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Construction Market Sees Capital Abundance Amid Declining Housing Starts

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U.S. residential housing starts declined in August, with overall starts down 2.6 percent and multifamily starts falling nearly 22 percent, according to First American Financial Corporation data. Housing completions also dropped nearly 12 percent. Despite this, commercial real estate debt funds held a record $56 billion in dry powder, and private credit funds have grown their CRE books by roughly $104 billion since 2019, according to.

From commercialobserver.com

Why it matters

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Commercial real estate lenders currently possess more capital than ever before for funding projects, while the decline in housing starts means fewer projects qualify for that funding. Eric Cohen stated that the market is flush with capital from banks and private lenders, making projects from developers with solid reputations a hot commodity for lenders.

From commercialobserver.com

Who's involved

  • Eric CohenDiscussed the availability of capital and project scarcity in the construction market.
  • RosenfeldDiscussed the availability of capital and project scarcity in the construction market.

Who could feel it

Possible knock-on effects

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  • Bradford AllenSpeculative

    Increased capital availability from lenders could benefit Bradford Allen's access to construction financing.

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