Fitch: Secular Shifts Force U.S. Commercial Real Estate to Adapt

Fitch Ratings, New York/London, said post-pandemic, many U.S. commercial real estate segments will be transformed by the way space is used, which will have long-term consequences for property performance and financeability.

MBA Chart of the Week: Rent Payments and COVID-19

On September 17, the Research Institute for Housing America, MBA’s think tank, released a special report on housing-related financial distress during the second quarter – the first three months of the pandemic in the U.S.

CBRE: Hotel Recovery Could Start Soon

After facing the lowest occupancy levels since the 1930s and huge revenue and profit declines in the second quarter, the hotel sector could begin a multi-year recovery soon, said CBRE, Los Angeles.

MBA: 2Q Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Rises

The Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest quarterly Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Outstanding report found commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding rose by $43.6 billion (1.2 percent) in the second quarter.

CREF Highlights Oct. 1, 2020

Commercial and multifamily developments and activities from MBA relevant to your business and our industry.

Fitch: Secular Shifts Force U.S. Commercial Real Estate to Adapt

Fitch Ratings, New York/London, said post-pandemic, many U.S. commercial real estate segments will be transformed by the way space is used, which will have long-term consequences for property performance and financeability.

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“Both of these propositions [California ballot propositions 15 and 21] are not only important to our constituents in California, but they should be important to every commercial real estate lender nationwide.”
–MBA Senior Vice President of Commercial/Multifamily Mike Flood