How has the real estate industry in China changed since you first entered the business?
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Do you think you'll have a similar effect on the real estate industry?
Some members of the real estate industry have offered financial backing to Ms. Quinn's campaign for mayor.
Before becoming a leader in the real estate industry, the Harvard grad made a name for himself elsewhere.
Now the real estate industry is stabilizing, one contrarian trade that seems tempting is financials that seem to trade at bargain prices.
And, of course, tighter inventory and lower sales are bad news for many in the real estate industry who depend on sales.
An off-the-wall analogy: For a number of years, I was immersed in the real estate industry, starting out selling newly built homes.
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You certainly cannot rely on the economic prognosis courtesy of the real estate industry to explain what kind of social change is happening.
Another positive sign for construction is that publicly-traded construction companies seem to be on the leading edge of the real estate industry recovery.
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The real estate industry in general remains largely a face-to-face business in which consumers are still more comfortable doing business in the real world.
The real estate industry has not been sitting on the sidelines.
The real estate industry and professional lobbyists, not surprisingly, lean toward Republicans, and the securities and investment industries are kind of split between the two parties.
To answer that tough question, the EPA tried a novel approach: Last spring it launched something called a "negotiated rulemaking, " bringing together delegates from 25 groups representing the real estate industry, environmental watchdogs and the government.
Interest rates hit 21.5%, a deep recession ensued with unemployment reaching 11%, the agricultural sector slid into depression, a bubble burst in the energy sector, the real estate industry collapsed, and third-world debt burdens nearly brought down the mega banks.
This position is bound to raise the hackles of many major cultural institutions, from the real estate industry, and from religious groups who depend on the charitable gifts of their members, not just the 2% wealthiest Americans.
It may be imprudent for someone working in the real estate industry to make a significant investment in the asset class, because the factors impacting investment returns would be the same ones impacting potential raises, bonuses, and perhaps overall job security.
Mr. Zell became a legend in the real-estate industry in the early 1990s when he amassed a massive portfolio of distressed property.
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However, that would leave us where we are today, not with the type of economic growth the commercial real estate industry needs.
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The real-estate industry is likely to get worse before it gets better.
Technology-driven innovation in the commercial real estate industry is still a toddler.
The former head of Sam Zell's Equity International is launching a new private-equity shop and consulting business, following his departure from Mr. Zell's firm last year that surprised many in the real-estate industry.
In a November interview with Steve Forbes, Editorial Director and Associate Publisher of Real Capital Analytics Peter Slatin, used Stuyvesant Town- Peter Cooper Village as an example of the "suffering from fallout in values, undercut by the terrible over-leveraging of many properties" that has plagued the commercial real estate industry.
The CMBS market is watched closely in the commercial real-estate industry because the securities are an important source of finance.
The Cyprus real-estate industry, which represents roughly 12% of the country's gross domestic product, hasn't had much good news lately.
Hartz suggests that the limited supply of real estate is limiting the growth of the tech industry.
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The real estate, rental and leasing industry follows close behind in the No. 2 spot, with a 3.91 index score.
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While the U.S. real estate industry is in a Depression with a capital D, China is concerned that its real estate industry is growing too fast and is also trying to slow it to a more sustainable pace.
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