The Teachers of Real Estate , an advisory organization that monitors real estate, released its latest report listing the top 10 issues affecting the real estate industry in current times . This year, the company divided its annual list to concentrate on five issues currently impacting the industry and five issues to watch for potential long-term influence over the next three to seven years. Leading the list of current issues to watch is interest rates and the economy. While interest rates continue to soar, both the commercial and residential real estate markets are feeling changes. Nahas emphasized that the issues the real estate industry will see in the future are beginning to happen today. Leading the list of long-term issues influencing real estate is infrastructure – and what the organization says is a lack of effort by the government to address deterioration. And here are the 5 issues to look out for in the future: 1. Infrastructure We need ...