MBA: 2021 Commercial/Multifamily Lending to Increase 31% to $578 Billion

Commercial and multifamily mortgage bankers are expected to close $578 billion in loans backed by income-producing properties in 2021, a 31 percent increase from 2020’s volume of $442 billion, according to a new forecast from the Mortgage Bankers Association.

MBA: Multifamily Lending Hits $360 Billion in 2020

Last year 2,140 different multifamily lenders provided a total of $359.7 billion in new mortgages for apartment buildings with five or more units, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.

MBA: 1st Quarter Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Up 1.1%

Commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding rose by $44.6 billion (1.1 percent) in the first quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Outstanding report said.

ULI: CRE ‘Poised for a Rebound’

A panel of 42 real estate economists said commercial real estate is “poised for a rebound,” the Urban Land Institute reported.

MBA Chart of the Week: Cumulative Eviction Filings, 2020 Vs. Historical Average

On May 5, U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich issued an order vacating the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national eviction moratorium, but also put a temporary pause on the order, meaning that (as of this writing) the CDC moratorium, which is scheduled to expire on June 30, remains in place. A number of state-level bans also remain.