December 24, 2025

Commercial real estate lending showed extremely positive numbers during the third quarter. This trend should continue and lead to big improvements during the last quarter of the year and into 2026. Loan originations were 36% higher in the third quarter of 2025 compared to a year earlier, an 18% increase from Q2 of 2025, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations. More