Category: News and Trends

Alternative lenders are on the rise in commercial real estate finance–and a recent upswing in alternative lending appears to be compensating for a similar decline in bank lending, reported CrediFi, New York.

Alternative lenders are on the rise in commercial real estate finance–and a recent upswing in alternative lending appears to be compensating for a similar decline in bank lending, reported CrediFi, New York.

Multifamily rent growth was virtually flat in July, but the multifamily market remained healthy overall, YardiMatrix and Axiometrics reported.

Another season of bank quarterly earnings has come and gone. Fitch Ratings, New York, said second-quarter results for U.S. banks underscored existing trends with earnings and loan growth “broadly positive but still muted.”

Repealing the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act could significantly boost foreign investment in U.S. real estate, Transwestern Chief Investment Officer Tom McNearney and others say.

Freddie Mac, McLean, Va., priced a Structured Pass-Through Certificates (K Certificates) offering backed by floating-rate multifamily mortgages with ten-year terms.

Transaction activity picked up in the second quarter in absolute terms–volumes increased 7 percent quarter-over-quarter–and relative to 2016, reported Cushman & Wakefield, New York.

The number of very poor unsubsidized families struggling to pay rent–and who may also be living in substandard housing–increased between 2013 and 2015, reported HUD, Washington, D.C.

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