
MBA Chart of the Week July 6, 2023: Office Property Sales Volumes and Values
In commercial real estate, all eyes remain on the office market. That is despite the fact that multifamily mortgage debt – accounting for $2.0 trillion of the $4.6 trillion of total outstanding -- is almost three times as large and office accounts for just 17 percent of total CRE debt.

CREF Policy Update: July 6, 2023
Commercial and multifamily developments and activities from MBA important to your business and our industry.

Fitch Ratings: NOI Growth for CMBS Properties Sees Good 2022, but Slower 2023 Likely
Fitch Ratings, New York, reported property-level net operating income for loans securitized within Fitch-rated U.S. multi-borrower CMBS grew 6.3% in 2022, but warned that kind of growth likely won’t be sustainable this year.

Dealmaker: BWE Secures $36M for Acquisition, Renovation of Indiana University Student Housing
Bellwether Enterprise, Cleveland, secured $36 million in acquisition financing for a student housing property at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.

Fitch: Commercial mREIT Sector Faces Further Pressures in 2023
Fitch Ratings, New York, said commercial mortgage real estate investment trust ratings will continue to be challenged by post-pandemic occupancy rates, “with growing recessionary risks and further deterioration of commercial real estate fundamentals.”

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