Category: News and Trends

Institutional investors have increased their expectation for commercial real estate returns, the Pension Real Estate Association said.

U.S. hotel transaction volumes approached $12 billion through April, up 93 percent compared to the same time last year, reported JLL, Chicago.

Commercial mortgage-backed securities credit quality deteriorated in the first quarter, as more than three-quarters of loans in multiple-borrower bonds were backed by interest-only mortgages, said Moody’s Investors Service, New York.

Commercial real estate investors increasingly believe the risk involved outweighs CRE market returns, reported Situs RERC, Houston.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new MBANow video featuring Fowler Williams, CMB, President and CEO of Crescent Mortgage Co., Atlanta, on the benefits of MBA membership, the power of the CMB designation and the impact of MBA’s recent advocacy wins.

Commercial real estate transaction volume totaled $107 billion in the first quarter, down from late 2017 but up compared to a year ago, reported Real Capital Analytics and Ten-X.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new MBANow video featuring Fowler Williams, CMB, President and CEO of Crescent Mortgage Co., Atlanta, on the benefits of MBA membership, the power of the CMB designation and the impact of MBA’s recent advocacy wins.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new MBANow video featuring Fowler Williams, CMB, President and CEO of Crescent Mortgage Co., Atlanta, on the benefits of MBA membership, the power of the CMB designation and the impact of MBA’s recent advocacy wins.

Calkain Cos. LLC, a commercial real estate brokerage firm focused on net leased assets, launched NetCMG, a new capital markets division designed to address the needs of larger institutional and private-market clients with transactions ranging from $15 million to $100 million.

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