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MBA: Commercial/Multifamily Borrowing Up 19 Percent Year-Over-Year
Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations increased by 19 percent in the second quarter from a year ago, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday in its Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations.
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FHFA Proposes 2023-2024 Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Multifamily Housing Goals
The Federal Housing Finance Agency on Tuesday proposed new benchmark levels for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily housing goals in 2023 and 2024.
MBA CREF Policy Update Aug. 18 2022
Commercial and multifamily developments and activities from MBA relevant to your business and our industry.
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MBA CONVERGENCE Webinar Aug. 25: What Does It Cost to Produce a Unit of Housing?
MBA CONVERGENCE presents the next in its webinar series, What Does it Cost to Produce a Unit of Housing? Costs & Elements of Production, on Thursday, Aug. 25 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET.
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Trepp: Commercial Executives Expect Sector to Avoid Severe Damage
Commercial real estate executives are expressing concern about upcoming economic headwinds but believe CRE will avoid the most severe damage, reported Trepp LLC, New York.
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Hotel Construction Pipeline Continues to Shrink
U.S. hotel construction has declined for seven consecutive months, reported STR, Hendersonville, Tenn.
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CRE People in the News Aug. 18, 2022
Personnel News from Cushman & Wakefield, Walker & Dunlop and Colliers.
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Small-Cap Commercial Real Estate Market Up 19% YoY
Boxwood Means LLC, Stamford, Conn., reported the aggregate market value of small commercial real estate assets rose steadily at midyear despite an increasingly uncertain outlook for commercial real estate prices and the economy.