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Lender Activity
Origination trends, market share shifts, and who's deploying capital across CMBS, agency, and balance sheet.
Sector Coverage
Office, multifamily, industrial, retail, self-storage, and data centers — all in one briefing.
A sample of what you'll get every Friday.
Walker & Dunlop Holds Top Spot as Fannie Mae Originations Hit $80B
May 02, 2026Walker & Dunlop leads CRED iQ's 2025 Fannie Mae originator leaderboard at $8.8B, followed by CBRE and Wells Fargo. Meanwhile, February distress data shows office stress at 21.2% while industrial and self-storage remain near 2% — the resilience story continues.
- Fannie Mae Top 10 Originators
- Office Distress Hits 21.2%
- Walker & Dunlop: $8.8B Lead
- Self Storage Near-Zero Default
- Minneapolis: 54.3% Distress
- Multifamily 2021–22 Vintage Stress
- Industrial Holds at 2.4%
- Hotel Bifurcation Continues
- SF Multifamily Refi Risk
- Chicago Office Distress 30.9%
- Retail Midwest Pressure
- Top 100 CBSA Rankings
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What is The CRED Thread?
The CRED Thread is CRED iQ's free weekly email newsletter covering commercial real estate. Each issue includes proprietary CRED iQ research on CMBS debt yields, cap rates, and loan spreads; lender activity updates; and curated sector news across office, multifamily, industrial, retail, self-storage, and data centers.
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