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Consumers say they feel worse than they did in 2008 and are spending like nothing is wrong. The Michigan sentiment index set a record low in May, the same month retail sales reached the top of their trailing year. The question for anyone in commercial real estate (CRE) reading the consumer is which signal to…
MSCI's RCA Commercial Property Price Index fell 11.2% year-over-year in May, reflecting continued annual declines across all major commercial real estate sectors.
Last week's much softer June inflation report knocked a July rate increase off the table after hike odds had been climbing, and Chair Warsh did little in two days of congressional testimony to challenge that repricing. This week the Fed goes quiet ahead of its July 29 decision, while attention turns to the banks…
This is a data report released by KBRA in June 2026 providing an update to their Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) Loss Compendium covering national markets. The report compiles loss-related figures and metrics for the CMBS sector.
This is a market report published by KBRA in June 2026 covering commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and debt-financing trends across national markets.
Fitch Ratings publishes an ESG relevance scores dashboard for structured finance instruments in the first half of 2026.
This is a Fitch Ratings commentary assessing the impact of the 21st Century Road to Housing Act on US single-family rental commercial mortgage-backed securities, finding the legislation to have a neutral effect on the sector.
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This is a white paper published by Fitch Ratings examining risk considerations related to structured finance and project financing in the context of data center evolution at the national level.
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This is a market report published by Fitch Ratings examining how New York City rent freeze policies affect rent-stabilized multifamily properties and create pressure on Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities risk at a national level.
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Single-asset single borrower (SASB) commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) activity is expected to remain an important part of the market, while upcoming loan maturities will continue to test refinancing availability and lender selectivity.
This KBRA report, together with the accompanying KBRA CMBS Loss Compendium: June 2026 Spreadsheet, provides updated loss estimates for KBRA-rated conduit transactions.
Trepp and CRE Direct release a mid-year publication examining improving conditions in commercial real estate finance markets.
Commercial Real Estate Direct reports on first-half domestic private-label CMBS issuance volume and year-over-year growth trends.
Commercial Real Estate Direct reports on improving delinquency rates across CMBS pools for June.
CMBS special servicing volumes increased 1.72% in June with ongoing workout activity across the sector.
Airbnb has acquired a Manhattan office property for $81.5 million.
Commercial mortgage-backed securities defeasance transactions are accelerating amid stabilizing interest rate environment and improved investor confidence.
CBRE reports on rising commercial real estate lending activity and non-agency deal volume in the first quarter of 2025 despite ongoing market volatility.
Commercial mortgage-backed securities issuance surged 110% in the first quarter of 2025, with single-asset/single-borrower deals dominating the market activity.
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After two years of tighter credit conditions, the bank commercial real estate (CRE) lending story has shifted from whether banks are pulling back to where balance sheets are growing again. Aggregate loan growth has picked up in parts of the CRE book, and recent lending commentary has pointed to a cautious return of…
Trepp and Commercial Real Estate Direct released a year-end recap covering CRE finance and CMBS market activity, news, and trends.
Federal Reserve survey data tracking the net percentage of domestic banks reporting tightened lending standards for commercial real estate loans on nonresidential structures.
This is a market report published by Knight Frank in October 2025 covering real estate credit and debt financing in the Asia-Pacific region, with focus on commercial mortgage-backed securities activity.
For much of the past two years, loan extensions and maturity modifications have limited forced sales across commercial real estate by deferring pricing decisions amid volatile rates and uneven fundamentals. However, this strategy is increasingly reaching its limits as higher for longer borrowing costs and slower…
Office remains the primary source of stress within the CMBS market, even as delinquency rates eased modestly from recent highs. According to Trepp, the office CMBS delinquency rate stood at 11.71% in March 2026, down from the 12.34% peak reached in January, but still well above prior cycle highs and firmly within…
Securitized Agency loan performance improved modestly in May 2026. The total Agency delinquency rate declined to 0.47%, holding near the low end of the narrow range that has prevailed since mid ‑ 2025, as shown in Figure 1. As in prior months, aggregate movement reflects program ‑ level composition effects rather…
This is a news report from Commercial Observer published in July 2026 documenting Citibank's pricing of a commercial mortgage-backed securities conduit deal described as the largest single bank-contributed, multi-property CMBS transaction since the Global Financial Crisis. The report covers capital markets activity in the CMBS sector at the national level.
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Florida’s unemployment rate rose to 4.8% in May, up from 3.7% a year earlier, one of the largest increases of any state and the highest Florida reading in nearly five years. The rate has continued to climb and now sits above the national unemployment rate of 4.3%.
This is a news announcement from CRED iQ published on July 16, 2026, regarding the appointment of Liam Mulcahy to the position of Senior Product Manager for CRE Data & Applied AI. The announcement is categorized within the CMBS and debt-financing sectors and covers national United States operations.
Analysis of 2025 commercial real estate investment volumes, cross-border capital flows, regional trends and sector performance from Colliers Capital Markets.
