Wall Street Journal, Feb 16, 2016–Ng, Serena
The financial engine of the market for office buildings, hotels and malls is showing signs of strain, raising questions about the resilience of the commercial real estate boom.
Category: Top National News
Hotel Investors Check Out Early
Wall Street Journal, Feb. 16, 2016–Karmin, Craig
Investors are shrugging off the lodging industry’s best fundamentals in years to dump hotel stocks, a move that could signal a broader downturn for the commercial real estate sector.
Apartment Rents Expected to Keep Rising in 2016
National Real Estate Investor, Feb. 16, 2016–Anderson, Bendix
Multifamily rents are likely to keep rising in 2016, just not as fast as before, according to forecasts for the coming year.
Commercial Mortgages: Evidence of Bullishness Abounds in U.S., Region
Richmond Times Dispatch (Va.), Feb. 14, 2016–Little, Andrew R.
The first week of February was the annual Mortgage Bankers Association convention in Orlando, where about 5,000 industry professionals from all walks of the commercial lending world converged. The themes were hard to miss: Most conduit lenders made money in the first half of 2015 and then spent the second half trying not to lose it.
San Francisco Real Estate ‘Overvalued’ According to New Report
SFGate, Feb. 11, 2016–Landes, Emily
As San Francisco home prices continue to rise, a new report is calling the local market “overvalued” by about 16 percent.
Multifamily Expansion to Stay Brisk Through 2017: Freddie
National Mortgage News, Feb. 10, 2016–Collins, Brian
The flood of new apartments will put upward pressure on vacancy rates in the next two years, but the multifamily market should stay strong, according to a new Freddie Mac forecast. Lenders originated a record $256 billion in multifamily loans in 2015, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Life Companies Anticipate Another Strong Lending Year for CRE
National Real Estate Investor, Feb. 17, 2016–Beth Mattson-Teig
Although life companies are known for playing it safe when it comes to lending on commercial real estate, that narrow box hasn’t stopped them from doing big business in the space lately.
Wall Street Girds for Real Estate Debt It Must Invest In
Bloomberg, Feb. 17, 2016–Mulholland, Sarah
Wall Street firms are readying themselves for new rules aimed at requiring them to eat what they cook. A provision of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law that takes effect in December forces banks to keep a stake in the commercial-property loans they package into securities and sell off to investors.
CalPERS Makes Huge New York Real Estate Deal
Sacramento Bee, Feb. 9, 2016–Kasler, Dale
CalPERS completed one of the biggest real estate investments in its history, purchasing a New York office tower for $1.9 billion.
Stuggling Oil Industry Impacts Families, Real Estate
KHOU (Houston), Feb. 9, 2016–Barr, Alice
The low price of oil is bringing on more uncertainty for a big chunk of Houston’s economy. Thousands of layoffs have rocked the oil and gas industry, and there’s no clear picture of when things could get better.