A survey of 927 freshmen and 905 returning college students revealed 40% of incoming freshmen at four-year colleges are likely or highly likely to not attend the 2020-21 school year. The survey by higher education branding firm, ScarboroughSimpson, found 39% of new students who were planning to attend college will stay home and take classes remotely while another 30% will return to campus for a hybrid model of in-person and online classes.

STUDENTS are making their decisions based on distrust of their college and peers. Only 25% of returning students strongly agree their institutions would take the necessary steps to keep students safe and only 7% of students strongly agree they trust fellow students to follow safety guidelines. Three of out of four students believe they will contract the coronavirus.

FOR the fourth straight month, about one-third of Americans failed to make a full housing payment in August, with one in five renters now owing their landlords more than $1,000, according to a nationwide survey by Apartment List. The survey of more than 4,000 tenants and homeowners also found that 32% of the respondents entered August with unpaid bills. Of those respondents, 28% said they had reached an agreement for a payment plan or renegotiated lease terms.

MORE than one in three bank executives said they expect to be grappling with the pandemic’s impact into 2022 or later, according to a survey of CEOs, presidents and CFOs from 557 banks by Promontory Interfinancial Network. One category of loans is a special concern: commercial real estate. Almost half of bank executives polled during the first two weeks of July said CRE lending was their biggest worry.

COMMERCIAL leasing is down, according to a survey by Compliance Week and Visual Lease, which found 30% of 109 respondents surveyed said more than 75% of their leased real estate properties were unoccupied due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than 60% said they plan to change their approach to leasing business assets.