World Property Journal, Mar. 29, 2022–Michael GerrityAccording to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s latest Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Outstanding quarterly report, the level of commercial/multifamily mortgage debt outstanding during the final three …
Group Newslink: MBA Commercial/Multifamily NewsLink March 31 2022

The Crisis In Housing, Part 2: The Multifamily Conundrum
Benzinga, Mar. 29, 2022–Phil Hall“If you look at vacancy rates across rental housing and homeownership housing, they’re at extremely tight levels,” said Jamie Woodwell, vice president in the research and …

Save on FedEx Shipping through MBA Member Advantage Program
Through the MBA Member Advantage Program, you can save up to 29 percent on small package shipping with FedEx. For more information, click here.

Germany’s Favorite Hedge Against Inflation? Real Estate
Bloomberg/Washington Post, March 29, 2022–Chris BryantGermans are already predisposed to worrying about inflation. So we’ll likely see more Germans plough spare cash into housing, evocatively known here as Betongold–or concrete …

Investors Are Buying Mobile Home Parks. Residents Are Paying a Price
New York Times, Mar. 27, 2022–Sophie KasakoveAcross the country, corporate landlords are expanding manufactured housing portfolios and driving up rents, pushing longtime residents out.https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/27/us/mobile-home-park-ownership-costs.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20220327&instance_id=56856&nl=todaysheadlines®i_id=42063674&segment_id=86700&user_id=e670283fb4fff3d4391d6f88569ad498

How The Pandemic Gave Commercial Real Estate Tenants The Upper Hand
CBS News, Mar. 25, 2022–Megan CerulloThe COVID-19 pandemic has changed the nature of commercial real estate negotiations, shifting some of landlords’ long-held leverage to tenants as cities across the U.S. …

SFR Providers Are Increasingly Moving Toward Build-For-Rent
GlobeSt.com, Mar. 25, 2022–Lynn PollackSingle-family rental home firms have increasingly turned to developing new housing rather than buying existing houses over the past two years.https://www.globest.com/2022/03/25/sfr-providers-are-increasingly-moving-toward-build-for-rent/?

MBA State Commercial Mortgage Licensing Resources
The Mortgage Bankers Association has updated its state-by-state compilation of commercial/multifamily mortgage licensing requirements. The updated resource is a no-cost, member-only benefit that is updated annually. It covers state requirements …