CREFC Sentiment Index Reaches Lowest Level in Three Years
Why this matters
Commercial real estate continues to digest a multi-year reset in cost of capital. Transaction velocity is below the 2019-2021 trend but improving, cap rates have stabilized across most stabilized property types, and the bid-ask gap has narrowed materially in the past two quarters. Sponsors with permanent capital and operating platforms have an advantage in the current execution environment. The next twelve months will continue to reward underwriting discipline and operational sophistication over balance-sheet aggression.
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The CRE Finance Council (CREFC) said its Third-Quarter 2026 Board of Governors Sentiment Index fell 17.5% to 83.3 from 101.0 in Q2, its lowest reading since Q3 2023’s 82.7. The decline was broad-based: all nine…
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