WASHINGTON, DC—CREFC's Lisa Pendergast says the latest survey of insurance companies is especially useful to life companies “as they navigate through a CRE cycle that is at or near its peak.”

SCOTTSDALE, AZ—The $815-million deal represents an opportunity for Colony Starwood to convert the portfolio “from managed to wholly owned assets,” says CEO Fred Tuomi.

HELSINKI—Valued at approximately US$2 billion, the investment in Sponda will give Blackstone control of a 13-million-square-foot retail and office portfolio in Finland's major cities.

NEW YORK CITY—In contrast, only three vintages of the CMBS 2.0/3.0 universe have registered any type of pooled realized loss to date, says S&P Global Ratings.

FORT WORTH—D.R. Horton's all-cash offer for 75% of Forestar Group's stock comes about six weeks after Starwood Capital Group agreed to acquire Forestar.

LONDON— The sale by Blackstone-managed real estate funds reportedly is the biggest private equity deal to date in Europe.

SANTA BARBARA, CA--Questions now facing the multifamily market include "how low the rate of growth will go and how long growth will remain in the doldrums,” says Yardi Matrix.

WASHINGTON, DC—“The industry has largely worked through the so-called 'wave of maturities,'" says Jamie Woodwell at the Mortgage Bankers Association.