Finance

All property types excluding the lodging sector saw a decline in their special servicing rates.

The February reading is 2.0 percent, a decline of 10 basis points from the month prior, a new post-Great Recession low.

What continues to support the market and is keeping delinquencies low for each of the five largest investor-groups?

Over the last 20 years, we have seen a strong correlation between property prices and price changes, and property sales and origination activity.

The Mortgage Bankers Association estimates there will be a 48 percent increase in loan maturities this year.

Total commercial/multifamily debt outstanding rose by 7.3 percent at the end of the fourth quarter.

The Trepp overall CMBS Delinquency Rate remained unchanged in December, ending a five-month stretch of reductions.

The Trepp Special Servicing rate came in at 2.9 percent in December, a decline of 8 basis points from the previous month.

These debt providers have increasingly contributed to the record commercial mortgage finance activity, according to Jamie Woodwell of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Delinquency rates remain at or near record lows for nearly every capital source.

Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations increased 24 percent in the third quarter compared to a year ago.

MBA's more optimistic forecast is driven, in part, by lower interest rates and favorable market conditions, according to Vice President of Research and Economics Jamie Woodwell.