U.S. commercial real estate lending surged at the end of 2025, signaling renewed momentum across large segments of the property finance market as interest-rate volatility eased and banks re-entered the arena with greater conviction.
Investors are preparing to deploy fresh capital into U.S. commercial real estate in 2026, encouraged by stabilizing asset values, improving operating fundamentals and growing confidence that borrowing costs are nearing a peak, according to a new survey from CBRE Group Inc.
U.S. commercial and multifamily mortgage balances expanded again in the third quarter of 2025, underscoring the resilience of apartment finance even as broader real estate markets contend with economic and capital-market uncertainty.
The global data center industry is entering an era of expansion unlike anything it has seen before, driven by surging demand from artificial intelligence and cloud computing while avoiding the excesses that typically accompany rapid growth.