Howard Roth recently took over as head of Ernst & Young’s global real estate practice, based in New York City. Previously head of the Northeast real estate practice of Ernst & Young U.S., Roth has a formal title of global and Americas director of real estate and comes to international real estate investing at an interesting time. Editor Richard Fleming recently talked with him about his new role and how he sees the industry reacting to the circumstances it now finds itself in.

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