KBRA CMBS Outlook: Cloudy, With a Glimmer of Hope

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, New York, just released its CMBS 2024 Sector Outlook, which forecasts U.S. issuance activity for the new year and highlights key credit trends from 2023. MBA NewsLink interviewed KBRA’s Larry Kay and Andrew Foster to get their views on the current lending environment and property fundamentals as well as factors that may affect overall property performance in 2024. 

CMBS Sector Outlook: Continued Uncertainty Going into 2023

Kroll Bond Rating Agency, New York, just released its CMBS 2023 Sector Outlook, which looks at key credit trends from 2022 and forecasts U.S. issuance activity for the new year. MBA NewsLink interviewed KBRA’s Larry Kay and Andrew Foster to get their insights on the current lending environment and property fundamentals as well as factors that may affect overall property performance in 2023.

Five Commercial Mortgage Servicing Issues to Watch in 2022

While the entire country readjusts to the routines of yesteryear, loan servicing and asset management professionals will have an interesting set of dynamics impacting their organizations in the new year. The second half of 2021 is perhaps best described as a welcome shift back to growing pains.

Wuthering Heights: Rent Control Proposals Make the Rounds

A unique characteristic of the current real estate cycle is that it’s arguably been in the recovery phase since about 2010. Even while the events of 2020 put a pause on the economy, creating a significant downward shift in the labor market, many would agree that commercial real estate has not had a classic economic downturn since the Great Recession. That is important to consider in business planning generally, and specifically as apartment rents increase across the country. The drumbeat of calls for rent control have risen almost in tandem with rents.

MBA CMBS Trends and Topics Webinar Series Starts Oct. 7

Join MBA’s CMBS Committee and industry experts for a three-part webinar series exploring the latest trends and hot topics in commercial real estate finance, including agency and private-label securitization activities relating to CRE CLOs and bridge lending opportunities, multifamily dynamics across the country and New York City office market developments.

Seven Takeaways from MBA’s Affordable Rental Housing Summit

Significant affordability challenges exist across the country and the issue is a top priority for the Biden Administration. In April, the Mortgage Bankers Association virtually convened business and policy executives for a series of conversations on the 2021 affordable rental housing landscape. Here are some key takeaways from that event.

Brace for Impact: CRE Finance Implications of Transition Away from LIBOR

The finance industry’s march towards transition away from LIBOR index continues as the third quarter approaches. For all the talk of upward revisions to economic growth projections, the market still awaits the first balance sheet commercial mortgage loan based on SOFR index.