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Commercial real estate lending markets are on a tear heading into the last months of 2021. Life insurance companies are one of many capital sources benefiting from improved transaction volumes and economic fundamentals.

Investors are following shoppers as they return to lifestyle centers, said JLL, Chicago.

SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc., Windsor, Conn., announced American Equity Investment Life Holding Co., West Des Moines, Iowa, will migrate its $5.4 billion commercial, agricultural and residential mortgage loan portfolio to SS&C’s Precision LM loan management software.

Fitch Ratings, New York, said it sees limited risks to real estate investment trust credit fundamentals from a transitory inflation-rate increase, but noted prolonged elevated inflation could pressure REITs.

U.S. hotel demand and average daily room rates should near full recovery next year, a new forecast from STR and Tourism Economics said.

Despite decreased returns in 2020, institutional investor confidence in commercial real estate remains strong, according to Hodes Weill & Assocs. and Cornell University’s Baker Program in Real Estate.

Commercial real estate tenants are ready to commit to longer lease terms, reported software firm Visual Lease, Woodbridge, N.J.

Marcus & Millichap, Calabasas, Calif., expanded its Board of Directors with by electing Collete English Dixon effective November 2. She will also serve as a member of the Board’s Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee.

The retail sector’s solid performance in recent quarters has been a welcome surprise, said Moody’s Analytics, New York.