ATLANTA—Investor strategies may soon change as many predict interest rates and cap rates will rise this year. The question, then, is how that will impact the commercial lending environment in 2015.

Leading commercial real estate lenders see a strong year ahead with ample credit and capital available to meet borrower demand, according to a Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC) member survey. Survey participants expect loan volume in 2015 to top 2014 levels as loan maturities rise and property fundamentals improve.

Survey respondents expect the US commercial real estate finance market in 2015 to be quite healthy, buoyed by strong investor demand, rising loan maturities, relatively low levels of new construction and improving property fundamentals.

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