Commercial and multifamily mortgage originators anticipate 2022 will be another strong year of borrowing and lending, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association‘s (MBA) 2022 Commercial Real Estate Finance (CREF) Outlook Survey.
Every top commercial/multifamily firm polled expects originations to increase in 2022, with almost two-thirds (63%) expecting an overall increase of 5% or more across the entire market. When forecasting just their own firm’s originations, three-out-of-four (74%) expect to see an increase in lending