Market Update Blog

July 1, 2015

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) has just released its First Quarter 2015 Commercial/Multifamily DataBook. Q1 of this year has been marked by continued signs of economic strength. Commercial real estate markets saw strong property sales and mortgage originations activity as…

June 24, 2015

Now that the Federal Finance Housing Agency (FHFA) has released their revised and expanded definition of “affordable” property, the agency lenders, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have received their sought after increase in lending capacity and a sharpened focus for…

June 17, 2015

California’s economy has maintained strong momentum through the first few months of 2015, even though the state continues to be affected by a whole host of challenges ranging from the unending drought to work stoppages at its major ports. The…

June 10, 2015

We like to provide our subscribers with “essential market insights.” According to Mortgage Bankers Association research,“Eight percent—$121 billion of $1.2 trillion—of outstanding commercial and multifamily mortgages held by non-bank lenders and investors will mature in 2015. This is a 32%…

June 3, 2015

The MBA released its first quarter 2015 commercial/multifamily delinquency rates report on Monday. The report shows performance of commercial and multifamily mortgages continues to improve. Mortgages held by life insurance companies, and held and guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie…

May 27, 2015

The national ReCon ICSC conference was recently held in Las Vegas, one of commercial real estate’s largest annual gatherings for the retail market. Major players from the shopping center industry were in attendance to compile crucial market intel and network…