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National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2006 Matt Hudgins |
Year of the Mega Loan Large loans and mushrooming CMBS issuance drove commercial real estate financing levels to an all-time high last year, but lenders say a slowing pace of transactions could temper loan volume as 2006 unfurls.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2005 Matt Hudgins |
Frothy Market Boosts Volume Commercial lending volume for direct lenders and financial intermediaries soared to new heights in 2004, but industry veterans caution that the prospect of higher long-term interest rates will make a repeat of last year's performance difficult, if not impossible.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2006 Beth Mattson-Teig |
Encore Performance? Mortgage bankers are hoping that 2006 will be a repeat performance of 2005 -- a phenomenal year for commercial and multifamily mortgage originations. But whether those expectations materialize depends largely on interest rates.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 Poonkulali Thangavelu |
A Bipolar Year for Lenders Widely regarded as a tale of two halves for commercial real estate lending, 2007 started off on a manic high and ended on a depressed note.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2005 Matt Hudgins |
Leaping Through The Lending Trough According to the normal rhythms of the real estate industry, the first years of this decade should have been a slow period for lenders. To the delight of the mortgage industry, it hasn't worked out that way.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2005 |
Insatiable Appetite For Debt Financing The prospect of higher interest rates shows no sign of dampening borrower demand for commercial real estate debt, according to an exclusive survey of more than 400 developers and owners conducted by National Real Estate Investor.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2003 H. Lee Murphy |
Lenders On Alert Despite the weakening economy and soaring vacancy rates in many property types, loan delinquencies and foreclosures have not risen to the point where lender portfolios are endangered.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2005 Matt Valley |
Borrower Trends Survey Yields Surprising Results Twenty-years from now, when commercial real estate lenders reflect on today's financing climate, they will likely describe it as a golden era punctuated by a never-ending supply of cheap debt and high transaction volume.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2013 Elizabeth Braman |
2013 Midyear Financing Report With an abundance of available capital, the first half of 2013 showed plenty of healthy competition to finance commercial real estate. Will this trend continue?  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2004 Brown & Weiss |
The Money Race Borrowers benefit as lenders chase commercial property deals.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2005 Joe Gose |
Lenders Draw Up Plays to Land Big Deals Aggressive. Innovative. Creative. Those are all fitting words to describe today's lenders as they stretch underwriting terms in ways that were unheard of just two years ago.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2006 |
The Lure of Low Rates Despite more than a dozen hikes in the federal funds rate in the past 18 months and consensus among industry experts that the 10-year Treasury yield is poised to climb, borrower attitudes reveal an unflappable demand for commercial real estate debt.  |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2005 Joe Gose |
Mezz Lenders Climb the Leverage Curve Pressured by senior lenders who are making bigger loans, mezzanine lenders are increasingly replacing equity providers in the so-called "capital stack." High interest in mezz will last as long as interest rates stay low.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2012 |
Capital Markets 2012 Many economic issues converged late last year to slow commercial real estate's recovery.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 |
17th Annual Top Lenders Survey: The following rankings are based on responses to NREI's 17th annual Top Lenders Survey and reflect total dollars financed or arranged in commercial real estate during the 2007 calendar year.  |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Kingsley Greenland |
Why Liquidity Should Help You Sleep Better There is no crystal ball that can predict the next lending squeeze, or if one will even occur. What is certain however, is that greater liquidity in the secondary market for commercial real estate loans is an important safety valve for the entire industry.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2013 Malcolm Davies |
A Game of Risk Will investors play ball in secondary and tertiary real estate markets?  |
Real Estate Portfolio Sep/Oct 2002 |
Q&A with Bob Lieber Bob Lieber, co-head of Lehman Brothers' Global Real Estate Investment Banking unit, shares his thoughts on the capital markets for publicly traded real estate and the industry as a whole.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2013 Jeff Rauth |
Follow the Money What are today's most financeable deals? Several market forces currently at work foretell a stronger lending environment in the next 12 to 18 months.  |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2006 Matt Hudgins |
Mesmerized by Mezzanine Mezzanine lending for commercial real estate is exploding.  |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2005 Matt Valley |
Some Market Conditions Belie Lenders' Euphoria The wind is no longer at their back in a rising interest-rate environment, but you'd never know it by the tenor of the speeches during last month's Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) convention.  |
Investment Advisor November 2005 David J. Huber |
The IA Soapbox: Is Real Estate Going Ka-Boom? As with any bubble, there will be plenty of opportunity for those that are patient and prudent. Real estate investors, look before you leap. Investing is different than speculating. Advisors need to remind their clients to adhere to the lessons learned from the tech bubble.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate May/Jun 2015 Sara S. Patterson |
Lenders Look Ahead -- Cautiously As the Great Recession fades into memory, today's market brings new financing challenges.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2003 Peltin & Swibel |
Lenders Tighten Loan Standards in Reaction to Uncertain Economy With interest rates at record lows, demand for new mortgage loans remains strong. However, in today's anemic economic climate, lenders face increased risk of making non-performing loans. Commercial lenders have implemented new safeguards and follow stricter policies to minimize exposure.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2010 Jeffrey Wolfer |
