LONDON— The sale by Blackstone-managed real estate funds reportedly is the biggest private equity deal to date in Europe.

WASHINGTON, DC—"The industry has largely worked through the so-called 'wave of maturities,'" says Jamie Woodwell at the Mortgage Bankers Association.

SANTA BARBARA, CA--Questions now facing the multifamily market include "how low the rate of growth will go and how long growth will remain in the doldrums," says Yardi Matrix.

HERNDON, VA—However, says NAIOP president and CEO Thomas J. Bisacquino, "the binding constraint to robust net absorption may end up being available space."

NEW YORK CITY—Compared to a year ago, the number of oil-related securitizations at risk of default has more than doubled, says Kroll Bond Rating Agency.

WASHINGTON, DC—Yet CoStar says most of the metrics in its latest Commercial Repeat Sale Indices show an investment sales market that has fully recovered.

NEW YORK CITY—The new platform, says FUEL CEO Glenn Murray, "automates the entire valuation process from end-to-end while delivering real-time transparency to every participant in the process."

LONDON—CEO John D. Idol acknowledges that "our product and store experience did not sufficiently engage and excite consumers" during fiscal 2017.