Milton Prat, senior vice president, The Michaels Organization, speaks to MHN about their new affordable housing community in Montgomery, Ala.

Debt financing has returned to the commercial real estate markets, deleveraging will likely continue, and the stream of distressed loans will continue to flow into the market, according to speakers at the 2012 ULI Spring Meeting held last week.

Enterprise Community Investment has closed a loan that will ultimately allow an affordable housing community to become more energy efficient.

Amidst the European sovereign debt crisis, opportunities exist for commercial real estate investors on the continent, according to panelists speaking during a session at the 2012 ULI Spring meeting.

Is there a possibility of a bubble developing in multifamily real estate driven by the low cost of capital, low yields in alternative investments, aggressive projections of apartment incomes in valuation and/or any other factors?

The worst in the cycle is behind us. Vacancy rates and absorption numbers show signs of improvement, and rents appear to be stabilizing across most property types.

Chris Tawa describes plans for a Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac restructuring.

A specialist in sponsoring non-tradable REITs, CNL Financial Group has taken three of its investments “full circle” in the past decade.

Apartment ownership and management can be a risky business.

Last year, Hines hired Alan Patton, then president of The Morgan Group, to lead the company’s efforts to expand its multifamily development activity.