Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 42% higher in the first quarter of 2025 compared to a year earlier, and decreased 40% from the fourth quarter of 2024, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations.

Delinquency rates for mortgages backed by commercial properties increased during the first quarter of 2025. This is according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest commercial real estate finance Loan Performance Survey.

The Mortgage Bankers Association weighed in on the Office of Management and Budget’s request for information on “unnecessary, unlawful, unduly burdensome, and unsound” rules.

Commercial and multifamily developments and activities from MBA important to your business and our industry.

The Mortgage Bankers Association sent a letter to House Ways and Means Committee leadership ahead of the House budget reconciliation markup May 13. The association noted the amendment from Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) represents an important step toward the goal of enacting tax legislation that spurs jobs and economic growth and community investment.

Commercial and multifamily industry personnel news from Affinius Capital, Greystone, CBRE and JLL.

According to MBA’s Annual Origination Summation, from 2020 to 2024, commercial and multifamily mortgage originations experienced notable shifts across investor types. The market peaked in 2021, driven by heightened activity across nearly all sectors, before experiencing a sharp decline in 2023. A modest rebound followed in 2024.

RentCafe, Santa Barbara, Calif., released its Downtown Construction Report, finding Washington, D.C., is leading large cities in terms of downtown apartments completed between 2020-2024.

Walker & Dunlop, Bethesda, Md., arranged $237.5 million in financing for a transit-oriented mixed-use community and a five-story condominium located within the Edge-on-Hudson development along the Hudson River in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.