The detailed MBA report parallels current impacts in the real estate investment sector with trends occurring as a result of changes to the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), employment, credit financing, home sales, consumer spending, and actions taken by the Federal Reserve.

The second quarter edition includes the following topics:

• Economic Outlook - which includes commentary, long-term real estate finance and macroeconomic forecast, employees on non-farm payrolls, Treasury yields and bank rates, and owner- and renter-occupied housing units

• Commercial/Multifamily Finance Environment - which includes comments from the Federal Reserve Board's Beige Book, property sales volumes, capitalization rates and multifamily building permits, starts and completions

• Mortgage Production - which includes originations, CMBS issuance and ACLI commitment volumes as well as CRE CDO issuance

• Mortgage Debt Outstanding - which includes CMBS debt outstanding

• Loan Servicing

• A Listing of Recent MBA Commercial/Multifamily Research News Releases

This publication is just one more example of the valuable research that MBA, as the premier source for real estate finance information, provides.

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The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) is the national association representing the real estate finance industry, an industry that employs more than 280,000 people in virtually every community in the country. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the association works to ensure the continued strength of the nation's residential and commercial real estate markets; to expand homeownership and extend access to affordable housing to all Americans. MBA promotes fair and ethical lending practices and fosters professional excellence among real estate finance employees through a wide range of educational programs and a variety of publications. Its membership of over 2,200 companies includes all elements of real estate finance: mortgage companies, mortgage brokers, commercial banks, thrifts, Wall Street conduits, life insurance companies and others in the mortgage lending field. For additional information, visit MBA's Web site:  www.mortgagebankers.org.