Category: News and Trends

The Mortgage Bankers Association released an interview with Situs Executive Managing Director Steven Bean.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released an mPower Moment interview with Freddie Mac Executive Vice President and Head of Multifamily Deborah Jenkins.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released an interview with Situs Executive Managing Director Steven Bean.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released an interview with Situs Executive Managing Director Steven Bean.

Non-bank direct lender Civic Financial Services, Redondo Beach, Calif., launched CIVIC Multifamily.

The Mortgage Bankers Association, joined by 27 other organizations representing a cross-section of consumer and industry organizations, sent a letter Friday to Federal Housing Finance Agency Acting Director Joseph Otting on priorities for preserving access and affordability when undertaking administrative reforms to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The industrial real estate market’s vacancy rate closed 2018 at a near record low 4.9 percent, and e-commerce could further improve its performance going forward, analysts said.

Strong economic growth, abundant capital and a favorable supply and demand environment led to broadly stable capitalization rates for U.S. commercial real estate assets in second-half 2018, said CBRE, Los Angeles.

Nuveen Real Estate launched its U.S. Cities Multifamily Fund, an open-end perpetual life real estate investment vehicle that will acquire and manage institutional-quality multifamily rental properties across the United States.

Last year yielded steady growth for the construction industry despite increasing headwinds, said JLL, Chicago.