwide are generally in a good place. In nautical terms, for much of the past decade we have appeared to be sailing on calm seas.

The constituents of the major global real estate securities index are put under the ESG lens, factors are analyzed, and the global real estate securities universe is ranked.

Small multifamily properties tend to be overlooked by many institutional investors.

A lot of institutional investors like to have data delivered in a specific format, but there is a cost involved.

The Federal Open Market Committee raised the target federal funds rate by 0.25 percent at its meeting June 12–13.

Retail transaction volumes were $12.8 billion in the first four months of 2018, according to JLL.

Total global real estate assets under management rose from $2.5 trillion at the end of 2016 to $2.8 trillion by the end of 2017.

The $15.7 billion Orange County (Calif.) Employees Retirement System has approved a preliminary plan for real estate commitments, structure and ranges.

The number of debt funds and the amount of capital they are raising took significant jumps in 2017.