Despite uncertainty driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, equity sources remain interested in commercial real estate deals. Private equity and institutional investors are both active, particularly in the favored multifamily and industrial asset classes, which boast healthy market fundamentals. This narrowing…
Multifamily remains the ‘darling’ for investors and lenders, even in a pandemic The U.S. multifamily vacancy rates and rents held relatively stable and delinquencies were low in the second quarter, despite the economic volatility resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, according…
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s National Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Conference (MBA CREF 2020) in February was buzzing with more than 3,000 commercial real estate professionals who were there to network, hear from lenders, and learn more about current industry trends….
The national multifamily market is forecast to continue to post strong performance in 2020. There are several factors supporting the favorable outlook, a few of which are outlined below. To be sure, there are also a handful of economic, financial…
Remarkably, retail has been a consistent third-place performer for NorthMarq in terms of financing activity, trailing just multifamily and office. This has occurred despite the ongoing challenges related to store bankruptcies and e-commerce competition, and the questions related to the…
The explosion of information about Opportunity Zones has many people in CRE perplexed about how to make sense of “opportunities” for their market or their project. Each state determines which sites are designated as Opportunity Zones, so much work rests…
