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MARCH 25, 2019

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Alternative Properties

Property Prices Keep Rising in the Student Housing Sector

By Bendix Anderson, Contributing Writer

Investors continue to be willing to pay up for student housing assets. “Capitalization rates have continued to compress,” says Jaclyn Fitts, director of student housing for CBRE Capital Markets in the firm’s Dallas offices.

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Analysis

Office

Exclusive Research: Nearing the Top?

By David Bodamer, Editorial Director

Although it has not been the star of this extended commercial real estate cycle, the office sector has delivered its fair share of strong performance and solid returns. Occupancy rates and rents rose, cap rates fell and development has been kept in check.

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The four stages of successor development.

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Retail

Sycamore Is Said to Seek $1 Payout in Staples Debt Deal

Bloomberg

Sycamore Partners is looking to take most of its cash out of Staples Inc. through a recapitalization that will saddle the company with roughly $1 billion of additional debt, according to people with knowledge of the plan.

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Finance & Investment

Fannie and Freddie Return to Senate Spotlight as Crapo Seeks Fix

Bloomberg

A Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fix is on Washington’s agenda —- again.

Congress this week kicks off its latest attempt to forge a path forward for the mortgage giants, something that’s proved extremely elusive in the 11 years that the companies have been under U.S. control.

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10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

By NREI Staff

FHA tightening its standards on first-time home buyers, reports the Wall Street Journal. Forbes looks at how digital technology is affecting the commercial real estate industry. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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