Top Five Commercial Mortgage Servicing Issues to Watch in 2021

While most will be monitoring increased infections and the progress of vaccine distribution and effectiveness, loan servicing and asset management professionals will have some additional factors impacting their organizations and books of business in the new year.

COVID Upends CBD Real Estate

The COVID pandemic is wreaking havoc on commercial and residential real estate, especially in central business districts, said Wells Fargo Securities, Charlotte, N.C.

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.

Along Came COVID: Emerging Tech Trends in Commercial Real Estate Finance

Emerging technologies and start-up firms proliferated in commercial real estate over the last several years. With the conventional wisdom being that while the single-family real estate finance industry has embraced new technologies and innovation, CRE was a laggard and therein lies a massive opportunity.

CREF Highlights Sept. 17, 2020

Commercial and multifamily developments and activities from MBA relevant to your business and our industry.

MBA: Pandemic Takes Aim at Commercial, Multifamily Mortgage Delinquency Rates

The coronavirus pandemic had a “dramatic and immediate impact” on delinquency rates for some mortgages backed by commercial and multifamily properties in the second quarter, although most continued to perform well, the Mortgage Bankers Association said today in two reports.

North American CRE Market Reacts to COVID Downturn

After a strong start to 2020, COVID-19’s impacts on North American commercial real estate hit during the second quarter, reported Transwestern, Houston, and Devencore, Toronto.

North American CRE Market Reacts to COVID Downturn

After a strong start to 2020, COVID-19’s impacts on North American commercial real estate hit during the second quarter, reported Transwestern, Houston, and Devencore, Toronto.