The delinquency ratio for CRE loans across banks rose 16 basis points in the second quarter, to 1.4% the seventh consecutive quarterly increase. Also year-over-year CRE loan growth across U.S. banks slowed to 2.2% in the second quarter, compared to 2.9% the prior quarter and down substantially from a recent peak of 12.1% in the third quarter of 2022.

Going back to 1928, the S&P 500 has declined an average 1.2% in September, the weakest month of the year for stocks. The index ended lower 56% of the time over that stretch.

This year through late July, there have been 13 megadeals globally—defined as those valued at more than $5 billion—versus eight in all of 2023. Transaction value totaled $123.64 billion as of July, far more than the roughly $75 billion in megadeals struck in all of last year.

Biotech and pharmaceutical buildings became one of the hottest investments in commercial property at the start of the pandemic. Now, the glut of life-sciences properties has gotten so bad that some developers are exploring the unthinkable: marketing the space for office use.

In July, the annual pace of multifamily-building starts was down 22% from the same month a year earlier, and down 41% from an April 2022 peak. Apartment starts fell to less than 61,000 units in the second quarter, the lowest level in the past decade.

U.S. households’ stock allocations have steadily inched up this year and recently accounted for around 42% of their total financial assets. That is the most on record in data going back to 1952.

Job growth slowed sharply in July, with the national unemployment rate rising to its highest level since 2021. At the same time, the share of people holding more than one job ticked up to 5.3% in July from 5.2% in June. That is a significant increase from a pandemic low of 4% in April 2020 and average 4.94% average from 2010 through 2019.

Owning a home was a record 47% more expensive than renting for the 12 months ending in June.

The number of U.S. hotels with an average daily rate of $1,000-plus in the first half of this year was 80, compared with 22 in 2019. In Europe, the number of places tripled, to 183.

Many landlords support eviction diversion program goals, especially when tied to rental assistance. They can often recover unpaid rent that is otherwise difficult to obtain in court.