Shihao Feng

A combination of a shortage of supply, strong sector fundamentals and lower leverage can create tailwinds for private lenders.

Lenders and investors believe some markets have started to hit bottom as trades come through. 

The rating agency highlighted potential concerns around rising distress indicators.

An increase in parties overseeing the workout of CMBS loans is expected as the right to appoint new servicers shifts across the capital structure, Academy Securities' Stav Gaon notes.

The flexible working provider is seeking to reject 69 leases in North America, according to research from rating agency KBRA. 

The financing will fund the development of a rental community in Jersey City, one of many recent multifamily projects under construction there. 

The cost of insuring commercial real estate properties in natural disaster-prone areas rose 20% year-on-year in 2022, per an October report from BlackRock.

Expectations are that there will be $5bn-$7bn of new conduit issuance in the fourth quarter, market analysts told Real Estate Capital USA.

While commercial real estate lending activity is down, the opposite is true for insurance company lenders, which are finding places to expand their platforms despite a slow market.

The US commercial real estate finance market has come a long way in improving its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. But there is more to do before the expectations of the sector’s younger professionals align with the perceptions of senior executives.