Real estate investment trusts (REITs) vs. real estate investing: Which fits your style?

A real estate investment trust (REIT) is a particular type of company that owns and manages an income-producing property and provides the average person an opportunity to invest in commercial property.

Will Brexit negatively affect US commercial real estate landscape?

Commercial Property Executive quoted Real Estate Professor Mark Stapp in their article about the effects of the Brexit: the United Kingdom's exist from the European Union.

New home sales best since 2008

The numbers are in, and the real estate market finished 2015 on a high point, especially for new home sales. December was the strongest month for new home sales since 2008, with nearly 1,500 newly built homes recorded. That’s up 45 percent from November and 58 percent from December 2014.

Optimism in the Phoenix housing market

Optimism prevails in the Phoenix real estate market, according to expert Mike Orr, speaking at the Economic Club of Phoenix. Overall supply, which has been low, is now 77 percent of normal and rising fast, he said. But demand is 99 percent normal, which means prices are rising.

'The Big Short' evokes big tears, bad memories

Michael Orr, director of the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice, relives the housing crash while watching the Oscar-nominated film “The Big Short” with The Arizona Republic’s Catherine Reagor.

Luxury sector slumbers in second half 2015

The 2015 real estate market in Phoenix took off in the first week of February 2015, but quieted down beginning in July to finish the year on a less exciting, steady-as-you-go pace.

How B Corps help companies do good, do well

What is business success? Profitability, right? But what if you have other aspirations for your business, such as promoting a social cause or helping the environment? Up to now, for-profit companies could not codify those non-financial objectives.

Give thought to renter's application, interview

I have had all manner of tenants in the past, good and bad. With experience, I have developed a successful application process that helps me to find the best possible tenants. When a tenant wants to rent the property after the showing, then it's time for the application.

Is Phoenix real estate market idling or slowing down?

Even though the Phoenix real estate market was sluggish in August, optimism prevails this fall. But the W. P. Carey School’s expert has questions about whether there will be significant upward momentum in the near future.

Phoenix real estate market on hold

While August temperatures spiked, the real estate market was cooling down, according to the monthly report from the Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice at the W. P. Carey School of Business.