The Senate was in session last week, as negotiations continued on a tax and spending deal (including the capital gains treatment of “carried interest”), and the Senate Banking Committee held separate hearings on climate change, and how communities and renters are faring in the housing market, respectively.

The Mortgage Bankers Association last week sent a letter to federal regulatory agencies, discussing several topline issues it says are crucial to improving the current Community Reinvestment Act framework.

MISMO®, the real estate finance industry standards organization, announced availability of its Commercial Green Borrower Questionnaire.

Ginnie Mae on Wednesday said it will take on a larger role in HUD’s efforts to fight rising housing costs and boost housing supply, releasing a Fact Sheet outlining its efforts to drive liquidity toward equitable and affordable housing.

Construction contractors remain cautiously optimistic a year after the industry’s post-pandemic comeback started in earnest, according to the 2022 Marcum National Construction Survey. Contractors reported being buoyed by the federal infrastructure bill, growing backlogs, and other tailwinds.

Fitch Ratings, New York, said U.S. life insurers’ commercial mortgage fundamentals have largely recovered since the pandemic, with stable property outlooks for hotel, office retail and multifamily sectors.

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After six months of healthy growth in multifamily fundamentals, Freddie Mac, McLean, Va., said the sector’s growth could moderate through the remainder of 2022.