Category: News and Trends

As commercial and multifamily properties deploy more energy- and water-efficient features and lenders seek utility data, MISMO®, the mortgage industry standards organization, seeks participants to help create a Commercial Historical Utility Dataset.

CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said rent prices in single-family rental properties increased 2.9 percent year-over-year in July, down slightly year over year.

Most Americans prefer a mortgage payment to paying rent monthly, said Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., in its yearly Homebuyer Insights Report.

The multifamily market’s healthy growth continues, shown by continued not-too-fast, not-too-slow rent and occupancy growth.

Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies remained low in the second quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s 2Q Commercial/Multifamily Delinquency Report.

Trepp, New York, reported the volume of commercial mortgage-backed securities loans and assets in special servicing declined again in August, falling three basis points to 3.22 percent.

U.S. commercial real estate remains a favored asset class even as economic uncertainty looms, said the Urban Land Institute and PwC.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released an interview with CIT Vice Chairman of Real Estate Finance Matt Galligan, who shared his perspective on commercial real estate trends.

Real Capital Analytics, New York, reported overseas investors became net sellers of U.S. commercial real estate in first-half 2019 for the first time since 2012.

Institutional investors are decreasing their expectation for 2019 commercial real estate returns, the Pension Real Estate Association’s Consensus Forecast Survey reported.