The Lending Landscape Despite the restricted market, borrowers still face many decisions when it comes to securing capital for commercial real estate projects.  |
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Justin Hibbard |
So Many Lenders, So Few Takers As housing slumps, the roof is falling in on the overbuilt mortgage industry.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2009 Steve Bram |
Capital Markets Conundrum Are there viable solutions to today's financing puzzle?  |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2006 Gail Davis Cardwell |
The Urge to Merge The recent flurry of acquisitions in the commercial real estate finance sector is an outgrowth of the industry's maturation, as commercial real estate takes its place among other mainstream investment products.  |
Real Estate Portfolio Nov/Dec 2004 Michael Fickes |
State of the Industry The publicly traded real estate industry has weathered the first economic recession of the modern REIT era.  |
FDIC FYI November 4, 2003 Puwalski & Williams |
Economic Conditions and Emerging Risks in Banking The two main economic concerns of the past two years, a lack of new jobs and lackluster business investment, finally appear poised to subside.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2003 Kathleen Fitzpatrick |
Mezz Debt Is a Magnet for Borrowers and Lenders The combination of historically low interest rates and tighter underwriting standards on senior loans has made mezzanine debt highly attractive to borrowers. But with lenders tripping over each other to woo customers, returns are shrinking.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2003 |
Ready for the Re Lender restraint helps keep markets stable.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2006 Spencer Garfield |
The Lending Landscape Buyers must learn to navigate a changing course to finance commercial real estate deals this year.  |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2003 Kingsley Greenland |
Liquidity Crisis Averted With a weak economy and the prospect of war, real estate investors are understandably nervous. The good news is that they aren't handcuffed by a 1990s-style liquidity crisis that brought the industry to a standstill a decade ago.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2002 Kathleen Fitzpatrick |
Taking the Floating-Rate Gamble A slow recovery in the U.S. economy has prompted more and more borrowers to bet that interest rates won't be rising anytime soon. And still others, fueled by fears of overall uncertainty, are satisfying their appetites with flexible financing.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 23, 2004 Morris Newman |
Despite Weakness in the Sector, Lenders Are Optimistic About Hotel Recovery The hotel industry is ripe for recovery, and many banks and lending institutions seem eager to write loans on hospitality projects that were shunned two years ago, according to a group of hotel lenders who spoke Tuesday at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit in Los Angeles.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2008 Ryan Krauch |
Beyond the Obvious Secondary-market financing success requires strong fundamentals.  |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2006 Matt Hudgins |
Are Borrowers Over-Leveraged? The central question is whether the low capitalization rates generating today's high property values and loan amounts are temporary or will be around for at least the next decade, when those loans will roll over and require new financing.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2014 William E. Hughes |
Capital Markets Outlook Will rising interest rates stall commercial real estate activity?  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2010 Jerry Dunn |
Bridging the Gap A new breed of lenders is providing capital in today's commercial real estate market.  |
U.S. Banker December 2001 Robert A. Bennett |
Gramlich's Words of Warning His suggested caution on subprime mortgage lending should be taken seriously...  |
FDIC FYI October 28, 2003 |
The Changing Paradigm in Commercial Real Estate A transcript of a roundtable discussion with commercial real estate and commercial mortgage-backed securities experts  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2014 Douglas M. Thompson |
Money Talk Borrowers may need a translator to understand today's lending language.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2006 Kenneth P. Riggs |
Changing Conditions The U.S. economy, while remaining relatively strong, is facing greater challenges than it has seen in more than two decades. Understanding commercial real estate's shifting dynamics is the key to success this year.  |
OCC Bulletin October 13, 1999 |
Interagency Guidelines for Real Estate Lending Policies New guidelines discuss the credit risks associated with high loan-to-value residential real estate lending and remind national banks that the 1992 Interagency Guidelines for Real Estate Lending Policies apply to these transactions...  |
Entrepreneur April 2005 Crystal Detamore-Rodman |
Just Your Size Don't make assumptions about a bank's lending methods based on size alone--here's how to find the bank that can help your business cash in.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2004 Michael Wagner |
Rick Gallitto: Tremont Realty Capital Assumes Investment Management Role Out of the ashes of Finova Realty Capital, a division of Finova Corp. that was dismantled in 2000 with its parent's looming bankruptcy, Tremont Realty Capital was born.  |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Matt Hudgins |
Sounding the Alarm Bell on CMBS Lending The capital pouring into commercial real estate isn't limited to conduit loans, but the industry at large can't afford to ignore changes in CMBS standards because securitization has evolved to influence nearly all commercial real estate lending.  |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2004 Parke Chapman |
What Does It All Add Up To? After three years of recession-induced angst, the commercial real estate industry is finally on the mend. Still, there is some 260 million sq. ft. of vacant office space nationwide, an overhang that could take years to burn off.  |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2003 Chapman & Valley |
Terrorism Insurance: Why Owners Are Balking Not all property owners are buying coverage. Many landlords who believe their properties pose a low risk for a terrorist attack are declining to accept coverage because they think it's too pricey or unnecessary. The repurcussions of this are felt throughout the industry.  |