Joseph McBride, CFA

Joseph McBride, CFA, Head of CRE Finance at Trepp, is a key leader of the firm’s product development and market research initiatives. He leads Trepp’s Commercial Real Estate and Banking businesses that support clients that invest, lend, broker, value, and risk manage commercial real estate (CRE) assets.  Mr. McBride works closely with clients and industry groups to build and enhance data, models, and analytics that drive client investment decisions and streamline their work. As a liaison to banks and other financial institutions, Mr. McBride has helped lenders develop “bottom-up” CRE stress testing models and risk rating systems. Mr. McBride also helped to develop Trepp’s proprietary CRE Default Model for use in risk scoring processes and CECL reserving. He is one of Trepp’s trusted press contacts providing data, commentary, and analysis about the US CMBS and CRE markets to financial publications. Mr. McBride is also co-host of the TreppWire Podcast, a show listened to and followed by many in the CRE and CMBS industry.