Category: News and Trends

At this year’s MBA Commercial/Multifamily Real Estate Finance (CREF) Convention & Expo in San Diego, more than 3,000 commercial and multifamily real estate finance professionals came together for the industry’s largest gathering of the year to hear from expert speakers, network with peers and gauge the state of the CREF industry.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released an interview with PSRS Executive Vice President Michael Tanner.

The multifamily market does not appear to be slowing, and a tight labor market could extend its run, analysts said.

Office real estate investment trusts Cousins Properties, Atlanta, and TIER REIT, Dallas, agreed to combine in a 100 percent stock-for-stock transaction.

The Mortgage Bankers Association recently interviewed MetLife Managing Director Reena Pally about the transition away from LIBOR to a successor index for floating-rate loans.

Buying single-family houses to rent them out is more appealing to investors now than a year ago, reported ATTOM Data Solutions, Irvine, Calif.

Three themes anchor the U.S. commercial real estate investment outlook: U.S. economic performance, cycle maturity and the monetary policy outlook, said Cushman & Wakefield, New York.

Jones Lang LaSalle agreed to acquire HFF in a cash and stock transaction value at nearly $2 billion.

Collateral Analytics, Honolulu, launched a new automated valuation model to help lenders monitor commercial property values and provide access to CRE valuations.

The Mortgage Bankers Association recently interviewed MetLife Managing Director Reena Pally about the transition away from LIBOR to a successor index for floating-rate loans.