Parke Chapman

In 2005, owners of apartment properties experienced the kind of year that they may not see again for a while. Thanks largely to the continuing condo-conversion craze, sale prices of multifamily properties jumped 34%...

Is it finally happening? After years of warnings by economists and industry watchers, the housing boom of the 2000s is winding down. The news this week is chock-full of ominous reports about slowing existing home...

As if U.S. commercial properties aren’t expensive enough these days, toss this into the growing ring of challenges: capital-drenched foreign investors. From Atlanta shopping malls to trophy office towers in Chicago...

Maybe the grass really is greener on the private side of the market. There has been a noticeable uptick in the number of publicly traded REITs being snapped up by private buyers this year. And there are several...

An insatiable demand for commercial real estate is prompting investors to put new acquisitions back on the selling block — a practice known as flipping. An analysis by Real Capital Analytics shows that during the 12...

Cushman & Wakefield extended its 12-year affiliation with Royal LePage Commercial in September by outright purchasing the dominant Canadian real estate brokerage. The deal, reported to be approximately $55 million...

The unlisted REIT sector is getting crowded. A field that consisted of just four firms in 2003 is now teeming with more than two dozen — and the ranks are still swelling even as the capital flow into this sector has...

With so much foreign money pouring into U.S. property markets over the past few years—inflating prices and cutting returns—American investors increasingly are looking offshore for higher yields. There’s just one catch...