Morningstar DBRS
Canadian Property Management
Acquisitions propel credit rating actions
An uptick in acquisitions underpins a flurry of credit rating actions and a generally upbeat assessment of the North American corporate real estate market in Q2 2026.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian debt market lures U.S. CRE issuers
Morningstar DBRS is predicting an uptick in American commercial real estate companies issuing maple bonds in the Canadian debt market.
Construction Business
Tariff blows would land on U.S. construction
Some of the first tariff blows would land on in-progress construction and public infrastructure projects if threatened action on steel and aluminum imports into the United States goes into effect on March 12.
Canadian Property Management
Data centres draw investment interest
Surging need for connectivity to enable burgeoning technologies like AI and the smart electricity grid has positioned data centres to be favoured investment assets into the future.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Multifamily rental fundamentals likely to remain strong
Market analysis from Morningstar DBRS finds that despite economic uncertainty and labour challenges, multifamily rental fundamentals should remain strong.
Canadian Property Management
Women welcomed on boards, less so in C-suites
New analysis from Morningstar DBRS charts the changing gender split of senior leadership at 11 TSX-listed real estate entities between 2010 and 2022.
Canadian Property Management
Exposure to U.S. office loans grows unsettling
Regional and mid-sized banks in the United States are considered most vulnerable to losses on commercial real estate loans, particularly those tied to that country’s shaky office sector.
