New Fed chair could be bad news for mortgage rates

Illustration of the Kalshi logo. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Prediction market platform Kalshi is launching a product for its highly active traders on Monday, the company told CNBC. Kalshi Pro, now available to the public, is designed for speculators who trade multiple markets at the same time and or move with speed during live events,…

Another sign that the office market may be truly recovering is commercial real estate companies are starting to invest in the long moribund sector. Sure, there have been consecutive quarters of positive net absorption, a shrinking construction pipeline and companies demanding their employees come back to the office. But even with those positive indicators, the…

The multifamily market is entering a new phase defined less by broad national narratives and more by local realities, operational discipline, and selective opportunity. In a recent conversation on “Inside the Deal, a CRE Podcast by Berkadia®,” host Ernie Katai, executive vice president – head of production for Berkadia, sat down with rental housing economist…

BlackRock flexed its muscle as one of the artificial intelligence data center boom’s most powerful players this week. The investment giant executed roughly $57B in data center transactions by financing Meta’s massive Texas campus and closing its acquisition of Aligned Data Centers. BlackRock is leading a $12B debt sale to fund its data center project for…

Farm Credit Canada has made an undisclosed strategic investment in Farm Lending Canada that will allow the alternative agricultural lender to expand its loan portfolio and provide more financing to Canadian farmers who may not qualify through conventional channels. Announced in early June, the investment is part of FCC’s commitment to deploy $2 billion toward…