The Lede

National Real Estate Investor, Nov. 3, 2017--Patricia KirkInvestment sales in the office sector continued to decline in the third quarter, Real Capital Analytics reported.

New York Times, Nov. 3, 2017--Alan RappeportAn industry familiar to President Trump appears to have emerged from the Republican tax rewrite relatively unscathed: commercial real estate.

National Real Estate Investor, Nov. 6, 2017--Mary DiduchPresident Donald Trump last Thursday nominated Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell as the central bank's new chairman. Real estate economists do not expect Powell to force dramatic changes in monetary policy.

National Real Estate Investor, Nov. 7, 2017--Mary DiduchThe tax reform legislation--which still must work its way through Congress and could change--maintains many existing provisions that benefit the commercial real estate industry.

Wall Street Journal, Nov. 7, 2017--Peter Grant, Laura KusistoRising homeownership is adding to the jitters in the residential rental market, which has slumped recently after a long stretch near the top of the commercial real estate industry.

Charlotte (N.C.) Business Journal, Nov. 8, 2017--Ashley FaheyA bipartisan effort to introduce clarifications on commercial real estate lending was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday.

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"Downstream" energy markets such as Pittsburgh and Denver are primed for growth even as extraction-heavy markets struggle, reported JLL, Chicago.

CBRE Group, Los Angeles, completed its previously announced acquisition of Heery International Inc., Atlanta, the project management and design engineering business of Balfour Beatty LLC.

The retail sector's long-term forecast has reached a "low-water mark" for the current cycle, said Ten-X, Irvine, Calif.

Commercial property market supply and demand fundamentals remained relatively stable in the second quarter, reported Moody's Investors Service, New York.

The House, by voice vote Tuesday, passed H.R. 2148, the Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans Act, which had strong support from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Commercial real estate lending markets fell in the third quarter amid rising equity prices, limited volatility and tightening spreads, reported CBRE, Los Angeles.

The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee, expressed concerns that key provisions of tax reform legislation could substantially affect the ability of homeowners and the overall economy to benefit.

The retail sector's long-term forecast has reached a "low-water mark" for the current cycle, said Ten-X, Irvine, Calif.

Commercial real estate lending markets fell in the third quarter amid rising equity prices, limited volatility and tightening spreads, reported CBRE, Los Angeles.

The retail sector's long-term forecast has reached a "low-water mark" for the current cycle, said Ten-X, Irvine, Calif.

Commercial real estate lending markets fell in the third quarter amid rising equity prices, limited volatility and tightening spreads, reported CBRE, Los Angeles.