Category: News and Trends

In the Summer 2015 issue of the FDIC’s Supervisory Insights, new regulatory requirements for bank investments in securitizations, including commercial mortgage-backed securities, are examined. 

After a year oil-price volatility, the commercial real estate fallout in energy markets remains mixed by property type and location, reported CBRE Group, Los Angeles.

Roughly one-fifth of suburban U.S. office space is at least somewhat obselete, reported Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, New York.

Recent stock market gyrations will not derail the hotel sector’s strong performance, reported PKF Hospitality Research, Atlanta.

Institutional investors increased their expectations for 2015 returns over the last three months, led by income growth, a new survey reported.

More than $11 billion flowed into real estate globally from the Middle East during the first half of 2015, surpassing 2007’s high of $9.6 billion, reported CBRE Group, Los Angeles. 

Property prices increased 70 basis points in July and major-market prices now exceed their pre-crisis peak by nearly 30 percent, reported Moody’s Investors Service and Real Capital Analytics, New York.

More than half of apartment renters whose leases expired in August signed another lease rather than move out, continuing a trend of year-over-year retention-rate increases, reported MPF Research, Carrollton, Texas.

U.S. equity real estate investment trust liquidity remains strong, but shows initial signs of weakening, reported Fitch Ratings, New York.

Small-cap commercial real estate transaction volume remains comfortably ahead of last year’s record-setting level, reported Boxwood Means, Stamford, Conn.