As we head into the Christmas shopping season, some mall owners are allocating about 5% of their leasable space to transient tenants as big tenants like Macy's and the Gap fly the coop.

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports there is trouble brewing in multi-family and Commercial Real Estate as a quirky provision of the Dodd-Frank bill kicks in during December.

Then Steve points out how to increase your income and lower your fees with a new type of annuity benefit rider.