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.
Category: News and Trends
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.
Data Center Vacancy Hits Historic Low, JLL Reports
The data center colocation market has reached a critical tipping point, with vacancy rates plummeting to an unprecedented 2.3% amid “relentless” demand for digital infrastructure, according to JLL, Chicago.
Cotality: Single-Family Rent Growth Stable
Cotality, Irvine, Calif., released its Single-Family Rent Index for June, finding that single-family rent prices in the month increased 2.9% from June 2024.
RentCafe: New Apartment Construction Still Strong
RentCafe, Santa Barbara, Calif., released its latest apartment construction report, forecasting that 506,353 units will be opened nationwide by the end of the year.
Dealmaker: Greystone Capital Advisors Arranges $166.2M Loan for Long Island Complex
Greystone, New York, provided a $166 million Freddie Mac-backed permanent loan on behalf of TRITEC Real Estate Co. and The Olayan Group to refinance a mixed-use residential, office and retail complex in Ronkonkoma, N.Y.
CREF Policy Update: Latest on the GSEs and MBA’s Ongoing Engagement, Principles
Commercial and multifamily developments and activities from MBA important to your business and our industry.
Commercial/Multifamily Briefs, Aug. 21, 2025
Commercial/multifamily industry news from Newmark and Greystone.
CMF Quote of the Week
“Asking rents may be climbing because shrinking apartment supply is coinciding with growing renter demand, which is being fueled by the high cost of homeownership.”
–Redfin Senior Economist Sheharyar Bokhari.
Housing Starts Up in July, Propelled by Multifamily
Privately-owned housing starts in July were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,428,000, the Census Bureau reported Aug. 19.