Category: News and Trends

The hotel pipeline–rooms in the planning and construction phases–grew nearly 20 percent year-over-year, reported STR, Hendersonville, Tenn.

The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday published an Order with Mortgage Bankers Association-supported provisions regarding margining requirements for covered agency transactions.

Small-cap rents surged during the first quarter as small property landlords benefited from extremely tight markets, reported Boxwood Means, Stamford, Conn.

Recent economic volatility presented obstacles for office sector expansion, but steady employment and oil price growth along with heightened international market stability led to a calmer outlook in recent weeks, said Trepp, New York.

Commercial lending markets, briefly derailed by credit market volatility in early 2016, got back on track by early April, reported CBRE, Los Angeles.

Commercial real estate is seeing ample capital, low cap rates and high valuations at the moment, but coming regulations could change that, said CIT Real Estate Finance President Matt Galligan.

The Mortgage Bankers Association yesterday warned its members of an online scam involving emails featuring the MBA logo offering money in exchange for personal information.  

Cushman & Wakefield, New York, acquired Multi Housing Advisors, Atlanta.

The U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate rose in May for the second month, reported Fitch Ratings, New York.

U.S. real estate investment trusts should see improving debt capital access following a challenging start to 2016, said Fitch Ratings, New York.