The Lede

Vancouver Sun, Oct. 6, 2015--Duggan, EvanTrillions of dollars of investment in global commercial real estate are being handled and monitored with outdated information technology programs that are at risk for human error and inaccuracy, a new report from Altus Group said.

DSNews, Oct. 6, 2015--West, Xhevrije Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed into conservatorship seven years ago, and questions still linger as to how and when to reform the GSEs.The Bipartisan Policy Center hosted a keynote address and panel discussion titled "Housing Finance Reform: Opportunities and Obstacles of Risk Sharing" on Tuesday.

Bloomberg, Oct. 6, 2015--Yu, Hui-Yong MetLife Inc. is taking a majority stake in a 43-story office tower being built next to San Francisco's Transbay Transit Center, expanding the biggest U.S. life insurer's holdings in one of the country's most expensive office markets.

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.

Cap rates for the single-tenant net lease retail and office sectors continue to fall to new lows, reported the Boulder Group, Northbrook, Ill.

Commercial real estate should continue expanding at "healthy and fairly steady" levels through 2017, a survey of nearly 50 economists said yesterday.