The Lede

New York Times, Oct. 12, 2018--Glenn ThrushMany landlords are now refusing to accept vouchers when they can get higher rents, without the bureaucratic red tape, on the open market.

Wall Street Journal, Oct. 11, 2018--Suzanne Kapner, Lillian Rizzo (subscription)Some of Sears Holdings Corp.'s biggest lenders were pushing for it to liquidate rather than use bankruptcy protection to try to save an American legend whose stores and catalogs dominated retailing for generations.

National Mortgage News, Oct. 10, 2018--Hannah Lang (subscription)Mortgage lenders are anxiously following a ballot initiative fight over rent control in California that they say could be detrimental for the industry as a whole.

New York Times, Oct. 14, 2018--Michael CorkeryA decade ago, Sears employed 302,000. Today, there are about 68,000 people still working at Sears and Kmart and the retailer is preparing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing to cut its debts and keep operating at least through the holidays, according to two people briefed on the matter.

American Banker, Oct. 15, 2018--Andy Peters (subscription)Commercial real estate lending has fallen out of favor with some lenders, but Bank of America increased its exposure to the segment in the third quarter.

National Real Estate Investor, Oct. 17, 2018--Bendix Anderson Apartment rentals have been luring residents away from other kinds of housing since the housing crash, and that is not likely to change in the foreseeable future as new housing preferences and low ownership affordability drive greater demand for apartment rentals.

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Though U.S. multifamily rents remained essentially flat in September--the first month rents had not increased since January--year-over-year rent growth remained healthy at 3.0 percent, reported Yardi Matrix, Santa Barbara, Calif.

Dallas/Fort Worth returned to the No. 1 spot for commercial real estate investors due to its young workforce and high business start-up activity, reported PwC US, New York, and the Urban Land Institute, Washington, D.C.

A record number of e-commerce retailers opened physical stores last year and 850 more are set to open in the next five years, reported JLL, Chicago.

Significant mortgage rate increases once again drove declines in the Freddie Mac Multifamily Apartment Investment Market Index in the second quarter and from a year ago.

WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Mortgage Bankers Association recognized 36 mortgage professionals from the commercial/multifamily market segment in a graduation ceremony for its Future Leaders Program here at the association's Annual Convention & Expo.

Cushman & Wakefield's Chicago office acquired multifamily institutional investment sales brokerage firm KIG CRE.

The commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate fell 23 basis points in September to 3.41 percent, reported Trepp LLC, New York.