Then again, the fourth quarter of 2020 was a tough act to follow as CMBS issuance hit an all-time record of $86.94 billion...

The rule “puts some real teeth behind the CDC’s COVID eviction moratorium,” according to Adam Levitin, a Georgetown Law School professor. He added that “some jurisdictions seem to be taking the CDC moratorium as merely advisory, rather than as binding law.”

HUD has no plans in the near-term to adjust FHA mortgage insurance premiums.

The commercial unit accounted for only 2.3% of Annaly's assets as of the end of 2020.

Agency multifamily MBS programs accounted for 72.2% of total commercial mortgage securitization in 2020, their most dominant share since the immediate aftermath of the financial crisis.

Home Point planned to sell 12.5 million shares at as much as $21 per share but the nonbank lender ended up with a smaller IPO.

Overall, Freddie said its multifamily arm financed 803,000 rental units, more than 95% of which qualified as “affordable.”

Like many companies in the sector, Capital Senior Living has been deeply impacted by the pandemic. The company posted a $215 million loss in the third quarter, $191 million of which it attributed to the transfer of these properties to Fannie.

More liquid is better than less liquid, especially during a refi bonanza...