Category: News and Trends

More than half the corporate executives surveyed favor talent availability over real estate cost as their top strategic consideration when making real estate location decisions, reported CBRE Group, Los Angeles.

Commercial valuations decreased 26 basis points in February, led by office price drops, said Ten-X, Irvine, Calif.

Homeownership: the American Dream. A vision created in the post-World War II boom, when returning military from the “Greatest Generation” began populating Levittowns and suburbs all over the country. 

Commercial and multifamily real estate activity generally improved since early January, the Federal Reserve reported yesterday in its Beige Book.

The Mortgage Bankers Association appointed Lionel Lynch as Vice President of Strategic Member Relations.

DebtX, Boston, launched a new credit-rating system for commercial real estate whole loans to enable financial institutions to make better risk and pricing decisions.

New Mortgage Bankers Association research examines key commercial and multifamily mortgage financing sources and the issues that will shape lending.

WASHINGTON–For all the debate about the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, one aspect appears to be a consensus view: the current system cannot sustain itself.

New York City set another record last year with aggregate sales totaling $74.5 billion, exceeding 2007’s $62 billion prior peak, reported Cushman & Wakefield, New York.

Brookfield Asset Management, New York, agreed to acquire real estate investment trust Rouse Properties, New York, for $18.25 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $2.8 billion.