Green Street identifies ten key investment themes shaping commercial real estate opportunities and strategy in the year ahead.
The Trepp CMBS special servicing rate increased by 34 basis points in June to 11.20%, reversing May’s decline. Special servicing rates increased in four of the six major property types in June, reported Trepp. Lodging posted the largest increase, rising 44 bps to 8.89%, and office climbed 36 bps to 17.11%, also led…
Disclaimer: This is an excerpt from Trepp's "Is It Time to Proclaim San Francisco Is Back?" paper. Click here to access it . After five years of headlines declaring San Francisco commercial real estate uninvestable, the narrative is beginning to shift. Leasing activity is accelerating, institutional capital is…
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Office performance is increasingly separating along asset quality, market depth, and access to capital. Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) data shows a market that is no longer moving as one, with high-quality, well-located assets continuing to attract tenants and financing while weaker buildings face…
The CRE Finance Council (CREFC) said Monday its Second-Quarter 2026 (2Q26) Board of Governors (BOG) Sentiment Index rose 0.9% to 101.0 from 100.1 in the previous quarter, holding near the survey’s 2017 baseline of 100.0 after the prior quarter’s 20.2% decline. However, Beneath the modest headline move, results were…
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Disclaimer: This is an excerpt from Trepp's June 2026 CMBS Special Servicing Report. To access the full report, click here. The Trepp commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) special servicing rate increased by 34 basis points in June to 11.20%, reversing May's decline. Across property types, special servicing…
More commercial real estate owners, including RXR and SL Green, are establishing special servicing platforms to manage distressed CMBS loans, leveraging their operational expertise in asset resolution while creating potential conflicts of interest when servicing loans of competitors. Rating agencies and pooling and servicing agreements provide oversight to mitigate conflicts, though Fitch has previously flagged concerns about affiliate influence, and industry experts remain divided on whether these arrangements ultimately benefit or harm bondholders despite structural post-2008 protections limiting special servicers' ability to acquire distressed assets.
Jemal Equities secured a $27 million commercial mortgage-backed securities loan from Citibank for the refinancing of 1750 H Street NW in Washington, D.C., arranged by Meridian Capital Group. The 123,000-square-foot office building was purchased by Jemal in July 2025 for $28.5 million when it was nearly vacant, and the new permanent debt replaced the initial bridge financing after the property achieved significant leasing momentum within a single year.
Last week, the June Federal Open Market Committee minutes explained the hawkish hold, with inflation still the committee's dominant concern, while the consumer credit report showed card balances fell in May after two months of heavy borrowing. Here are three things to watch for this week.
Bank multifamily loan delinquencies at FDIC-insured institutions rose to 1.47% in Q1 2026, up 5 basis points from 1.42% at year-end 2025, with delinquent balances reaching $9.78 billion despite continued portfolio expansion to $665.3 billion. The analysis finds that seriously delinquent loans (90+ days past due or nonaccrual) increased to 1.07%, while the net charge-off rate remained low at 0.11% annualized, suggesting banks are resolving troubled credit through extensions and workouts rather than write-downs.
Depending on your perspective, you may call it back-leverage or you may call it ‘loan-on-loan’ financing. Either way, loan-on-loan financing enables a fund to achieve higher leveraged returns while being an attractive risk-adjusted, capital-efficient way for a bank to lend. This primer is designed to explain how…
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The Fed has released the minutes of its June 2026 Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the detailed record of the committee’s discussion that arrives three weeks after each decision. Chair Warsh has moved away from forward guidance, so markets get fewer signals about the Fed’s thinking in real time, and that…
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Self-storage commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) remains one of the cleaner credit stories in commercial real estate, but the sector is sending a more nuanced signal than the headline delinquency rate suggests. While delinquency remains just 0.05%, nearly 30% of the outstanding balance is now on the…
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Disclaimer: This is an excerpt from Trepp's "The Midwest Multifamily Investment Mirage" paper. Click here to access it . The Sunbelt has become the market everyone loves to hate. Oversupply, concessions, elevated vacancies, and slowing r ent growth have pushed many investors toward a new narrative: that the Midwest…
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The artificial intelligence (AI) buildout is not lifting all commercial real estate equally; instead, it is creating a more concentrated market in which capital is increasingly flowing toward data center collateral, while office leasing benefits are accruing to a narrower set of markets and assets. For commercial…
Fitch Ratings affirmed credit ratings for AP WIP Holdings 2022-1, a structured finance transaction.
Fitch Ratings issued a presale rating announcement for LBA Trust 2026-LBA6, a structured finance securitization transaction.
Fitch Ratings affirmed expected credit ratings across eight tranches of a structured finance securitization vehicle.
Fitch Ratings assigned expected ratings to a structured finance vehicle, Basalt 2026-1 DE Designated Activity Company.
Fitch Ratings announced rating actions on three U.S. CMBS transactions from 2014 vintage.