MBA White Paper: Office Market ‘Likely Changed Forever’

The ongoing tug of war between employers and employees about returning to the office will accelerate as pandemic-related impacts fade, according to a new Mortgage Bankers Association white paper.

MBA Chart of the Week: Quarterly NCREIF Property Returns

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell warned at Jackson Hole, Wyo., last month, “Inflation is running well above 2 percent, and high inflation has continued to spread through the economy. While the lower inflation readings for July are welcome, a single month’s improvement falls far short of what the Committee will need to see before we are confident that inflation is moving down.”

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“The forward path of inflation remains a topic of great debate and conjecture. How that path plays into the relative benefits of different investment options–including commercial real estate and other real assets–will give us even more insights into the relationship.”

–Jamie Woodwell, MBA Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Research

MBA: Commercial/Multifamily Borrowing Up 19 Percent Year-Over-Year

Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations increased by 19 percent in the second quarter from a year ago, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday in its Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations.

Multifamily Sector Fundamentals Could Moderate

After six months of healthy growth in multifamily fundamentals, Freddie Mac, McLean, Va., said the sector’s growth could moderate through the remainder of 2022.