Category: News and Trends

As MBA had anticipated in its forecast, the Federal Reserve proceeded with another 25 basis point rate hike and announced plans to begin unwinding its balance sheet this year.

Hotel construction continues to grow, sector analysts report.

In a departure from a trend seen for well over a year, the commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate dipped in May, reported Trepp, New York.

Returns on life company commercial mortgage investments rebounded in the first quarter to generate a 1.60 percent total return, the LifeComps Commercial Mortgage Index, Boston, reported.

Freddie Mac, McLean, Va., launched a new series of credit risk transfer securities backed by Tax-Exempt Loans made by state or local housing agencies and secured by affordable rental housing.

Investor appetite for seniors housing continues to grow and most investors who specialize in the sector plan to increase their portfolios, reported CBRE, Los Angeles.

The Mortgage Bankers Association released a new MBANow video featuring MBA Senior Vice President of Commercial/Multifamily Thomas Kim, who discusses how proposed reforms to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would impact the multifamily industry.  

As MBA had anticipated in its forecast, the Federal Reserve proceeded with another 25 basis point rate hike and announced plans to begin unwinding its balance sheet this year.

As MBA had anticipated in its forecast, the Federal Reserve proceeded with another 25 basis point rate hike and announced plans to begin unwinding its balance sheet this year.

Small-cap commercial real estate conditions were “mixed” during the first quarter, reported Boxwood Means, Stamford, Conn.