Bridge lending remains an active piece of the commercial real estate finance pie heading into the anticipated economic recovery in the second half of 2021. Short-term loans with floating interest rates that are higher than longer term fixed-rate loan rates are written for properties in transition.
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Multifamily Market Musings: Q & A with MBA AVP Sharon Walker
MBA NewsLink interviewed MBA Associate Vice President of Commercial/Multifamily Sharon Walker, who represents MBA members active in multifamily finance. She advocates on policy issues primarily related to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration and oversees numerous related committees, working groups, councils and events.
CRE Policymaking During a Pandemic
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s Capital Council hosted a panel Thursday February 25. The Capital Council is a member forum for commercial real estate capital providers and intermediaries, educating participants on market trends and conditions.
Priced to Perfection: Commercial Real Estate Values Inch Up
As the anniversary of COVID significantly impacting the U.S. and commercial/multifamily property markets passes, challenging questions about property values remain top of mind.
CREF Engagement Team Adds Texas Presence, Hiring Jacky Salazar
The CREF Policy and Member Engagement team will add Jacky Salazar as Associate Director of Member Engagement this month. She will report to MBA Vice President of Member Engagement Kelli Burke and will work from the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
CMBS Market Musings–Not Out of the Woods?
As the commercial real estate finance market experienced fits and starts last year, no capital source provided more transparency into commercial real estate than CMBS with its monthly investor reporting and credit rating agency coverage creating a window into market performance and challenges for certain retail and hospitality assets.
MBA LIBOR Transition Updates
It has been a busy time for LIBOR transition progress, so here are the latest updates.
Andrew Foster: Trade Associations–Community Building in Unsettling Times
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value. -Hermann Hesse
Reimagining Office While Working From Home
How companies and their workforces will use office going forward is an increasingly popular subject in 2020. There are questions around existing buildings and how landlord business plans and those of their lenders will perform.
CREF Highlights Oct. 15, 2020
Commercial and multifamily developments and activities from MBA relevant to your business and our industry.