Single-Family Rental Market Stabilizes

CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said single-family rent growth increased in October, outpacing their previous-year growth rate for the first time since the pandemic started.

MBA, Trade Groups Urge Treasury to Promote ‘Critical Reforms’ of GSEs

More than 12 years after the federal government placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under conservatorship—and seemingly no closer to moving them out of conservatorship—the Mortgage Bankers Association and several industry trade groups urged the Treasury Department to promote “critical reforms” of the GSEs and bolster their safety and soundness.

3Q Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Up 1.5%

Commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding rose by $57.0 billion (1.5 percent) in the third quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.

CREF CFOs Discuss The New Normal, What’s Next

Commercial real estate chief financial officers have had to move quickly to respond to the pandemic and position their firms for whatever might come next.

Institutional Investors Increase Expectations

Institutional investors expect positive full-year 2020 commercial real estate returns, but not by very much, the Pension Real Estate Association’s quarterly Consensus Forecast Survey reported.

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“If you had asked me as 2020 began what my top issues would be this year, I would have said people, communication and liquidity. Those were my top three concerns. Now, the top issue is how do we keep the lines of communication open.”
–PGIM Real Estate and Prudential Private Capital Chief Financial Officer Edwin Farah

CREF Market Outlook: The Four-Bucket Theory

The pandemic has affected different commercial property types in very different ways, and they will likely perform differently when the economy bounces back, said MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research Jamie Woodwell.