Why it matters
When practitioners cite "the $4.9 trillion CRE debt market" or "banks hold 38% of CRE debt," they are quoting MBA MDO. It is the denominator behind every "share of CRE debt" stat in the industry.
How CRE teams consume it
Quarterly — manual PDF download. Pair with the maturity-volume survey for refinancing-wall analysis.
Caveats & limitations
Quarterly — slow to reflect compositional shifts. Bank holdings are aggregated; sub-segment cuts require FDIC QBP.
Use cases
- Market sizing
- Capital-stack composition
- Refinancing-wall framing
- Macro briefings