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+ Putting Knowledge Management to Work for Real Estate Organizations + "Knowledge Management" has become an increasingly popular corporate term over the last decade. But what does it mean to one and one's [...] information and keeping it current, an organization significantly decreases time lost on the dreaded "Reinvention of the wheel."

+ Waiting for a Winning Hand: Retail and Multifamily Hold All the Aces, While Other Property Types Wait for Economic + The 21st century's opening years have proved fairly risky for most investors. Those who rode the 1990s' rising economy and bull market [...] in 2000, the median single-family home price has soared from $139,000 to $177,500, according to the National Association of Realtors.

+ Financial Services Firms Need To Design For Trust + Trust is a critical component of building relationships with financial services customers. But Forrester's expert evaluations uncover [...] appropriately, anticipating and answering questions, helping users correct errors, and treating interactions as part of a dialogue.

+ Putting Price Tags on Houses: Zurich Cantonal Bank Knows Its Market, Down to the Square Meter + Owing to the concentration of wealth in and around the Swiss Canton of Zurich, the housing market there is a dynamic one for renters [...] staff and to property seekers. SAS helps ZKB achieve a 97 percent reduction in evaluation costs, near zero percent default rate.

+ The New Form 8-K: Interpretive Issues for REITs and REOCs + The changes in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules require public companies to make greatly expanded disclosures with [...] the new SEC rules. This article discusses several of the most significant practical issues confronting REITs under the new SEC rules.