The Lede

Blooomberg, June 21, 2016--Torres, Craig; Smialek, Jeanna The Federal Reserve warned that prices in the commercial real-estate market may have run up too far too fast.

Wall Street Journal, June 21, 2016--Fung, EstherThe real-estate investment trust industry, which has gotten high marks in recent years for adopting compensation programs that investors like, has suffered a bit of slippage in 2016.

World Property Journal, June 20, 206--Gerrity, Mike According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased by $35.3 billion in the first quarter, as three of the four major investor groups increased their holdings. That is a 1.2 percent increase over the fourth quarter.

AZ Big Media, June 17, 2016--Gossie, Michael Looking at the commercial real estate financing industry is like looking at statistics: There can be several different interpretations. If you look at the numbers from 2015, commercial and multifamily mortgage bankers closed $503.8 billion in loans, according to a report from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Investor's Business Daily, June 17, 2016 How large of an investment opportunity is being created by the upcoming Sept. 1 expansion of the familiar 10 major sectors with the debut of a new, 11th sector devoted to real estate, in benchmarks such as the S&P 500 and others run by S&P Dow Jones Indices and MSCI? The impact could be big.

D Magazine, June 16, 2016--Perez, Christine Like his role model Roger Staubach, football great Emmitt Smith has parlayed success in football to success in commercial real estate.

Bloomberg, June 16, 2016--Mulholland, Sarah; Evans, Rachel  A wave of debt from the last decade's borrowing binge is coming due for shopping centers. Nearly $47.5 billion of loans backed by retail properties will mature over the next 18 months, coinciding with a tighter market for commercial-mortgage backed securities, where many such properties are financed.

National Real Estate Investor, June 21, 2016--Byrne Denham, Barbara; Calanog, Victor An office market conundrum: the job market has been fairly steady, but office occupancy growth has been sluggish. Is it because employers are squeezing new staff into smaller spaces, especially Millennials who are more tolerant of this? Or is there some other cause?

New Hampshire Business Review, June 22, 2016--Feingold, JeffTwo more voices--the Federal Reserve and money management firm PIMCO--joined the growing chorus of concern over the state of the U.S. commercial real estate market.

The U.S. economy continues to show slow, steady progress despite fears of a global economic downturn and some domestic headwinds--and this progress should benefit commercial real estate, reported Transwestern, Houston.

With small-balance commercial lending setting a record last year, MBA NewsLink posed questions to Silver Hill Funding national sales manager Michael Boggiano to get a lender's perspective on this business.

The Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates steady came as no surprise--and should benefit commercial real estate, analysts said.

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.