CMF Quote of the Week

“Delinquency rates for commercial mortgages backed by office properties continued to increase during the third quarter but declined for loans backed by lodging, retail and industrial properties.”
–Jamie Woodwell, MBA’s Head of Commercial Real Estate Research

CoreLogic: Single-Family Rents Grew 2.4% in August

CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., found U.S. single-family rents grew 2.4% year-over-year in August. However, that’s the lowest rate of growth since last fall, CoreLogic noted.

Single-Family Housing Starts See Bump in September

The U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced new residential construction statistics for September, including that single-family housing starts rose 2.7% from August.