The Lede

Mortgage Daily, Apr. 10, 2018Not only did originators lift annual commercial real estate lending volume last year, they pushed it past the pre-crisis record level, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Wall Street Journal, Apr. 10, 2018--Esther Fung (subscription)Real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield is partnering with Real Insight Marketplace, an online auction platform, to help Sears sell 16 profitable store locations.

Wall Street Journal, Apr. 9, 2018--Candace Taylor (subscription)In anticipation of air taxis from Uber and others, the builder of a 60-story condo tower in Miami is laying the groundwork for a 'skyport' on the roof.

Scotsman Guide, Apr. 5, 2018--Victor WhitmanThe commercial real estate market ended 2017 on a strong note, and the prospects for a stable 2018 remain high, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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Manhattan's office and apartment sectors diverged in the first quarter, reports said.

Significant mortgage rate increases drove declines in Freddie Mac's Multifamily Apartment Investment Market Index across most markets for both the fourth quarter and the full year.

According to a recently released set of commercial/multifamily real estate finance league tables prepared by the Mortgage Bankers Association, HFF; Wells Fargo; PNC Real Estate; Eastdil Secured; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; CBRE Capital Markets Inc.; Key Bank; Capital One Financial Corp.; Meridian Capital Group; and Walker & Dunlop were the top commercial and multifamily mortgage originators in 2017.

The commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate posted a rare increase in March, but it was modest, said Trepp Senior Managing Director Manus Clancy.

The need for warehouse construction is not likely to wane because most of the country's warehouse stock is decades old and ill-suited for e-commerce uses, reported CBRE, Los Angeles.

Significant mortgage rate increases drove declines in Freddie Mac's Multifamily Apartment Investment Market Index across most markets for both the fourth quarter and the full year.

According to a recently released set of commercial/multifamily real estate finance league tables prepared by the Mortgage Bankers Association, HFF; Wells Fargo; PNC Real Estate; Eastdil Secured; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; CBRE Capital Markets Inc.; Key Bank; Capital One Financial Corp.; Meridian Capital Group; and Walker & Dunlop were the top commercial and multifamily mortgage originators in 2017.

Significant mortgage rate increases drove declines in Freddie Mac's Multifamily Apartment Investment Market Index across most markets for both the fourth quarter and the full year.

According to a recently released set of commercial/multifamily real estate finance league tables prepared by the Mortgage Bankers Association, HFF; Wells Fargo; PNC Real Estate; Eastdil Secured; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; CBRE Capital Markets Inc.; Key Bank; Capital One Financial Corp.; Meridian Capital Group; and Walker & Dunlop were the top commercial and multifamily mortgage originators in 2017.