Controversial ‘Revenge Tax’ Provision Removed From Big Beautiful Bill
The Senate has agreed to remove a provision in the Trump Administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill that would would impose retaliatory income taxes on...
Provision in One Big Beautiful Bill is a Concern for CRE Finance Professionals
A provision in the Trump Administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill is raising concern among a wide range of U.S. business leaders, including professionals in...
Commercial Mortgage Delinquencies Increased Slightly in Q1
Delinquency rates for mortgages backed by commercial properties increased slightly during the first quarter according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) latest commercial real...
CRE Finance Council’s Sairah Burki and David McCarthy Discuss Anticipated Regulatory Environment Under Trump
What impact will the Trump Administration’s regulatory and legislative priorities have on CRE finance market participants? In a wide-ranging interview with MortgageOrb, Sairah Burki,...
MBA Taps John Lammle as AVP of CRE Finance
John Lammle has joined the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) as associate vice president of commercial real estate finance.
Lammle has held ascending roles at the...
MBA: CRE Borrowing and Lending Jumped 16 Percent in 2024
Total commercial real estate (CRE) mortgage borrowing and lending reached an estimated $498 billion in 2024, a 16% increase compared with 2023 but a...
CREFC: Sentiment in the CRE Finance Market Plummeted Following ‘Liberation Day’
President Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcements on April 2 resulted in a dramatic shift in market sentiment for the CRE Finance market, as shown...
Lisa Pendergast: Tariff Uncertainty Unnerves CRE Finance Market
While the issuance of securities backed by commercial property debt got off to a strong start in the first quarter of this year, uncertainty...
MBA: Commercial Mortgage Delinquencies Increased in Q4 But Remain Relatively Low
Commercial mortgage delinquencies increased in the fourth quarter, with the exception of life company loans, which showed a slight decrease, according to the Mortgage...
MBA: Delinquency Rate for Commercial Mortgages Increased in Q4
Delinquency rates for mortgages backed by commercial properties increased during the fourth quarter, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reports.
As of the end of the...
Fannie Mae Multifamily Closed 2024 With More Than $55 Billion in Volume
Fannie Mae provided more than $55 billion in financing to support the U.S. multifamily market in 2024, the firm reports.
That includes more than $6.3...
MBA Promotes Megan Booth to VP Commercial/Multifamily Policy
Megan Booth has been promoted to vice president of commercial/multifamily policy at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).
Booth joined the MBA in 2022 as associate...
HUD Updates Multifamily Mortgage Insurance Program Requirements
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) have updated the requirements for several multifamily mortgage insurance...
MBA: Commercial Mortgage Delinquencies Increased in Third Quarter
Commercial mortgage delinquencies increased in the third quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest Commercial Delinquency Report.
Banks and thrifts (90 or more...
Lora Helt Joins Ascribe as SVP of National Sales
Lora Helt has joined Ascribe, a national provider of residential and commercial valuation, evaluation, property inspection, and REO services to mortgage lenders and servicers,...
FHFA Adds Tool for Tracking Data on Multifamily Mortgages
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has released an interactive tool for tracking data on multifamily mortgages that enables users to review details about...
MBA: Commercial Mortgage Delinquencies Continued to Rise in Q2
Commercial mortgage delinquencies increased in the second quarter, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) latest Commercial Delinquency Report.
“The delinquency rate for loans backed...
Wells Fargo Divesting Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage Servicing
Wells Fargo is selling the non-agency third-party servicing segment of its commercial mortgage servicing business to Trimont, a commercial real estate loan servicer and...
Multifamily Lending Fell 49 Percent in 2023
Multifamily lenders provided a total of $246.2 billion in new mortgages for apartment buildings with five or more units in 2023 - a decrease...
Commercial Mortgage Brokerage Eastern Union Hires Jarrod Glodt as Loan Consultant
Banking veteran Jarrod Glodt has joined commercial mortgage brokerage Eastern Union as a senior loan consultant.
Glodt has more than 10 years of experience as a banker...