Commercial real estate investing has recovered from an up-and-down first quarter when a fast start stalled in reaction to the war in Ukraine as credit spreads and loan indexes widened with the uncertainty. 

"Many are very active again, quoting with generally wider spreads in line with corporate bonds," said Brian Stoffers, Global President of Debt & Structured Finance for Capital Markets at CBRE, said in prepared remarks included in his firm's Q1 CRE lending report issued last week.

Stoffers also pointed to rising inflation and increased interest rates as challenges the industry is working to overcome today

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