MBA Survey: 2018 Breaks Mortgage-Origination Records

MBA Survey: 2018 Breaks Mortgage-Origination Records

The commercial real estate industry didn’t lack financing activity over the last fiscal year, despite concerns about the direction of the overall economy and a few interest-rate increases over that time. Instead, 2018 was a record fiscal year for origination of...
CMBS Delinquencies Continue Decline in 2018

CMBS Delinquencies Continue Decline in 2018

Last year marked significant progress when it came to CMBS loans going into delinquency across commercial real estate sectors, according to a recent Trepp report. At the end of December, the overall delinquency rate came in at 3.11 percent, falling 178 basis points...
Suburban Office Changes Help Drive Pricing Boost

Suburban Office Changes Help Drive Pricing Boost

Overall commercial real estate pricing increased seven percent year over year as of November in 2018, according to a recent Real Capital Analytics report, showing that the industry’s value didn’t decrease last year, despite worries about its growth cycle ending. Two...
Student Housing Heating Up Again

Student Housing Heating Up Again

The student housing sector of commercial real estate is gaining some attention as of late. In this case, it’s a major proposed acquisition. Greystar Real Estate Partners is reportedly looking at purchasing Education Realty Trust (EdR) for $3.1 billion. The purchase of...
RECon Amid a Changing Retail Sector

RECon Amid a Changing Retail Sector

The retail real estate industry is adapting to change, and that is apparently not such a bad thing, though there is still hesitancy about the sector due to store closings and some malls shutting down and becoming repurposed into other uses. National Real Estate...