Category: News and Trends

ExactBid, San Jose, Calif. integrated its Real Estate Information Management System bank appraisal management platform with appraisal software system Narrative1.

Commercial real estate lenders and investors have grown more confident since November’s presidential election, reported law firm Akerman LLP, Miami.

Hotel lenders are tightening leverage and lowering loan amounts as the sector’s performance metrics slip, reported Marcus & Millichap, Calabasas, Calif.

Arbor Realty Trust, Uniondale, N.Y., closed a $360 million commercial real estate mortgage securitization.

While volume has held relatively steady in recent years, the composition of securitized commercial and multifamily mortgage debt has changed dramatically.

The industrial sector has faced tough times over the past few years as the economy continues its shift away from manufacturing. However, recent economic data related to the U.S. industrial real estate market pointing in a positive direction, said CBRE Econometrics Advisors, Los Angeles.

The volatile multifamily market perked up in March, with rents rising by 2.7 percent nationwide, reported Yardi Matrix, Santa Barbara, Calif.

U.S. economic activity expanded modestly to moderately between mid-January and late March while commercial real estate activity remained strong, the Federal Reserve reported yesterday.

U.S. economic activity expanded modestly to moderately between mid-January and late March while commercial real estate activity remained strong, the Federal Reserve reported.

While volume has held relatively steady in recent years, the composition of securitized commercial and multifamily mortgage debt has changed dramatically.