Commercial Mortgage Maturities Stay High In 2026, But Peak Pressure Appears To Be Easing
About $875 billion in commercial mortgages is set to mature in 2026, representing 17 percent of the roughly $5 trillion in outstanding commercial mortgage balances held by lenders and investors. That total is down from the $957 billion that came due in 2025,...
Private Credit Boom Meets Growing Concerns Over Defaults and Redemptions
Private credit has become one of the biggest growth stories in finance, but some industry leaders are signaling that the market may be approaching a more difficult phase. Steffen Meister, chairman of Partners Group, said annual default rates in private credit could...
Aging America Forces New Math For Apartment Investors
America’s aging population is starting to show up more clearly in apartment performance, not just in broad demographic reports but in the way demand, leasing patterns and revenue quality differ from one market to another. One useful lens is median age. The national...
Florida Firm Aims To Raise $250M For Southeast US Real Estate Industrial Acquisitions
IP Capital Partners (IPCP), a vertically integrated real estate investment manager focused on industrial assets in the Southeast, announced the launch of IPCP Southeast Industrial Fund II, L.P. (SEIF II), its next income and growth vehicle targeting high-quality...
Investors Double Down On MOBs
Medical outpatient buildings are starting to look like the “adult in the room” of commercial real estate: steady, in-demand, and largely insulated from the forces dragging down conventional office. What The Underlying Data Is Telling Us Over the last decade, dollar...
Investors Plan To Buy More CRE In 2026
Commercial real estate investors are heading into 2026 with more confidence—and a clear bias toward buying. In a recent survey, 74% of respondents said they plan to acquire more assets this year than in 2025, while another 21% expect to buy about the same amount. That...
CRE Lending Surges 30% As Confidence Builds
Commercial real estate lending is picking up again after a difficult stretch for the debt markets, with new data pointing to a meaningful rebound late last year. Commercial mortgage originations rose 30% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to...
Where CRE Opportunity Lies In 2026
The U.S. commercial real estate market is heading into 2026 on steadier footing, according to Integra Realty Resources’ annual outlook—but the “stability” is far from uniform across sectors and geographies. The report suggests investors have largely moved past the...
Investors Flock To Small-Bay Industrial As AI, E-Commerce Reshape Demand
As the industrial real estate market finds its footing after years of disruption, capital is beginning to return—but selectively. Investment activity is reemerging first in small-bay industrial, signaling early price discovery for the next stage of the cycle,...
CRE Fundraising On The Rise As Investors Return
Private real estate fundraising reversed course in 2025, posting its first year-over-year increase since 2021, according to new data from PERE. Investors committed approximately $222 billion during the year, representing a 29 percent jump from 2024. That rebound,...
Commercial Real Estate Poised For Renewed Momentum In 2026
The commercial real estate market is expected to gain momentum in 2026, supported by a lower interest-rate environment and a steady pipeline of transactions that should translate into stronger leasing activity and rising investment volume. Office and retail...
Net Lease Cap Rates Hit A Holding Pattern As Investors Reprice Risk, Not Rates
Cap rates in the single-tenant net lease sector barely budged at the end of 2025, but that lack of movement speaks volumes. After nearly two years of repricing, the market appears to have digested higher borrowing costs and settled into a tighter valuation range....
Individual Investors Will Drive CRE’s Next Growth Wave
A wave of retail capital is reshaping the real estate investment landscape, according to a new report from PwC. The study points to a fundamental shift in who is funding real estate and how capital is being deployed, with individual investors—including retirement...