The Lede

New York Business Journal, Mar. 6, 2017--Anthony NotoZar Property NY's $83 million transaction is the top commercial deal for February.

Seattle Times, Mar. 7, 2017--Daniel BeekmanDowntown Seattle and South Lake Union are the next neighborhoods where Mayor Ed Murray wants to allow taller buildings in exchange for help with affordable housing.

National Real Estate Investor, Mar. 6, 2017 The percentage of NREI readers who feel this market cycle is at its peak has moved up in February compared to January.

National Mortgage News, Mar. 6, 2017--Bonnie Sinnock (subscription)Rising interest rates have slowed a recent run of unexpectedly high prepayments of government-insured mortgages, making servicing rights for loans held in Ginnie Mae securities more attractive to investors.

Wall Street Journal, Mar. 4, 2017--Keiko Morris (subscription)A sprawling 110-acre, research-and-development complex in Bridgewater, N.J., seemed poised a few years ago to join the growing ranks of suburban New Jersey office campuses left for dead as companies consolidated and moved to big cities. But a joint venture of investors is breathing life into the property.

National Mortgage Professional, Mar. 2, 2017--Phil HallThe delinquency rate for U.S. commercial real estate loans in commercial mortgage-backed securities reached 5.31 percent in February, up 13 basis points from January, Trepp reported.

Mortgage Daily, Mar. 2, 2017Deterioration in office loan performance droved delinquency on securitized commercial real estate loans to an 18-month high.

Commercial property prices decreased 0.2 percent in January while apartment prices rose 0.9 percent, reported Moody's Investors Service and Real Capital Analytics, New York.

This year marks the end of the so-called "wall" of commercial and multifamily mortgage maturities stemming from 10-year loans made in 2006 and 2007.

Multifamily permits issued and starts moved in opposite directions again in January, reported Axiometrics, Dallas.

Commercial real estate investment activity remains strong, but cyclical and political shifts could threaten continued growth, said Ten-X, Irvine, Calif.

The final year of the three-year commercial mortgage-backed securities ‘maturity wave' of loans disbursed between 2005 and 2007 started out strongly, reported Morningstar Credit Ratings LLC, Chicago.

This year marks the end of the so-called "wall" of commercial and multifamily mortgage maturities stemming from 10-year loans made in 2006 and 2007.

This year marks the end of the so-called "wall" of commercial and multifamily mortgage maturities stemming from 10-year loans made in 2006 and 2007.

Less expensive hotels and secondary markets are driving U.S. hotel revenue growth, reported CBRE Hotels, Atlanta.

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