Category: Top National News

The Real Deal (N.Y.), Apr. 6, 2020 The commercial real estate industry is asking the federal government to buy bonds, assets, or lend money to mortgage banks as forbearance requests …

Urban Institute, Apr. 2, 2020–Laurie Goodman, Karan Kaul, Michael NealWe estimate that nearly 2.8 of the 22.3 million single-family units (12.4 percent of units) are financed with federally backed loans …

National Mortgage Professional, Apr. 2, 2020 According to a set of commercial/multifamily real estate finance league tables prepared by the Mortgage Bankers Association, JLL, Wells Fargo and Eastdil Secured led …

Commercial Observer, April 2, 2020–Greg Kraut The commercial mortgage-backed securities market has essentially collapsed and the broader $20 trillion commercial real estate market is on the verge of collapse as …

National Real Estate Investor, April 2, 2020–Bendix Anderson The average rents on apartments are already dropping, as the U.S. economy grinds to a halt and millions of workers have lost …

Roll Call, Mar. 30, 2020–Jim SaksaEven as the president signs the largest economic assistance package in U.S. history into law, industry groups are saying more needs to be done. Before …

Wall Street Journal, Mar. 30, 2020–Suzanne Kapner (subscription)The department store operator, which employs roughly 130,000 people, told staff on Monday that it would continue to pay health benefits and cover …

Forbes, March 31, 2020–Frederick PetersThe New York real estate market began 2020 with an unusually strong January with surging buyer interest in a wide number of properties spanning all price …

The Real Deal, March 31, 2020As the real estate industry remains split on whether the services it provides are “essential” during a pandemic, one federal agency has weighed in with …

Sacramento Business Journal, March 27, 2020–Emily Hamann, Ben van der Meer  Commercial real estate experts agree it’s too early to tell how or when vulnerabilities will come to the fore …