Outstanding commercial and multifamily mortgage debt climbed 2.2% to $2.83 trillion in Q4 ’15, up $59.7B from Q3. Multifamily made up $1.06 trillion of that, up 3.4% from Q4 and 10.4% from Q4 ’14, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
The total amount of outstanding mortgage debt at the end of 2015 was $184.5B (7%) higher than the end of 2014, the World Property Journal reports.
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Jamie Woodwell (pictured), the MBA’s VP of Commercial Real Estate Research, says commercial and multifamily debt surged in 2015 at its fastest pace since 2007, with the total in government-sponsored enterprises (i.e. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) and MBS climbing—while the total in CMBS continued its decline. [WPJ]
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