CRE

Multifamily properties account for the vast majority of the initial pool balance, at 86.2%, DBRS said, which is a plus because multifamily properties typically have lower default rates than other CMBS property types.

Economic analysis from the real estate advisory CBRE finds that community banks are particularly imperiled by their exposure to commercial real estate loans. Others see looming risks in indirect lending.

But when compared past periods of upheaval, those rates remain relatively low, the Mortgage Bankers Association report showed.

Banks could be in for a long, slow trickle of bank failures and consolidation in the coming months and years, particularly if inflation persists and interest rates keep rising. A downturn in commercial real estate could add to banks' problems.

As FDIC seeks a buyer for the remaining assets left after its sale of most of Signature Bank to Flagstar Bank, the agency has announced $60 billion in deposits — including some New York City commercial real-estate loans — will be on the market by this summer.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Martin Gruenberg said that the rise of hybrid and remote work, alongside rising interest rates, could be creating lingering risk in the maturity of some bank loans.

Lenders navigate commercial property assessed clean energy (C-PACE) as a lower-cost source of commercial real estate finance, priming the pipeline for ABS.

The two companies will integrate platforms to streamline sales in the single-family, build-to-rent property market.

Comerica, which focuses on the energy sector, reported strong payment trends last quarter, while M&T, which concentrates more on real estate, showed deterioration. The divergence reflects varying exposures to sectors hit hard by the COVID-19 recession.

Growing CRE mortgage volumes raised the bar for the coming year despite lingering concerns, according to the CRE Finance Council.