Category: News and Trends

Retail sector single-tenant net lease cap rates increased in the fourth quarter for the first time since 2013, reported Boulder Group, Northbrook, Ill.

This year offers “mixed blessings” for U.S. hotels, with near-record occupancy levels projected but average daily room rates that will likely continue to level off, predicted CBRE Hotels, Atlanta.

Although Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 2.0 property cash flows remain strong, participants should watch property performance in a peaking market, noted Fitch Ratings, New York.

Extensia Financial, Northridge, Calif., a credit union service organization dedicated to commercial real estate lending and advisory services, launched a CRE lending consulting service program to help credit unions develop and maintain their commercial lending programs.

Offices of the Mortgage Bankers Association will close on Dec. 23 will remain closed until Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017.

Multifamily investing fundamentals grew stronger in the third quarter, reported Freddie Mac, McLean, Va.

Commercial and multifamily property prices both continue their rising trends, two reports said yesterday.

The hotel pipeline grew more than 20 percent year-over-year–and the sector is sensitive to shocks, which the upcoming supply wave could magnify, analysts said.

Without question, e-commerce has changed the retail sector–but it might change industrial real estate even more, said CBRE, Los Angeles.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency released its final “Duty to Serve” rule on Tuesday after a several-year long rule-making process.