The Lede

National Mortgage Professional, Jan. 24, 2017--Hall, PhilThe Senate Banking Committee approved Ben Carson's nomination for HUD Secretary and the full Senate will consider it. "We believe that because of his talents, Dr. Carson will help strengthen America's real estate markets, promoting the production of affordable rental housing, and improving communities nationwide," said Mortgage Bankers Association president and CEO David Stevens.

Wall Street Journal, Jan, 24, 2017--Dezember, RyanFannie Mae agreed to backstop up to $1 billion in debt from the country's largest owner of single-family rental homes, the first time the government-sponsored entity has agreed to guarantee the debt of an institutional owner of single-family houses.

Wall Street Journal, Jan. 24, 2017--Fung, EstherShares of real-estate investment trusts typically get hammered as interest rates rise-not this time.

Bloomberg, Jan. 24, 2017--Mulholland, Sarah A $90 billion wave of maturing commercial mortgages, leftover debt from the 2007 lending boom, is laying bare the weak links in the U.S. real estate market.

REJournals.com, Jan. 24, 2017--Rafter, Dan The vast majority of commercial real estate professionals--80 percent--are male and most don't rank among the super-rich, with 24 percent of CRE agents reporting they earn less than $100,000 in gross commission income each year and 16 percent from $101,000 to $150,000 each year.

Wall Street Journal, Jan. 24, 2017--Fung, EstherMall landlords are increasingly walking away from struggling properties, leaving creditors in the lurch and posing a threat to the values of nearby real estate.

Mortgage Daily, Jan. 23, 2017--Sam GarciaAs he prepared to leave his post along with the rest of the Obama administration, the former president of Ginnie Mae talked about his wild ride over the past seven years.

National Real Estate Investor, Jan. 23, 2017--Diana BellAlternative assets remained in the spotlight in 2016, attracting increased investor attention and delivering outsized returns compared to core property types.

Reuters, Jan. 23, 2017--Joy Wiltermuth Matthew Masso has been tapped by Credit Suisse to head the commercial real estate finance group, replacing former chief Mark Brown.

National Real Estate Investor, Jan. 25, 2017--Razin, ElyCommercial real estate is typically seen as a pretty safe bet--and New York City as a pretty stable place to make that bet. So who will the big New York City lenders be in 2017?

Washington Post, Jan. 25, 2017--Harney, Kenneth The small-scale owners of millions of rental homes, parcels of investment land and income-producing commercial and business real estate may not know it, but one of their key financial planning and tax tools is in danger of disappearing on Capitol Hill.

With data consumption skyrocketing, some major cloud providers anticipate the need to triple their data center infrastructure by 2020, reported JLL, Chicago.

Global institutional investors expect their commercial real estate investment allocations to rise, reported the Pension Real Estate Association, Hartford, Conn.

Some analysts have said commercial real estate is showing signs of being late in the game. But Avison Young Chair and CEO Mark Rose said the game could go into extra innings.

The U.S. economy expanded "modestly" between mid-November and early January, while commercial real estate activity remained stable, the Federal Reserve Beige Book reported.

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