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For many investors, net leased assets are proving to be steady, low-risk alternative investments for their portfolios. Read on to learn why.

The takeover would create one of the world's largest listed real estate companies with an ownership interest in nearly $100 billion of assets worldwide, Brookfield Property Partners said Monday.

Here's a look at this week's trends, announcements and deals that you may have missed in the country's North West region.

There are many areas where it differs significantly from the House of Representatives' tax bill.

Standard Communities' Scott Alter doesn't believe that Republican lawmakers set out to undercut affordable housing development and preservation, but he says that's what will happen if private activity bonds are eliminated.

A high percentage of off-market for-sale-by-owner transactions means the traditional gatekeepers of real estate listings in the market lose some of their credibility as gatekeepers, ATTOM Data's Daren Blomquist tells GlobeSt.com.

Lodging Conference panelists said hurricanes will escalate prices and there is already an inordinate amount of hotel supply in Houston; also money is cheap, but some are waiting until the political uncertainty passes.

Yet CEM Benchmarking's Alexander Beath sees equity REITs' under-representation in the funds' portfolios as “a significant missed opportunity to generate substantial returns with lower annual investment costs.”