Instant Insights Coronavirus and CRE

The CREFC-led group wants the Fed to extend its recently-announced Term Asset-Backed Security Loan Facility to include agency and private-label CMBS.

Retail landlords facing tenant defaults as a result of the coronavirus pandemic will likely work with tenants toward a solution.

A dip in property values may drive away capital allocators as the future remains unclear, Aaron Appel, senior managing director at Walker Dunlop in New York, tells GlobeSt.com.

As the days of social isolation add up, tenants will seek rent relief and landlords will have to prepare on how to respond.

Grocery-anchored retail centers are performing well through the pandemic as people stock up on essentials.

In a recession, people hold onto their cars longer.

Significant margin calls on repurchase agreements has resulted in a severe liquidity crisis over the entire real estate finance market, he said.

The latest forecast from Christopher Thornberg of Beacon Economics predicts a bad quarter, but not necessarily a recession.