Category: News and Trends

SAN DIEGO–The Mortgage Bankers Association announced new members of its Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors.

Nearly half of investors surveyed say real estate investment trusts will outperform the S&P 500 by three percent or more over the next 12 months, reported BMO Capital Markets, Montreal, Quebec.

The Federal Reserve received mostly positive feedback on commercial real estate nationwide since early September. 

Capital keeps flowing into commercial real estate at a healthy pace against a backdrop of global economic uncertainty and potential future interest rate hikes, reported Avison Young, Toronto.

Property prices increased again in August, pushing both apartments and commercial property prices over their pre-crisis peaks, reported Moody’s Investors Service and Real Capital Analytics.

Demand for U.S. office space remained strong in the third quarter despite recent global volatility, sector analysts said.

The multifamily market should continue its robust growth streak for several more years, said Freddie Mac Multifamily, McLean, Va. 

Commercial real estate increasingly focuses on the needs of firms employing fewer than 50 people because their job growth outpaces larger firms nearly five to one, a new CRE trends report said.

Slowly and quietly, the office market recovery is gathering pace, reported Reis, New York. 

The commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate dropped significantly in September after four months of negligible movement, reported Trepp, New York.