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The Trepp LLC survey showed spreads widening dramatically during the survey period (an average of 15+/- basis points) as concern about non-real estate factors such as the Federal Reserve’s activities, the Euro-financial market crises, and the a perceived increase in Sovereign risk, to name a few, weighed on lenders minds and lending strategies.

The Commercial Mortgage Alert Trepp weekly survey of 15 active portfolio lenders showed spreads widening an average of 5 basis points during the survey period with financing remains available in the 5 percent +/- range.

The Commercial Mortgage Alert Trepp weekly survey of 15 active portfolio lenders showed spreads widening an average of 20, repeat 20, basis points during the survey period as financing circles the field, waiting for word from the tower that it’s safe to land and for the markets to decide if it’s 1998 or 2007 again.

The Commercial Mortgage Alert Trepp weekly survey of 15 active portfolio lenders showed spreads widening 15+/- basis points week-over-week, putting them 35 to 50 basis points wider than at the beginning of the month. Everyone seems to be in a holding pattern, afraid to pull the trigger so to speak and get caught on the wrong side of a transaction having a 5 year or longer maturity. Our recommendation: wait out the days till Labor Day at the beach!

Top-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai may be well known to U.S. real estate investors, but lesser-known Chinese cities actually offer better development and investment opportunities, according to the China Cities Survey, a newly published ULI report. Read what nearly 100 real estate investors throughout Asia had to say about development and investment prospects for 16 of China’s leading cities.

If you want to understand why rates quoted by conduits have increased during the past few months, look no further than the trading spreads being quoted on the securities created by the pooling of commercial and multifamily mortgage loans of cash flows from the underlying mortgages.

The car-centric city is becoming a thing of the past, as evidenced by changes in Houston, Oklahoma City, and Charlotte, North Carolina, said panelists at the ULI Spring Meeting, with transportation leaders treating infrastructure as a real estate asset.

E-commerce’s explosive growth, an emphasis on speeding up supply chain fulfillment, and robust leasing demand among traditional warehouse users are dramatically influencing the industrial property market. Several quarters of healthy absorption and strong rent growth across most U.S. markets not only have turned the cavernous boxes into commercial real estate darlings, but also are driving a warehouse construction boom that is churning out larger buildings designed to enhance rapid delivery.

Retailers large and small, from Wal-Mart and Safeway on down to Local D’Lish and Mayberry Foodstuffs, are reshaping the urban grocery experience. And with traditional grocers like A & P filing for bankruptcy, independent grocers and national chains alike are seeking a place in the multiple-niche urban environment. Read how retailers are meeting city customers’ needs in mixed-use projects in 2011.

The Commercial Mortgage Alert Trepp weekly survey of 15 active portfolio lenders came in five to six basis points during the survey period, most likely in response to 10-year Treasury bonds widening approximately 30 basis points during the period.