An estimated $957 billion of the $4.8 trillion in outstanding commercial mortgages held by lenders and investors is expected to mature in 2025 — a 3% increase from the $929 billion that matured in 2024.
An estimated $957 billion of the $4.8 trillion in outstanding commercial mortgages held by lenders and investors is expected to mature in 2025 — a 3% increase from the $929 billion that matured in 2024.
Moody’s CMBS Conduit/Fusion Delinquency Tracker ticked up to 8.17% in April, surpassing the previous pandemic peak of 7.95% in July 2020. In April, $2.31 billion in loans entered delinquency, 52.6% of which was secured by office loans, 17.2% secured by retail loans and 8.8% secured by hotel loans.
Live Nation committed to lease a 5,300-seat entertainment venue at Centennial Yards, the more than $5 billion mixed-use megaproject under construction next to the Atlanta Hawks’ basketball arena and Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Brookfield raised $5.9 billion for its new real-estate fund in the first quarter, signaling growing investor appetite for distressed commercial property. Brookfield is taking advantage of the sharp drop in property prices, buying foreclosed properties and relatively healthy ones where sellers want to cash out. The fund has invested about a quarter of its money, mostly in apartment buildings and warehouses, at prices well below replacement cost.
Boston’s office-vacancy rate has increased to a record 14.2% from 6.7% in 2019.
Office demand in New York is back at pre-pandemic levels, with 7.9 million square feet of office space in Manhattan leased in Q1.
Homeowner insurance premiums increased about 33% on average from 2020 to 2023. The more likely a home is considered to have a higher disaster risk, the more those homeowners pay — about $500 more per year in 2023 than those who don’t live in a place considered a high-risk disaster area.
Office utilization in River North is about 48% of its 2019 level. That compares with an average of 55% in Chicago’s central business district and 62% nationally.
The costs associated with owning a Florida condo have exploded. A combination of insurance increases, special assessments and limited financing options have elevated costs and sparked a wave of sales, flooding the market and straining prices. Condo prices in the state of Florida overall have fallen between 1% and 6% each month annually since July 2024.