USAA Real Estate, San Antonio, announced Ryan Krauch, most recently a principal with Morgan Stanley’s Mesa West Capital, is joining its senior leadership team as Executive Managing Director and member of the investment committee.
Category: News and Trends
Robin Bolz: How to Harness and Leverage Data in Today’s CRE Markets
MBA NewsLink interviewed Robin Bolz, Managing Director and Head of Commercial Real Estate Strategy at JPMorgan Chase, about the future of data and commercial lending.
Going, Going, Gone: Discussing Note Sales and CRE Transaction Trends With LightBox Managing Director Justin Latorre
As the pendulum swings to economic recovery, real estate investors in search of property acquisitions are turning to investment sales professionals to acquire properties as well as auction companies, with a willingness to bid on both attractive properties and mortgage loans. MBA NewsLink interviewed Justin Latorre, Managing Director of Auction Services at LightBox, about trends he sees at a leading auction platform for commercial real estate assets.
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“Many regional banks provided capital across a variety of product types, including permanent, bridge and construction loans. Alternative lenders continue to be a strong source of bridge capital for transitional assets.”
–Brian Stoffers, CMB, Global President of Debt & Structured Finance for Capital Markets at CBRE and past Chair of the Mortgage Bankers Association.
CREF Policy Update May 20, 2021
Commercial and multifamily developments and activities from MBA relevant to your business and our industry.
Treasury Department Releases Revised Rental Assistance FAQs
Last week the United States Department of Treasury released a revised set of frequently asked questions regarding the Emergency Rental Assistance program available for residential tenants. The guidance is intended to speed up the distribution of rental assistance funding to tenants and landlords in need.
International Investors Target Smaller U.S. Cities
International investors feel increasingly optimistic about U.S. commercial real estate, sparking increased interest in secondary and tertiary markets, said the Association of Foreign Investment in Real Estate, Washington, D.C.
MBA Chart of the Week: Renters/Mortgagors & Missed Payments
The Research Institute for Housing America, MBA’s think tank, released updated first-quarter results that allow us to assess how renters, mortgagors and student loan borrowers fared over the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
MBA: 1Q Commercial, Multifamily Borrowing Declines 14 Percent
Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations decreased 14 percent in the first quarter from a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations.
Small Multifamily Market Moving Back to Normal
Arbor, Uniondale, N.Y. said the small multifamily market–properties with fewer than 50 units and mortgages below $7.5 million–broadly improved in early 2021 as the sector begins the path back to normal.