Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Debt Ends Year Strong, Despite CMBS Decline

Mortgage Bankers Association press release ------ The level of

commercial/ multifamily mortgage debt outstanding increased by $46.0 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016, as three of the four major investor groups increased their holdings. That is a 1.6 percent increase over the third quarter of 2016. On a year-over-year basis, the amount of mortgage debt outstanding at the end of 2016 was $162.0 billion higher than at the end of 2015, an increase of 5.8 percent. Total commercial/multifamily debt outstanding rose to $2.96 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter. Multifamily mortgage debt outstanding rose to $1.14 trillion, an increase of $27.3 billion, or 2.4 percent, from the third of quarter of 2016. To learn more click on the picture below to read the release.