Redfin, Seattle, released a new report finding that the number of homes sold in seasonal towns fell 3% year-over-year, compared with a 1% decline in non-seasonal towns.
Category: News and Trends
Altus Group: CRE Transaction Volume Up in Q2
Altus Group, Toronto, released its Q2 2025 U.S. CRE Investment and Transactions report, finding that aggregate transaction volume totaled $115 billion, up 3.8% from Q2 2024.
Trepp: CMBS Delinquency Rate Increases for Sixth Straight Month
Trepp, New York, released its CMBS Delinquency report for August, highlighting that the rate increased for the sixth consecutive month.
Investors Buy Nearly One-Third of Homes, Cotality Reports
Investor activity dipped slightly in the second quarter but remains elevated compared to years past, according to Cotality, Irvine, Calif.
Dealmaker: M&T Provides $45M for Boston Affordable Housing Development
M&T Realty Capital Corp., Baltimore, provided $44.8 million in financing for a mixed-income multifamily development in Boston.
CREF Policy Update: DOL Updates Davis-Bacon Split Wage Threshold
Commercial and multifamily developments and activities from MBA important to your business and our industry.
Commercial and Multifamily People in the News, Sept. 4, 2025
Commercial/multifamily industry news from Merchants Capital, SitusAMC and JLL.
CMF Quote of the Week
“Southern metros typically offer streamlined approval processes and fewer regulatory hurdles, making it easier to bring multifamily projects to market. At the same time, elevated home prices and a shortage of attainable for-sale housing are pushing more residents toward rentals.”
–Doug Ressler, senior analyst and manager of business intelligence for RentCafe parent company Yardi Matrix
MISMO Calls for Industry Professionals to Join Commercial eNotes Development Workgroup
MISMO, the real estate finance industry’s standards organization, has issued a call for industry professionals to join the Commercial eNotes Development Workgroup (DWG), an effort to develop a glossary of common terms that will be used in the generation of commercial, home equity line of credit, agriculture, and multi-family digital mortgages.
CBRE: Employers Closer to Meeting Goals on In-Office Work
CBRE, Dallas, released its Americas Office Occupier Sentiment Survey, finding that employees and employers are closest to being on the same page about in-office work since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.