Category: Top National News

D Magazine, Jan. 30, 2017–Marshall MillsBest market ever? For the Dallas-Fort Worth retail market, you’d have to say yes when considering our current high occupancy, supply in line with demand and economic strength that continues to drive retail growth.

The Real Deal (N.Y.), Feb. 1, 2017–Konrad PutzierMark Zandi, chief economist with Moody’s Analytics, picked multifamily lending as one of the two greatest near-term risks to U.S. financial institutions (along with automobile loans). And Zandi isn’t alone.

Bloomberg, Feb. 1, 2017–James Tarmy; Kartikay MehrotaThe Millennium Tower is still sinking, and residents might be stuck paying for the fixes themselves.

National Mortgage Professional, Jan. 24, 2017–Hall, PhilThe Senate Banking Committee approved Ben Carson’s nomination for HUD Secretary and the full Senate will consider it. “We believe that because of his talents, Dr. Carson will help strengthen America’s real estate markets, promoting the production of affordable rental housing, and improving communities nationwide,” said Mortgage Bankers Association president and CEO David Stevens.

Wall Street Journal, Jan, 24, 2017–Dezember, RyanFannie Mae agreed to backstop up to $1 billion in debt from the country’s largest owner of single-family rental homes, the first time the government-sponsored entity has agreed to guarantee the debt of an institutional owner of single-family houses.

Wall Street Journal, Jan. 24, 2017–Fung, EstherShares of real-estate investment trusts typically get hammered as interest rates rise-not this time.

Bloomberg, Jan. 24, 2017–Mulholland, Sarah A $90 billion wave of maturing commercial mortgages, leftover debt from the 2007 lending boom, is laying bare the weak links in the U.S. real estate market.

REJournals.com, Jan. 24, 2017–Rafter, Dan The vast majority of commercial real estate professionals–80 percent–are male and most don’t rank among the super-rich, with 24 percent of CRE agents reporting they earn less than $100,000 in gross commission income each year and 16 percent from $101,000 to $150,000 each year.

Wall Street Journal, Jan. 24, 2017–Fung, EstherMall landlords are increasingly walking away from struggling properties, leaving creditors in the lurch and posing a threat to the values of nearby real estate.

Mortgage Daily, Jan. 23, 2017–Sam GarciaAs he prepared to leave his post along with the rest of the Obama administration, the former president of Ginnie Mae talked about his wild ride over the past seven years.