“Lenders provided more than $195 billion of capital to multifamily apartment owners in 2014, a new record.”MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research Jamie Woodwell.
CMF Newslinks Archive
MBA C_MF NewsLink Oct. 15, 2015
“This resource will help members navigate the sometimes murky waters of state licensing regimes. While nothing can replace appropriate legal counsel, this tool can help an MBA member assess state requirements and engage in business planning for the future.”–MBA President and CEO David Stevens, discussing MBA’s state-by-state compilation of commercial/multifamily mortgage state licensing laws.
MBA C_MF NewsLink Oct. 8, 2015
“The rise in overall debt levels is built on multifamily property incomes and values that continue to grow at strong rates.”–MBA Vice President of Commercial/Multifamiy Research Jamie Woodwell
MBA C_MF Newslink Oct. 1, 2015
“Really, 25 basis points on the short end of the yield curve really would not have affected real estate. That really pertains more to commercial debt on that end of the yield curve as opposed to the longer end which is where we’re typically borrowing at. So the impact should have been–would have been–nominal.”–Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. Senior Vice President William Hughes discussing the Federal Reserve’s decision not to raise interest rates.
MBA C_MF Newslink Sept. 24, 2015
“Driven by increasing property values, improving property fundamentals and still low interest rates, commercial and multifamily lending and borrowing continued its strong pace in the second quarter.” –MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research Jamie Woodwell.
MBA C_MF NewsLink Sept. 17, 2015
“Office has been performing very well for quite a while. As job growth across the country continues to grow, it’s no surprise that office, especially CBD office, is now enjoying very healthy growth rates.”–JLL Executive Managing Director Tom Fish, a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Commercial Board of Governors.
MBA C_MF NewsLink Sept. 10, 2015
“As commercial property incomes and values continue to climb, and financing remains plentiful, loan performance continues to improve as well. Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquency rates were down broadly in the second quarter.”–MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research Jamie Woodwell.
MBA C_MF Newslink Sept. 3, 2015
“[Commercial mortgage-backed securities] vintage matters. The top-of-market years of 2006 and 2007 contribute nearly 56 percent of all realized losses from 1998 forward.”–Brian Olasov, executive director of financial services consulting with Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, Atlanta.