The average cap rate for retail properties nationwide moved up by 11 basis points between the fourth quarter of 2015 and the first quarter 2016, to 6.59 percent, according to a recent report from commercial real estate services firm CBRE. Still...

Apartment building managers may be breaking the law if they deny housing to all prospective residents who fail a background check, according to the latest guidance from federal officials. “A policy or practice that denies housing to anyone wit...