A professional, representative and independent body that establishes and enforces standards for the valuation, operation, and development of assorted types of property; accredits p ...

Introduced in 2012, reduces the amount of time a qualified institutional buyer must hold privately placed securities from two years to six months for a company that reports to the ...

A legal provision to reduce or eliminate legal or regulatory liability in certain situations as long as certain conditions are met (see also “prohibited transactions safe har ...

An arrangement by which the owner-occupant of a property agrees to sell all or part of the property to an investor, then lease it back and continue to occupy space as a tenant.

One of three approaches to valuation; estimates a property’s value (or some other characteristic, such as its depreciation) by reference to comparable sales; also known as th ...

The risk of a decline in revenue due to sales failure.

A geographic area with the proper amount of retail facilities to satisfy the needs of its population for a specific good or service, as well as to enable retailers to prosper.

A type of financial institution that was originally created to accept savings from private investors and to provide home mortgage services for the public; typically private busines ...

The process of estimating the expected value of a portfolio after a given period of time, assuming specific changes in the values of the portfolio's securities or key factors t ...

Previously occupied space that becomes available for lease, either directly from the landlord or as sublease space; also known as “secondary space”.