Commercial Real Estate News

Hot Topics Series A quarterly publication, the RCA Hot Topics Series provides facts on issues that can affect your business. Hot Topics will provide useful references for additional in-depth information and resources. Sent to all members who indicate commercial real estate in field of business in NRDS.

Commercial Issues Tracker From this page a monthly listing of legislative advocacy on pertinent commercial issues from NAR government affairs. You will find issue summaries and status of pending legislation.

Commercial News & Trends Visit the commercial news section of REALTOR® Magazine Online for a weekly round-up of commercial and investment real estate headlines from newspapers around the nation.

Power Tools This page features links to information to help build your commercial real estate business.
  • A Monthly Focus on national issues with reports from various markets
  • Headline news and trends
  • Field Guides the "one-stop" resource pages on a variety of subjects. Each page includes links to articles, books, web sites, statistics and other valuable materials.
  • Commercial Affiliate links
  • New books in the NAR library. For a $10.00 service fee, NAR members can request articles or borrow up to 3 books / tapes for 30 days

Field Guides The home page for the Field Guides. Browse other topic areas.

NAR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER A weekly email newsletter. Receive information only only on what you chose. Subscribe and customize the newsletter from the pull down menu on the top right of this page "Subscribe to Site News..." "Customized Weekly News" Check the box for "Commercial Issues".

Real Estate & Technology NAR's Information Central twice weekly news clipping service on the application of technology in real estate.


The REALTORS® Commercial Alliance Report is published four times annually and is distributed to members of NAR and industry leaders. To receive the RCA Report, update your NRDS information to include commercial in the "Field of Business List". The report includes:
  • VP Report from James Marrelli NAR Vice President of Commercial Real Estate
  • RCA Update
  • Legislative Update
  • Industry Update

The Commercial Report formerly known as the Commercial INS is e-mailed to commercial members and associations on the second Monday of every month. If you would like to receive the report, update your NRDS information to include commercial in the "Field of Business List". The content highlights:
  • Industry news
  • Events
  • Public policy updates
  • Links to national news
  • Affiliate news

The NAR Commercial Real Estate Outlook; A Quarterly Review of Commercial Markets The Commercial Real Estate Spotlight changed names and updated its look. The content is still the valuable research from the NAR Research Division expressly for the Realtors® Commercial Alliance (RCA). The analysis covers market sector forecasts as well as a wide range of statistics and market rankings for the major commercial sectors:
  • Office
  • Industrial
  • Retail
  • Multifamily

The Commercial Real Estate View focus on each major sector individually. The Real Estate Office View is published 2 weeks after the release of the Commercial Real Estate Spotlight. Each sector is published after the previous View. The order in which they are published:
  • Office
  • Industrial
  • Retail
  • Multifamily

The Views are available only to the commercial members of NAR. IF you would like to receive notification of future issues, you must join NAR or if you are a member, update your NRDS information to include commercial in the "Field of Business List".

NAR offers the The Commercial Overlay Board (COB) and Commercial Structure (CS) Guides are reference guides for REALTOR® associations interested in establishing or fine-tuning commercial structures or commercial overlay boards and programs and services for commercial members. They include information on member services and approved organizational structure alternatives, e.g., commercial-investment committee, division, multi-board joint venture or commercial board.

In addition, NAR offers The Commercial Information Exchange (CIE) Development Guide. A CIE is an Internet-based commercial property listing service that is operated by a local association to serve the local market. The Guide is intended to serve as the CIE creation road map.

The Handbook on Multiple Listing Policy: Commercial/Industrial Supplement is intended to provide Member Boards of REALTORS® with the governing documents necessary to establish commercial/industrial multiple listing services and commercial information exchanges as either Board committees or as wholly-owned subsidiaries of Boards of REALTORS®.


NAR Commercial Affiliate Publications


CCIM Institute Publications
The CCIM Institute's
Commercial Investment Real Estate Magazine reports on market trends and analysis, successful business strategies, and unique deal-making stories.

Counselors of Real Estate Publications
CRE Publications
The Counselors of Real Estate publish counseling-related books as well as Real Estate Issues, a quarterly professional journal and The Counselor, a members-only quarterly newsletter.

Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) Publications
IREM Publications
The Institute of Real Estate Management publishes professional real estate management information and learning materials. Topic areas include: General Property Management; Maintenance and Operations; Human Resources; Marketing and Leasing; Legal and Risk Management; Financial Management; Asset Management; Commercial Property Management; Business Development and Multifamily Property Management.

Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS® (SIOR) Publications
SIOR Publications
The Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS® publishes a quarterly magazine, Professional Report, and a number of other professional publications: Comparative Statistics of Industrial and Office Real Estate Markets; Guide to Industrial Site Selection; Industrial Real Estate; Mastering Office Leasing; The Office Building Book: from Concept to Investment Reality and Real Estate Sale/Leaseback.


REALTORS® Land Institute (RLI) Publications
Terra Firma is the quarterly newsletter of The REALTORS® Land Institute. It addresses topics from professional development to topical issues of interest to land practitioners. With news about upcoming events and useful information on using current technology and keeping abreast of legislation, the publication is a must read for RLI members.

Terra Firma, Volume 60 #2, 2007
Useful Information in an Expanded issue of Terra Firma View the profile of today’s real estate land-use practitioners with data on markets, professional designations and percent of business in land transactions. Read facts and lessons-learned on ways to maximize database marketing, basics of blogging, tax tips, 1031 exchange basics and interesting perspectives from a recent survey of land brokerage specialists.
Terra Firma, Volume 60 #3, 2007
Real Estate Futures Contracts can be used to Mitigate Price Risks Get food for thought on use of futures contracts as methods of proxy transactions. Futures have been standard transactions for corn, cattle and soybeans, and real estate entered the arena within just over a year ago – just in time to be considered for risk management or even profit taking in a speculative market. Read about RLI at the NAR National Convention, the fast track to the CCIM and a new tax class – a core requirement for the ALC designation.








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