🌊 CRE Maturity Wave Hits Next Year:
$936B Debt Bomb
Nearly $936 billion in commercial real estate loans are scheduled to mature in 2026 and most borrowers locked in debt at rates roughly 200 basis points lower than today’s refi market.
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Banks have been extending these loans for two years hoping performance would stabilize, but instead apartment vacancies just hit a record 7.2% with rents down over 5% from peak.
That’s a problem because multifamily accounts for a third of the 2026 maturity wave.
Landlords who need to refinance won’t have the equity to cover the gap between their old basis and current valuations.
The extend-and-pretend game is officially out of runway, which means special servicers are about to see a fresh wave of distressed multifamily hit their desks.
In this edition of the AltReports:
💣 $275B CRE Debt Time Bomb Ticks Down
🏢 Apartment Vacancies Hit All-Time High
🏠 Housing Bubble Primed for 20-30% Crash
💸 HUD Stiffs Section 8 Landlords on Rent
🏙️ Boston CRE Collapse Blows Budget Wide Open
🚪 Redfin Exodus Floods Off-Market Deals
Video of the Week: Rent Prices FINALLY CRASHING Across The Country
Chart of the Week: CMBS Distress Rate Climbs to 11.6% in November 2025
Podcast of the Week: The “Delisting” Wave Putting Years of Housing Market Gains at Risk
Commercial real estate is on the brink as $275 billion of loans come due in 2026 and no one can refinance at today’s sky-high rates.
Banks are slamming the door on shaky loans and gearing up for a tidal wave of defaults and fire-sale listings.
💡 Investor Takeaway: Research which commercial properties in your markets have loans maturing in 2026.
Apartment Market Cracks as Rents Plunge and Vacancies Skyrocket
Apartment rents keep falling and vacancies are now at the highest level we’ve ever seen.
That’s led landlords to slash rents and toss out incentives, flipping the market to a buyer’s paradise for distressed deals.
💡 Investor Takeaway: Zero in on Class B/C properties in oversupplied metros.
The U.S. housing bubble is bursting, with home prices in key markets primed to crash 20–30% after years of frothy valuations and record-high rates.
That rate shock is vaporizing trillions in homeowner equity and will unleash a wave of foreclosures and deeply discounted listings.
💡 Investor Takeaway: Track foreclosure filings in markets where home prices rose fastest between 2020-2022.
HUD Misses Rental Payments, Landlords Left in the Cold
HUD blew past December’s deadline and left Section 8 landlords holding the bag with zero rent checks.
Operators are now scrambling to cover mortgages and are one bad month away from fire-sale panic.
💡 Investor Takeaway: Contact landlords with Section 8 properties who may be cash-strapped from delayed payments.
Boston Faces a Fresh Budget Meltdown as CRE Valuations Plunge
Boston’s commercial property values are tanking, leaving the city staring down a multi-million dollar budget gap with assessments still sliding.
With office vacancies stubbornly high and values set to drop another 5-10%, City Hall must scramble for revenue through tax hikes or service cuts.
💡 Investor Takeaway: Research suburban Boston office properties facing reassessments and rising tax burdens.
Sellers Abandon Redfin in Droves, Fueling Off-Market Fire Sale
Home sellers are pulling listings from Redfin after they got hit with surprise fees and crappy leads.
That mass exodus is choking Redfin’s site with a drought of inventory and driving brokers to hoard deals or list exclusively on Zillow.
💡 Investor Takeaway: Contact your local brokers who recently left Redfin. They may have access to off-market listings from frustrated sellers looking for quick sales.