The Lede

Daily Business Review, Sept. 24, 2018--Lidia Dinkova Banks held 40 percent of the commercial real estate debt in 2017 nationally, but South Florida borrowers increasingly are turning to alternative lenders for more flexible terms.

National Real Estate Investor, Sept. 24, 2018--Bendix AndersonLow vacancy and prohibitive house prices give single-family rental tenants incentives to accept rent increases.

IPE Real Assets magazine, Sept. 25, 2018--Christopher O'DeaReal estate investors learned painful lessons 10 years ago. With signs of a correction yet to materialize, can the market escape a repeat of 2008?

The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.), Sept. 25, 2018--Allen BuchananSo, the rumblings have begun and folks want to know: Is commercial real estate simmering down? In my humble opinion, yes.

National Real Estate Investor, Sept. 26, 2018--Beth Mattson-TeigThis week's Federal Reserve Board meeting is once again shining a spotlight on rising interest rates and what has remained a stubbornly flat yield curve.

The retail sector's softening fundamentals are changing investment activity, said JLL, Chicago.

The affordable housing sector's vacancy rate remained tight at 2.0 percent for the third consecutive time in the second quarter, reported Reis, New York.

Greystar Real Estate Partners, New York, acquired student housing developer, owner and manager EdR, Memphis, Tenn.

Legacy debt resolutions and brisk new loan securitizations sharply lowered the commercial mortgage-backed securities delinquency rate in August, said Trepp, New York.

The hotel sector recorded positive results in its three key performance metrics during August even as guestroom supply continued to grow, sector analysts say.

Rents for U.S. single-family rental properties increased 3 percent year-over-year in July, up from a 2.7 percent pace a year ago, reported CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif.