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The panelists at yesterday’s NMHC Apartment Strategies/Finance Conference overwhelmingly remained steadfast in their belief in that the apartment industry is due for a nice run over the next few years. But they said it may be difficult to keep pushing rent increases as a number of markets push past...
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The federal REO Rental Initiative will cast more uncertainty over an already large shadow market.
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Wells Fargo was the top multifamily lender last year for the third year in a row, closing on more than $10.6 billion overall, up from $8.4 billion in 2010, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).
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The construction debt market is heating up, though much of the activity is concentrated on a continued "flight to safety" by financiers.
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Just two years ago, it was hard to find money if you wanted to buy and rehab an apartment building. But as rents have recovered, the opportunity for rehab has opened up. That's brought money back in the game.
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Life insurance companies have increased their appetite this year and are charging through the first quarter at full speed, giving GSEs a run for their money.
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Two new agency lenders were created this month, but while the company names are new, the faces behind them are very familiar.
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During a conference call yesterday, New York City–based Reis hosted a fourth-quarter capital markets briefing and shared its 2012 commercial real estate outlook.
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Fannie Mae saw some stiff competition from the banking sector last year for loans of $5 million or less, and that dynamic should only grow this year.
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Though the competitive landscape grew more heated last year, the overall market for permanent multifamily debt also expanded, allowing Fannie and Freddie to capture more than a 60 percent market share.