NEW YORK CITY—Although trade and investment slowed in the heavy weather of the year's first half, "we expect those categories to pick up steam, supporting stronger corporate profits, inflation and real GDP growth," says chief economist Kevin Thorpe at Cushman & Wakefield.

SANTA BARBARA, CA—The metro area with the fastest growing apartment rents on a year-over-year basis is in Northern California, and so is the one with the steepest decline in annual rent gains, says Yardi Matrix.

WASHINGTON, DC—The National Association of Realtors' Lawrence Yun attributes the "tepid and disappointing pace" of Q2 economic growth to ongoing overseas weakness and the slowdown in business investment despite historically low interest rates.

NEW YORK CITY—CBRE's Christian Sonne says the trade area for self-storage facilities is "relatively small, generally within a three-mile radius for a typical suburban property."

NEW YORK CITY—Fitch Ratings says all major property types tied to CMBS loans saw year-over-year increases; however, not all sectors experienced greater NOI gains in 2015 than in 2014.

HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL—"We continue to face a challenging competitive environment," says Eddie Lampert, chairman and CEO of Sears Holdings, who is providing another $300 million of debt financing to the company.

NEW YORK CITY—"It's a matter of not deploying money for the sake of deploying it and raising it just because it's available," BDO national real estate leader Stuart Eisenberg tells GlobeSt.com.

IRVINE, CA—ATTOM Data Solutions' Daren Blomquist cites "a consistent trend of stronger increases in home sales volume compared to a year ago in the lowest-risk markets for natural hazards compared to the highest-risk markets."