CRE Lending Showing Resilience

The improving economy created a favorable capital markets environment for commercial real estate lending in early 2021 despite continuing challenges in office and retail loan underwriting, said CBRE, Dallas.

Seven Takeaways from MBA’s Affordable Rental Housing Summit

Significant affordability challenges exist across the country and the issue is a top priority for the Biden Administration. In April, the Mortgage Bankers Association virtually convened business and policy executives for a series of conversations on the 2021 affordable rental housing landscape. Here are some key takeaways from that event.

MBA Chart of the Week: Cumulative Eviction Filings, 2020 Vs. Historical Average

On May 5, U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich issued an order vacating the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national eviction moratorium, but also put a temporary pause on the order, meaning that (as of this writing) the CDC moratorium, which is scheduled to expire on June 30, remains in place. A number of state-level bans also remain.

DLA Piper: CRE Executives Becoming Bulls Again

Commercial real estate executives are once again bullish about the U.S. CRE market after an uncertain 2020, DLA Piper’s Global Real Estate Annual State of the Market Survey reported.

Hotel Analysts Upgrade Sector

STR, Hendersonville, Tenn., and Tourism Economics, Wayne, Pa., upgraded their 2021 U.S. hotel sector forecast after seeing stronger than expected demand during the first quarter.