Top 25 real estate investment trust funds ranked by assets.
Top 25 real estate investment trust funds ranked by assets Fund name Fund group 1. Cohen & Steers Realty Shares Cohen & Steers Funds 2. Vanguard REIT Index Vanguard Group 3. Fidelity Real Estate Investment Fidelity Group 4. Morgan Stanley Institutional Morgan Stanley U.S. Real Estate A

Publication: Investment News

You don't have to be an owner to enjoy benefits of real estate
Real estate has been one of the stock market's strongest sectors the past two years, leading to stellar returns for funds focused on this asset class. Some analysts think that performance may be ending, but most agree real estate deserves a place in your portfolio for the long haul. Real estate

Publication: Daily Breeze

Are you a real estate professional?(INSIDER'S OUTLOOK)
Real estate investors have some significant tax-planning opportunities. But even if you make your living in the real estate business, you can't take advantage of these opportunities unless you meet the Internal Revenue Service's strict definition of real estate professional. Unlike other taxpayers,

Publication: Real Estate Weekly

Money, credit & capital: The value of real estate investment
The real estate investment authority under the federal savings institution charter has important operational and public policy dimensions. It has emerged as a key issue for the industry in the current debate in Washington about the future of the federal thrift charter (and thrift holding companies)

Publication: America's Community Banker

Real Estate Tax Shelters Would Have Modest Revival Under Tax Bill
Real estate tax shelters, moribund since passage of the 1986 Tax Reform Act, would be given a new, if somewhat limited, lease on life under the tax bill that the House approved late yesterday. The provision, designed to ease the burden on real estate professionals who lost most of their write-offs

Publication: The Washington Post

Real Estate's Coming of Age Spreads to the Global Stage, but Requires Heightened Risk Awareness.
Principal Real Estate Investors, Real Estate Research Corporation, and Torto Wheaton Research present Expectations & Market Realities in Real Estate: 2007 - No Stone Unturned, the Global Search for Real Estate Alpha DES MOINES, Iowa -- The search for higher returns than can likely be generated

Publication: Business Wire