SAN DIEGO--Looking at the U.S. economy, 2024 will be solid, but not as solid as last year, predicted Mohamed El-Erian during a session titled “What’s Ahead in the Global Economy” Feb. 12 at the MBA Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo.

SAN DIEGO--Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 25 percent lower in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to a year earlier, and increased 13 percent from the third quarter of 2023, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations, released here at MBA’s Commercial/Multifamily Finance Convention and Expo. 

Mortgage applications decreased 2.3 percent from one week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending February 9, 2024.