Category: News and Trends

MBA recently released its annual 2018 Rankings of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Firms’ Origination Volumes. Last year was another strong year for lending and borrowing.

The apartment market investment environment deteriorated in late 2018 after stabilizing in the third quarter, Freddie Mac Multifamily reported Monday.

In the latest episode of mPower Moments, mPower Founder Marcia M. Davies sits down with MBA Chairman-Elect Brian Stoffers, CMB; and Byron Boston, President, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Dynex Capital, on on the importance of closing the gender gap in the real estate finance industry and providing a clear path for women to advance in their careers.

The commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate did something rarely seen recently: it increased.

Small banks are gaining market share in commercial real estate lending. This could be worrisome given loss histories, especially construction lending losses, said Fitch Ratings, New York.

Rapid e-commerce growth and modernizing logistics assets are attracting abundant capital to industrial real estate, which is pushing investment yields close to record lows, reported CBRE, Los Angeles.

Commercial mortgage-backed securities defeasance volume rebounded last year after a two-year decline, reported Moody’s Investors Service, New York.

Growth in U.S. commercial property prices increased to 0.6 percent in February from 0.3 percent in January, reported Real Capital Analytics, New York.

NorthMarq, Minneapolis, acquired Austin, Texas-based commercial mortgage banking firm Texas Realty Capital.

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