REITs to avoid
Investors are racing into REITs that promise higher yields than equity REITs. But be forewarned, the higher yields of these other types of real estate vehicles come with very real risks.

Basket of REITs opens world of commercial real estate
To limit risk, would-be Donald Trumps are advised to keep REIT holdings to 12 per cent of portfolio

Rise in office space take-up focuses on prime locations
Take-up of office space in Dublin rose by 25% during 2011, reaching twice the levels achieved in 2009.

COPT sells 5 White Marsh office buildings
Corporate Office Properties Trust, of Columbia, announced it sold five buildings in the White Marsh area for $19.2 million. The buildings contain approximately 163,000 square feet of space and were 83.2 percent leased as of Dec. 31, 2011. The properties are at 7930 Honeygo Blvd; 8133 Perry Hall Blvd.; 7923 Honeygo Blvd.; 8114 Sandpiper Circle; and [...]

Office space demand rises
Amid European gloom and unemployment fears, vacancy rates are down at their lowest in years.

Commercial office vacancy 'stabilizing'
A study of Lexington’s commercial office space availability has found for the first time in r