Category: Top National News

Bloomberg, Sept. 29, 2015–Alloway, Tracy; Scully, Matt Morgan Stanley analyst Richard Hill found something interesting in commercial mortgage-backed security remittance reports: three loans worth a collective $71 million made to Colony Hills Capital and which underpin two CMBS deals have found their way to special servicing.

Wall Street Journal, Sept. 21, 2015–Dezember, Ryan  Two big owners of single-family rental homes said Monday they have agreed to merge, a bet that rents will keep rising and homes will remain difficult for many Americans to buy.

Wall Street Journal, Sept. 22, 2015–Fung, EstherAmid all the hype about Chinese investors buying real estate abroad, one prominent tycoon is bucking the trend. Zhang Xin, CEO of commercial property developer Soho China, said that real estate assets in major cities abroad are currently too pricey.

Pittsburgh Tribune, Sept. 22, 2015–Fleisher, Chris Pittsburgh’s commercial real estate market remains strong despite the pressure that low natural gas prices have put on the region’s burgeoning energy sector, a major driver of industrial space demand during the past seven years, according to a report Tuesday.

The Registry (San Francisco), Sept. 16, 2015–Amdur, Nancy
As office and industrial space in many markets gets increasingly difficult to find, a real estate Web site is launching a new service this week that allows companies to find and swap space. 

National Real Estate Investor, Sept. 16, 2015–Mattson-Teig, Beth
Small property investment deals often fall in the shadow of large trophy property sales that come with hefty price tags. But sales activity for real estate priced below $5 million is proving to be just as hot as it is for those larger assets.

HousingWire, Sept. 16, 2015
A congressional move to limit the salaries for the CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac moved a step closer Tuesday night when the Senate unanimously passed a version of the House’s Equity in Government Compensation Act of 2015.