CMF Newslinks Archive

“The lowest unemployment rate in 50 years, combined with strong housing demand, have contributed to increasing rents across the country.”–CoreLogic Principal Economist Molly Boesel.

“When I think about what’s likely to happen, I come back to the idea of a ‘plateau.’ Coming off a record year of originations, I don’t see much pulling those numbers down, and I also don’t see much pushing those numbers much higher, so we generally see a plateau for originations for the next few years. If we continue to run at this level, that still means growth in mortgage debt outstanding because of maturities, and that means there will likely be more need for servicers like you to service these loans.”–MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research Jamie Woodwell.

“The momentum seen in 2018’s record year of borrowing and lending continued in the first quarter of this year.”–MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research Jamie Woodwell.

“Despite recent volatility in the debt and equity markets, the Fed’s decision to leave borrowing costs unchanged has created a favorable commercial lending environment and activity has remained robust.”–CBRE Capital Markets Global President of Debt and Structured Finance and Mortgage Bankers Association Chairman-Elect Brian Stoffers, CMB.

“Property incomes are increasingly the driver for investors, and while income returns are relatively consistent between property types, investor sentiment has led to differences in appreciation between different property types.”–MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research Jamie Woodwell.

“An above-expectations end to 2018 boosted first-quarter performance as office market dynamics firm before further supply delivers.”–JLL Director of Office Research Scott Homa

“Grocery is one of the strongest retail sectors, with nearly twice as many new stores opening than closing last year.”–JLL Director of Retail Research James Cook.

“Solid fundamentals, growing property values, low interest rates and strong appetites from both borrowers and lenders all helped drive an 8 percent increase in recorded multifamily lending from a year ago.”–MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research Jamie Woodwell.

“New [commercial and multifamily] construction activity remained robust, with increases in the value of construction put-in-place for multifamily, office and lodging properties. The value of other commercial properties put-in-place declined from a year earlier.”–MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research Jamie Woodwell.

“Whether a firm focuses on the space markets, capital markets or a combination of the two, companies are closely monitoring technological developments in an effort to remain competitive and anticipate the possibility of secular market changes.”–MBA Senior Vice President Thomas Kim in a Corporate Real Estate Journal article about the role of venture capital, startups and technology-based investments in commercial real estate.