Pam Liebman and Glenn Kelman want to buy your house – on TV
Two decades after succeeding Barbara Corcoran as CEO of Corcoran Group, Pamela Liebman is following the brokerage’s founder to...
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Chicago
Chicago resi broker will have a different kind of deal to close on “The Bachelorette”
A residential broker from Chicago will be one of the suitors vying for the affection of “The Bachelorette” on...
National
Calling all agents: Reality show casts wide net for “beach junkie realtors”
Know any young, hot brokers who specialize in selling beachfront real estate and are “beach junkies?” A new reality...
VEREIT pays $85M to settle accounting scandal class-action suits
VEREIT continues to settle accounts with its past. The firm, which was embroiled in a 2014 accounting scandal under...
Columbia Property Trust hires advisor following takeover offer
Columbia Property Trust has sought an advisor after the real estate investment trust was approached by multiple companies for...
Forest City’s chief development officer leaves company
Forest City Realty Trust’s chief development officer Ronald Ratner is leaving the company, the real estate investment trust announced...
Weekend Edition
Why Canadian retail REITs are “hitting the jackpot”
Retail REITs are catching a break via seemingly counter-intuitive circumstances. According to the Financial Post, Canadian REITs such as...
Weekend Edition
For second year, major Hong Kong REIT buys back shares
The announcement that one of the region’s largest REITs is buying back shares again, comes after the company sold...
Issue
How REITs are making it work
Now more than ever, REITs in the retail space are being forced to raise their game — or run for cover. Since January, Claire’s, Nine West and the Bon-Ton stores have filed for bankruptcy,...
M&A activity provides boost to REIT sector
A recent spate of mergers in U.S. real estate investment trusts has some investors giving the underperforming sector another...