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Commercial real estate investors feel more optimistic now than a year ago, the CBRE Americas Investor Intentions Survey said.

Commercial real estate transaction volume slipped 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter to $117.4 billion, said Real Capital Analytics, New York.

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The Mortgage Bankers Association appointed Deborah Dubois as President of the MBA Opens Doors Foundation.

The commercial real estate market has reached a “late stable” stage with some “moderate” signs of distress, reported RCLCO, Los Angeles.

The Conference Board, New York, said its Leading Economic Index increased by 1 percent in January, suggesting strong economic growth should continue through the first half of 2018.

Small-cap commercial real estate leasing activity rebounded “smartly” during the fourth quarter, though overall demand for the year came up short compared with 2016, reported Boxwood Means, Stamford, Conn.

Investment property sales dollar volume in core Manhattan fell 41 percent year-over-year to $23 billion in 2017–the lowest since 2010–reported Eastern Consolidated, New York.

The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a Feb. 26 letter to HUD, said manufactured housing offers the agency with opportunities to help meet the nation’s affordable housing needs and urged it to take a more flexible regulatory approach.

The Mortgage Bankers Association appointed Deborah Dubois as President of the MBA Opens Doors Foundation.