Category: News and Trends

Freddie Mac, McLean, Va., launched a new series of credit risk transfer securities backed by Tax-Exempt Loans made by state or local housing agencies and secured by affordable rental housing.

Investor appetite for seniors housing continues to grow and most investors who specialize in the sector plan to increase their portfolios, reported CBRE, Los Angeles.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new MBANow video featuring MBA Senior Vice President of Commercial/Multifamily Thomas Kim, who discusses how proposed reforms to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would impact the multifamily industry.  

As MBA had anticipated in its forecast, the Federal Reserve proceeded with another 25 basis point rate hike and announced plans to begin unwinding its balance sheet this year.

As MBA had anticipated in its forecast, the Federal Reserve proceeded with another 25 basis point rate hike and announced plans to begin unwinding its balance sheet this year.

Small-cap commercial real estate conditions were “mixed” during the first quarter, reported Boxwood Means, Stamford, Conn.

Commercial and multifamily real estate finance professionals will visit Washington, D.C. next week to present the 2017 Mortgage Bankers Association Policy Priorities to policymakers during the MBA National Advocacy Conference.

The highest yielding single-family rental markets in the first quarter were older Midwestern metro areas, RentRange Data Services and HomeUnion reported.

Commercial property prices declined slightly in May, but remain higher than a year ago, according to several reports.

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