Risks Come Into Focus for the Mortgage Industry

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Commercial Spotlight: Pacific Region

Reading Time: 5 minutesThese four western states are bruised but not beaten
International Investments: Bahrain

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe tiny Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain has been hungry for U.S. commercial real estate in recent years. As with most foreign players, however, Bahraini investors pulled back significantly after the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Part of this retreat also may be due to economic turbulence at home. Located on a roughly 295-square-mile island off the […]
Michele Evans, Fannie Mae

Reading Time: 3 minutesMultifamily will strike a more normal balance in 2021
Apartment market develops an urban-suburban divide

Reading Time: 3 minutesAlthough the worst of the COVID-19 health crisis is likely over, the economic fruits of the recovery are unlikely to be shared equally. Pandemic-induced structural change is evident. How and where we work has shifted. Lingering job losses have — and will continue to — disproportionately hurt lower-income households. This will impact multifamily-housing properties, particularly […]
Self storage should keep its momentum rolling

Reading Time: 3 minutesSelf-storage facilities did fairly well last year even during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Widely perceived as lower risk and even “recession proof,” the sector has been changing through the infusion of Wall Street money, new technology and innovative designs. The sector also has been on a decade-long growth spurt. But will these good […]
Charmaine Brown, Mortgage Bankers Association

Reading Time: 3 minutesDiversity is about meeting the needs of a changing world
Dianne Crosby, Guaranteed Rate

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Residential Spotlight: Pacific Region

Reading Time: 6 minutesAn alternative spirit permeates these West Coast states.
The housing-market boil is likely to shift to a simmer

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