Along with construction defect, environmental and breach of contract claims, real estate professionals should not lose sight of the risk of a more complex and less intuitive type of litigation: securities fraud, write attorneys John C. Amabile and Brian S. Cromwell in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> commentary.

Multifamily is the perennial darling of the CRE industry. But a deeper dive shows a major gap in specific markets between supply and demand. NorthMarq Capital's Melissa Marcolini Quinn offers a mortgage banking perspective.

The eight-year lodging bull market is seeing signs of deceleration, but it's not being felt on a national level.

The GSE's chief economist notes that consumer spending, traditionally the largest contributor to economic growth, is "sluggish and is lagging positive consumer sentiment and solid hiring.”