Category: News and Trends

The House, by voice vote Tuesday, passed H.R. 2148, the Clarifying Commercial Real Estate Loans Act, which had strong support from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Commercial real estate lending markets fell in the third quarter amid rising equity prices, limited volatility and tightening spreads, reported CBRE, Los Angeles.

The Mortgage Bankers Association, in a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee, expressed concerns that key provisions of tax reform legislation could substantially affect the ability of homeowners and the overall economy to benefit.

The retail sector’s long-term forecast has reached a “low-water mark” for the current cycle, said Ten-X, Irvine, Calif.

Commercial real estate lending markets fell in the third quarter amid rising equity prices, limited volatility and tightening spreads, reported CBRE, Los Angeles.

The retail sector’s long-term forecast has reached a “low-water mark” for the current cycle, said Ten-X, Irvine, Calif.

Commercial real estate lending markets fell in the third quarter amid rising equity prices, limited volatility and tightening spreads, reported CBRE, Los Angeles.

Commercial and multifamily mortgage originations should increase in 2017 to end the year at $515 billion–up 5 percent from 2016–the Mortgage Bankers Association projected. Volumes should remain at roughly that level in 2018 as well.

Cap rate compression in the single-tenant net lease sector continued in the third quarter as both median and average cap rates reached record lows, reported NNNet Advisors, Los Angeles.

U.S. hotel rooms under construction grew 5.7 percent on a yearly basis through September, reported STR, Hendersonville, Tenn.