The Lede

HousingWire, Nov. 8, 2018--Ben LaneMBA released a brief updated forecast this week, which states that multifamily lending is on track to set another record in 2018.

HousingWire, Nov. 13, 2018--Alcynna LloydOn Tuesday, Amazon finally announced it selected Long Island City, N.Y., and Crystal City in Arlington County, Va., as the split locations for its HQ2, and data suggests that the real estate markets in these areas saw a surge of interest when speculation of their selection first arose last week.

Bloomberg, Nov. 14, 2018--Simone FoxmanSam Zell is increasingly looking for the exits outside of his real estate empire. The billionaire's Equity Group Investments has sold or plans to sell stakes in at least four companies since October 2017.

Scotsman Guide News, Nov. 12, 2018--Victor Whitman (MBA mention)Multifamily has been the star of the commercial property sector for much of the post-recession recovery, but 2018 and 2019 could be the peak years for originators, analysts told Scotsman Guide News.

American Banker, Nov. 9, 2018--Hannah Lang (subscription)The revised blueprint by Moelis & Co. LLC, which serves as a financial adviser to some Fannie and Freddie shareholders, incorporates a plan by the mortgage companies' regulator for them to adopt risk-based capital requirements. The original Moelis plan released in June 2017 had drawn mixed reviews from the industry.

Though cap rates have mostly declined since 2000, market indicators suggest the declining cap rate era is ending and moderate cap rate expansion is likely, said RCLCO, Bethesda, Md.

The U.S. office market maintained its steady improvement in the third quarter, sector analysts reported.

Walker & Dunlop, Bethesda, Md., acquired iCap Realty Advisors, an Atlanta mortgage banking firm based that places debt for all commercial real estate asset classes.

Opportunity Zones created by last December's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act could cause up to $100 billion could be deployed over the next several years, analysts say.

The Mortgage Bankers Association will be closed Thursday, Nov. 22 and Friday, Nov. 23 in observance of Thanksgiving. MBA Commercial/Multifamily NewsLink will not publish next week.

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