The longest economic expansion in U.S. history has likely come to an end amid the unprecedented impacts of COVID-19, according to the Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research Group.
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MBA Education Announces Virtual School of Multifamily Mortgage Banking and Virtual School of Multifamily Property Inspections
MBA Education is launching new Virtual School of Multifamily Mortgage Banking and Virtual School of Multifamily Property Inspections courses.
Coronavirus Undermines CRE Market Momentum in Preliminary Q1 Data
Boxwood Means, Stamford Conn., said fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is becoming apparent in commercial real estate market fundamentals.
Dealmaker: IPA Sells L.A. County Apartment Property for $32M
Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, sold South Hills Apartments, an 85-unit apartment property in West Covina, Calif. The $31.95 million sales price equates to $375,882 per unit.
HUD Announces New CARES Act Mortgage Payment Relief Guidance
HUD announced new mortgage payment relief guidance under the CARES Act for borrowers with multifamily mortgages insured by FHA or borrowers participating in other HUD multifamily housing programs.
MBA: 2019 Commercial/Multifamily Originations Reach Record $600.6 Billion
Commercial and multifamily mortgage bankers closed a record $600.6 billion of loans in 2019, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s 2019 Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Annual Origination Volume Summation.
CMBS Report: More Than 2,600 U.S. CMBS Borrowers Seek Coronavirus Relief; Delinquency Reports Mixed
Fitch Ratings, New York, reported more than 2,600 commercial real estate borrowers, representing $49.1 billion of mortgage loans, have sought potential debt relief during the first two weeks of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak.
Andrew Foster, Kelly Hamill: First Aid as Paycheck Protection Program Begins
The $2 trillion CARES Act bill is designed in part to provide liquidity to small businesses—including hard hit hotels—who will turn to the program first to cover costs such as payroll, utilities and interest on debt payments. Commercial real estate borrowers, tenants and their employees are prime candidates to apply for the program and many of MBA’s member banks will be instrumental in getting this $350 billion of relief to small businesses and their employees in communities across the country through their SBA lending programs.
MBA Chart of the Week: Year-over-Year Change in Unemployment Rate and Cap Rate Spreads
For commercial real estate markets, a key factor in how we work through this period of uncertainty will be how investors value properties and their incomes. Our experiences in the past two recessions may provide some insights.
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