Category: News and Trends

Kenneth R. Harney, whose syndicated column “The Nation’s Housing” served as a source of news and information for consumers and real estate finance professionals alike, died May 23 from acute myeloid leukemia. He was 75.

Adverse selection in the commercial mortgage-backed securities 1.0 universe of pre-2009 loans drove loss severities higher last year, reported Fitch Ratings, New York.

The U.S. retail market is flat as shifts in consumer spending result in a high and stagnant retail vacancy rate, said Ten-X, Irvine, Calif.

In search for yield and a vote of confidence in the assets, investors have pulled commercial mortgage-backed securities credit spreads lower in recent years.

In search for yield and a vote of confidence in the assets, investors have pulled commercial mortgage-backed securities credit spreads lower in recent years.

LOS ANGELES–Commercial real estate is enjoying good times, but to paraphrase Game of Thrones, is Winter coming? MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research Jamie Woodwell shared his outlook for the sector here at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing & Technology Conference.

NEW YORK–Mortgage Bankers Association President & CEO Robert Broeksmit, CMB, said housing finance reform is “critically important” to the real estate finance industry, to consumers and the American economy.

LOS ANGELES–Integrating business operations, customer and employee experience and technology can digitally transform the commercial/multifamily mortgage servicing business, PwC Partner Steve Robertson said here at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing & Technology Conference.

LOS ANGELES–Knowing your personality type and those of your co-workers can give you a competitive advantage, behavioral expert Dan Silvert said here at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing & Technology Conference.

LightBox, New York, acquired Real Capital Markets and Digital Map Products.