Cohen & Steers Inc.: Letter to Shareholders — 2017 Annual Report

Few investors owned REITs, let alone understood them, and the entire U.S. REIT universe had a combined market capitalization of just $6 billion. However, we believed REITs were a better way to invest in real estate, offering liquidity, transparency, lower costs and, in most cases, alignment with investor
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Frank Sinatra's grandchildren had High Hopes for a big payday when they went to market with their stake of the late crooner's estate, but now they're at odds after some family members think they got shortchanged on the family's legacy. According to documents obtained by The Blast, the children of the
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WASHINGTON — Wells Fargo & Co. could be fined several hundred million dollars by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for the bank's mortgage-lending and auto-insurance abuses. The agency is in talks with the San Francisco-based bank over penalties for the problems, Reuters reported
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“The lack of sprinklers is not something that should keep someone from buying a single-family home or even an apartment unit in a smallish complex like four units,” says Salt Lake City–based real estate investor Ryan Wright. “Installing such a system on a smaller basis like that is cost-prohibitive, and
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A family of full-service real estate and financial services companies, Weichert helps customers buy and sell both residential and commercial real estate, and streamlines the delivery of mortgages and home and title insurance. Weichert leverages its customer website, www.weichert.com, one of the most
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Venezuela Says Trump Ban on Petro Backfires, Doubles Investors … “The purchase ban announced by Trump helped us as publicity. After the … He also assured that the economic benefits of the Petro will begin to show in three to six months, despite attacks from the international finance system.
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Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth not only just gave birth, but made history in the process, becoming the first senator to accomplish this feat while in office. Duckworth's daughter, Maile Pearl Bowlsbey, was born on Monday, her office said in a statement. Both Duckworth and her daughter are well, and their
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NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 12: (L to R) Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for National Security Advisor, Michael Cohen, executive vice president of the Trump Organization and special counsel to Donald Trump, and former Texas Governor Rick Perry talk with each
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“That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy.” … On Friday, Facebook backed proposed legislation requiring social media sites to disclose the identities of buyers of online political campaign ads and introduced a new verification
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ROCKHAMPTON'S real estate market is showing positive signs at the extreme ends of the price spectrum, a property expert reports. According to one of the largest independent property valuation and advisory groups, Herron Todd White, the local market still had a way to go before it returned to the lofty
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Wells Fargo could be facing a record fine over mortgage lending and auto insurance abuses. According to Reuters, the penalty could be as high as a $1 billion. It would dwarf the $100 million the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined Wells Fargo for opening phony
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So says metro Atlanta real estate executive Norman Radow, CEO and founder of RADCO, an investment firm focused on the development of multifamily housing. It's no secret that as Atlanta's population swells, and the job market inflates, intown living is becoming less affordable by the day. So, Radow
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Equated monthly instalments (EMIs) on home loans are set to increase with mortgage firm HDFC increasing its retail prime lending rate (RPLR), on which its adjustable rate home loans (ARHL) are benchmarked, by 20 basis points. The new rates will be with effect from April 1, 2018. This is the first hike
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The fund managing the wealth of the billionaires who own Lego A/S wants to buy more London real estate. Undeterred by Britain's plan to exit the European Union, the $16 billion Kirkbi A/S fund earlier this year bought the Porter's Wharf office property in London's King's Cross district, marking its third
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As you know, B2B buyers are conducting their own research in earlier and earlier stages of the buying process. You need to optimize your digital sales and marketing touchpoints to help generate leads in existing and new markets. That means knowing your global buyers' cultures—both their literal
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Late last year, reports began to emerge that the CFPB was considering fining Wells Fargo for mortgage lending abuses and other issues. Former CFPB Director Richard Cordray supposedly signed off on the fine before resigning from the agency in November 2017, but Reuters reported in December that
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New mortgage underwriting rules contributed to tighter lending conditions for households in the first quarter of 2018, according to the Bank of Canada's survey of financial institutions. The central bank's quarterly questionnaire of lending conditions had historically focused on business loans but, after a
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The woman smiling from the DVD cover is whippet-thin and wearing a bikini that showcases her lithe torso, tiny waist and toned legs. She's recently undergone a drastic body metamorphosis, dropping five dress sizes and 3st in the space of a few short months. And, she says, with just a few minutes of
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The FBI raided the office of President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer Michael Cohen, who has been a key figure in legal matters including the investigations into Russian election meddling and a payment to an adult film actress.
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Customers sit in a plaza area outside the Apple Inc. Michigan Avenue store in Chicago, Illinois. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg. Apple Inc. has gone all-green. The company's sites worldwide are now completely powered with clean energy, according to a statement Monday. That comprises retail
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