Subject: Research (RES)

Apartment rents in San Francisco averaged $2,737/unit in the first quarter, up 3% from the same time last year, according to Kidder Mathews. The vacancy rate throughout the city has declined year over year to 4.7% from 5.3%.

The city's office market continued to struggle last quarter, with absorption remaining in the red. A bright spot was the city's Energy Corridor, which has benefited from the country's sharp increase in oil production. The submarket has some of the ...

The Washington, D.C., office market recorded its weakest leasing quarter in two and a half years, with only 1.3 million square feet leased in the first quarter, according to Savills.

While agency loans comprise an overwhelming majority of the securitized multifamily loan universe, CMBS loans carry disproportionately higher delinquency rates, shorter remaining terms, and greater refinancing sensitivity.

The world's inventory of data centers as measured by power capacity grew by 12% last year and roughly a quarter over the past two years. Growth is expected to continue ballooning, but it's not without challenges.

The major mortgage REITs, which originated nearly $50 billion of commercial mortgages in 2021, originated $22.5 billion of loans last year. While far off the record volume of five years ago, it's roughly four times 2024's total volume.

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report A record 25.2 million young adults were living with family last year, up by almost 1 million from the previous year. That topped the 25 million young people—those between 18 and 34 years old—who ...

Despite the 3.96 million square feet of negative absorption recorded during the first quarter, the worst might be over for the national office market.

Tenants' preference for space in the newest buildings, a phenomenon that's become notable in the office sector, is now taking place in the industrial property market.

While the overwhelming majority of CMBS shopping mall loans are performing, 59 loans with a balance of $4.27 billion, or just more than 8% of the total mall balance, are delinquent, according to the TreppCRE platform.