Category: News and Trends

Commercial and multifamily mortgage originations should increase in 2017 to end the year at $515 billion–up 5 percent from 2016–the Mortgage Bankers Association projected. Volumes should remain at roughly that level in 2018 as well.

Cap rate compression in the single-tenant net lease sector continued in the third quarter as both median and average cap rates reached record lows, reported NNNet Advisors, Los Angeles.

U.S. hotel rooms under construction grew 5.7 percent on a yearly basis through September, reported STR, Hendersonville, Tenn.

DENVER–Business people need resilience and optionality to succeed in the current “uncertain” world, said Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Economic Advisor with Allianz, Munich, Germany at the recent Mortgage Bankers Association’s Annual Convention & Expo.

The already-acute shortfall of affordable rental apartments has widened “considerably” over the past six years, said Freddie Mac, McLean, Va.

As employers seek to define the workplace perks most likely to attract and retain employees, Coldwell Banker Commercial Affiliates, Madison, N.J., said the physical office itself could keep staff happier.

DENVER–Business people need resilience and optionality to succeed in the current “uncertain” world, said Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Economic Advisor with Allianz, Munich, Germany at the recent Mortgage Bankers Association’s Annual Convention & Expo.

The already-acute shortfall of affordable rental apartments has widened “considerably” over the past six years, said Freddie Mac, McLean, Va.

As employers seek to define the workplace perks most likely to attract and retain employees, Coldwell Banker Commercial Affiliates, Madison, N.J., said the physical office itself could keep staff happier.

DENVER–Business people need resilience and optionality to succeed in the current “uncertain” world, said Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Economic Advisor with Allianz, Munich, Germany at the recent Mortgage Bankers Association’s Annual Convention & Expo.