Category: News and Trends

PHOENIX–Loan servicing represents a great marketing opportunity for the commercial/multifamily sector, said MBA Chairman Rodrigo Lopez, CMB.

PHOENIX–Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac financed record amounts of multifamily real estate last year and look to do even more, company executives said here at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing and Technology Conference.

PHOENIX–Loan servicing represents a great marketing opportunity for the commercial/multifamily sector, said MBA Chairman Rodrigo Lopez, CMB.

PHOENIX–Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac financed record amounts of multifamily real estate last year and look to do even more, company executives said here at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Servicing and Technology Conference.

The multifamily sector saw a “typical seasonal slowdown” in the fourth quarter, reported Freddie Mac, McLean, Va.

CBRE Group, Los Angeles, acquired Brenner Real Estate Group, a full-service south Florida commercial real estate services firm.

Recent reports suggest commercial real estate, which has enjoyed a period of relative stability, could be cooling.

Commercial property market supply and demand fundamentals remained relatively stable in the fourth quarter, reported Moody’s Investors Service, New York.

Institutional-grade commercial loans returned 2.01 percent in the first quarter, regaining some value after last quarter’s negative 2.48 percent result, the Giliberto-Levy Commercial Mortgage Performance Index reported.

The multifamily sector saw a “typical seasonal slowdown” in the fourth quarter, reported Freddie Mac, McLean, Va.