Market Update Blog

November 4, 2015

The Mortgage Bankers Association projects originations of commercial and multifamily mortgages to rise by 6 percent in 2016 to $485 billion. Mortgage bankers’ originations of multifamily mortgages are forecast at $187 billion in 2016, while total multifamily mortgage originations project…

October 28, 2015

How you take title to property can have a major impact on your finances and risk assumption. Among other things, it can affect your income taxes, your property taxes, how the property passes to your heirs, and your potential personal…

October 21, 2015

Zero interest rates might be around awhile longer. That, at least, was the message last week when two Federal Reserve governors said they didn’t think they should raise rates this year. For a consensus-driven institution like the Fed, that could…

October 14, 2015

The retail sector is hot right now, and at the center of it all was the recent ICSC conference held in San Diego, CA. The annual event is one of commercial real estate’s most important gatherings, with industry influencers in…

The current economic cycle has been an especially active one, filled with market developments and effected by change. Keeping up with the Fed’s unfolding interest rate drama, the ever-evolving CMBS landscape, and spate of new lenders entering the scene can…

October 7, 2015

The Federal Reserve left short-term interest rates unchanged at last month’s meeting, citing trepidation about weak growth overseas. The minutes of the policy makers’ discussions, to be released Thursday at 2 p.m. EDT, could reveal more detail on officials’ views…