Wall Street Journal, Jan. 16, 2020–Shayndi Raice, Dana Mattioli (subscription)As Amazon began a search for a second headquarters in 2017, and billions in economic incentives to go with it, CEO …
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MBA Capital Markets Summit in NYC Apr. 23
MBA CREF presents the second annual Capital Markets Summit. This event brings together the wider commercial real estate finance marketplace to discuss hot topics and industry trends. Whether you represent …
The Yield Curve’s Still Weird. Fed’s Bullard is Okay with That
Reuters, Jan. 17, 2020–Howard SchneiderIt was more than a year ago when St. Louis Federal Reserve bank President James Bullard started raising the alarm about a U.S. bond market where …
Q&A: Jamie Woodwell, Mortgage Bankers Association
Scotsman Guide, Jan. 17, 2020–Victor WhitmanJamie Woodwell, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s resident expert on commercial real estate, spoke about trends in 2019 and the outlook for 2020, including the amifications …
mPact Property Tour, Reception at CREF2020
Join mPact at MBA’s Commerical Real Estate Finance/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo 2020, our industry’s largest event for commercial and multifamily real estate finance professionals.
CRE Basics: Intro to Commercial/Multifamily Real Estate Starts March 23
MBA Education presents its popular Introduction to Commercial/Multifamily Real Estate course to help participants understand the foundational concepts of commercial and multifamily real estate lending. This four-part, instructor-led online course …
Report Cites Sharp Increase in Single-Person Households
Point2 Homes, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, says the concept of the traditional household is eroding, citing an increase in single-person household.
How Multifamily Can Help the ‘Affordability Crisis’
Mortgage Professional America, Jan. 13, 2020–Kimberly Greene (MBA mention)Multifamily originations for 2018 totaled $339 billion, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, and volume in 2019 was expected to reach $364 …
Automation Is Coming for Commercial Real Estate
GlobeSt.com, Jan. 14, 2020–Erika Morphy Commercial real estate is poised to receive a double-whammy from automation, with the technology reducing the need for space across several industries as well as …
‘Silicon Prairie’ Communities Top List of Up-and-Coming Tech Markets
Looking for a place to launch–or provide a mortgage to–a startup? Oklahoma City, Kansas City and Jacksonville provide best potential for growth, while affordability and labor-competition challenges see Silicon Valley desirability fade, according to a new report from Zillow Inc., Seattle.