Category: News and Trends

The Trump Administration’s nominee for Federal Housing Commissioner is a familiar face to the housing industry and members of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Institutional investors expect commercial real estate returns to slip over the next year, the Pension Real Estate Association’s Consensus Forecast survey said.

Traditionally, commercial/multifamily mortgage bankers originations have tracked very closely with property sales volumes, with 2016 recording $490 billion of originations and $496 billion of property sales. That relationship broke down in the first half of 2017.

Most multifamily executives believe the rental housing market will continue to grow, but many are less optimistic about the affordable housing outlook, reported Freddie Mac, McLean, Va.

The Trump Administration’s nominee for Federal Housing Commissioner is a familiar face to the housing industry and members of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Institutional investors expect commercial real estate returns to slip over the next year, the Pension Real Estate Association’s Consensus Forecast survey said.

Back from its August recess, Congress has a lot on its plate: flood insurance; debt ceilings; Hurricane Harvey relief; and tax reform, to name a few. The Mortgage Bankers Association and nearly 60 other industry and consumer trade groups want the Senate to make sure a key component of housing policy–HUD leadership–stays on the front burner, too.

Commercial real estate asset prices grew in July, Real Capital Analytics, Green Street Advisors and CoStar said in separate reports.

Asian outbound commercial real estate investment posted significant year-on-year gains in first-half 2017, reported CBRE, Los Angeles.

Online real estate marketplace Ten-X Commercial partnered with CRE direct lender Money360 to offer financing for properties available for sale.