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According to its most recent survey, Trepp reported spreads were unchanged week-over-week, likely defining pricing for the balance of the year for the most creditworthy borrowers seeking to mortgage core properties located in gateway markets.

Drop whatever you are doing and go refinance something; how can it be any better than this?

With a number of single- borrower as well as multi-borrower deals in the queue, sales of commercial mortgage-backed securities could reach $45 billion in 2012, a 40 percent increase over the 2011 total. While that is only a fraction of the historical high-water mark in 2007, it represents significant progress in the rehabilitation process and argues for a pickup in buy-sell transaction velocity in 2013.

According to the most recent survey by Real Estate Research Corporation, average capitalization rates continued to decline as more and more capital is invested in real estate. Lending spreads continue to move in a narrow range with overall cost attractive at all maturities and from a wide array of capital sources.

While most economic statistics released recently continue to paint a mixed and uneven picture, that is better than the previous run of consistently sluggish data that so dominated over the summer. Nevertheless, there is a subtle reassessment underway whereby consumers and companies consider a downgraded outlook for the rest of the year and into 2011.

With e-commerce activity increasing, the real estate market is scrambling to keep up with a new type of building demand that combines distribution centers with fulfillment centers, said experts speaking at the ULI Spring Meeting.

In the heart of London’s Covent Garden neighborhood, a complex of five Victorian-era structures—previously home to a seed merchant company, a brass and iron foundry, and a Nonconformist chapel, among other uses—have been restored and adapted into a single, cohesive office building with ground-floor retail and dining space. The three-year restoration preserved the property’s industrial heritage, yet it provides enough flexibility to meet the needs of today’s workforce.

The ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing has announced the winners of this year’s housing awards, a program that celebrates and promotes the exemplary efforts of real estate and public policy leaders from across the country who are working to expand affordable and workforce housing opportunities.

If you have $19.9 million lying around, you can now purchase Bill Murray’s mansion, which was featured in Zombieland, a 2009 spoof of the horror genre. But, if this famous residence is up for sale, one wonders about other homes featured in classic films—their real locations, their physical attributes, their history—and how they’ve been ingrained in the American cultural psyche. Read more.

At the 2011 ULI Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing Awards Gala, held September 21, 2011, in Washington, D.C., a ceremony honoring former HUD Secretary Henry G. Cisneros as a “transformational leader” also included the presentation of two prestigious awards: the Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence Awards and the Robert C. Larson Workforce Housing Public Policy Award.