Risk premiums, or spreads, on the highest-rated commercial mortgage bonds averaged about 1.12 percentage point as of Thursday’s close. That’s close to the widest since the early part of the pandemic and before then, near the highest level since 2016.

Real estate ETFs are down more than 25% from their peaks. Is now the time to buy or is there more pain ahead for the sector?

The wall of debt is set to get worse before it gets better. Maturities climb for the coming four years, peaking at $550 billion in 2027.

Despite some clamor about the state of real estate financing, mortgage REIT balance sheets remain in good shape.

Infrastructure should prove particularly attractive for investors seeking diversification, inflation protection and downside resilience with the potential to generate attractive absolute returns.

The firm will conduct sales of $27 billion in securities from Signature and $87 billion from SVB Financial Group’s Silicon Valley Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said in a statement Wednesday. The holdings are mostly agency mortgage...