Although overall lending volumes for the fourth quarter of 2016 were 7% lower compared to the fourth quarter of 2015, commercial real estate loan originations for the full year 2016 overall are expected to be just 1% lower than 2015, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations.

Despite not matching its monster counterpart in 2015, fourth quarter 2016 lending was still quite strong, and an increase of 20% from the third quarter.

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