Commercial, Multifamily Borrowing Falls 47% in Third Quarter

Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 47 percent lower in the third quarter compared to a year ago, and increased 12 percent from the second quarter of 2020, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported.

MBA: 2Q Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Rises

The Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest quarterly Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Outstanding report found commercial and multifamily mortgage debt outstanding rose by $43.6 billion (1.2 percent) in the second quarter.

MBA Chart of the Week: Delinquency Rate for Commercial/Multifamily Mortgages

The delinquency rate for commercial and multifamily mortgages declined in July. The rate had increased sharply in April at the onset of the pandemic, with 3.6% of loan balances becoming newly delinquent. In May, delinquencies increased again, with a new, but smaller, cohort of newly delinquent loans (2.8%) and slightly more than half of the balance of loans that had been less than 30-days delinquent in April moving to the 30-60 days delinquent category. The inflow of newly delinquent loans continued to slow in June (1.8% of overall balances) and July (1.4%).