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By the numbers: Year-to-date private-label CMBS and CRE CLO issuance totaled $82 billion, representing a 63% increase from the $50.4 billion recorded for the same period in 2024.
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July 15, 2025
CRE Finance Council President and CEO Lisa Pendergast was included in PERE’s 100 Most Influential, a list of finance industry participants who made the biggest mark on institutional private real estate capital markets in the past decade. Why it matters: The list of leaders in finance includes Fed Chair Jerome Powell, former Fed Chair and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and Blackstone President and CEO Jonathan Gray. PERE unveiled its list of 100 influential industry participants on June 30. What is it: PERE 100 Most Influential highlights the contributions of industry participants considered to have had the greatest influence on the direction of real estate capital markets from 2016 to 2025. The list of influential industry leaders is part of the publication’s celebration of its 20th anniversary. In its acknowledgement of Ms. Pendergast’s work, PERE highlighted her leadership of the CRE Finance Council and critical role in transitioning it from a mostly commercial mortgage-backed securities and alternative-lender focused industry group to one that encompasses a wide range of debt providers and investors. PERE specifically recognized Ms. Pendergast’s efforts to increase educational programming for the industry association’s members and her work to make the CRE finance industry more inclusive with initiatives such as CREFC’s Women’s Network.
The Republican reconciliation legislation — One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — passed the Senate 51-50 (with Vice President Vance breaking the tie) and the House 218-214. President Donald Trump signed it into law on July 4th.
CREFC’s Government Relations team serves as the primary interface between the CRE Finance industry and policymakers. Through a collaborative process with our members, CREFC engages with legislators, regulators, and other policy stakeholders to advocate for policies that promote the interests of our membership and the broader industry. CREFC members who would like to engage actively in advocacy are encouraged to join one or both of the following committees, which help CREFC respond to evolving legal, legislative, and policy developments:
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CREFC’s Policy Tracker includes a variety of visual aids and updates to help members understand, track, and analyze key policy issues affecting the CRE and multifamily finance industry.
CREFC’s Property Risk & Resilience Committee serves as both an educational resource and advocate for the commercial real estate finance industry, providing insight into how macro-level environmental and regulatory trends intersect with financing decisions.
For our weekly government relations and industry policy briefings, please visit our Document Resource Center. The Document Resource Center contains CREFC position papers, analyses, testimony, and other policy tools.
CREFC has teamed up with NCREIF to produce and promote the NCREIF/CREFC Open-end Debt Fund Aggregate (the “Debt Aggregate”). In short, this product will deliver a fund-level compilation of open-end debt funds providing financing to commercial and multifamily real estate borrowers/owners. The Debt Aggregate will be issued in a draft “consultation” format for at least one year, which allows time for industry feedback before it is rolled out as an official product. For questions or to get involved, contact Lisa Pendergast
Overview of Debt Fund Index (presentation slides from CREFC's September 28, 2023 Capital Markets Conference)
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The affairs of CRE Finance Council are managed by a Board of Governors, selected from the general membership, which meets at least two times a year. During the periods the Board is not convened, the Executive Committee has full authority to transact all CRE Finance Council business. The Executive Committee is made up of the chair, chair-elect, vice chair, secretary, treasurer, membership chair, administrative executive, as well as four additional Executive Committee members. View the CREFC By-Laws.
The mission of the Young Professionals (YP) Network is to provide a platform for junior CRE finance professionals to foster meaningful business relationships and gain relevant industry knowledge through networking events, seminars and panels.
YP programming events are developed by YPs – so the content is current and applicable in their daily work. Each YP educational event includes a networking aspect to build and foster industry relationships with both peers and seasoned industry leaders. YPs are surveyed by region for ideas for future programming to ensure educational and industry needs are met.
Additionally, there are networking only events held in a more relaxed atmosphere where YPs can mingle among their peers.
There is a discounted rate to conferences and seminars for those CREFC Members 30 years of age or younger. To sign up for the 30 and Under Program Rate join the network and ensure that you check off the box “I would like to sign up to receive the “30 and Under Program Rate”. You will be required to submit photo ID to be approved for the discounted program rate. Sign up TodayCREFC members Only
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The CRE Finance Council holds two premier conferences each year in the United States: the January Conference in Miami and the June Annual Conference in New York. Conference programming addresses the most relevant topics facing the industry, presented by recognized finance leaders.
Complementing these major conferences are After-Work Seminars, Young Professional, Women's Network, and Educational events held regularly throughout the calendar year, each of which is tailored to fit the constituencies served by CREFC.
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