Market Update Blog

September 9, 2021

The following are Slatt Capital’s primary takeaways from this week’s CaliforniaMBA’s 2021 Western States CREF Conference held at the Aria Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Attendance was just under 600 people. This was down from approximately 1,000 in…

September 2, 2021

The I.CON West Conference held this week in Long Beach by NAIOP was extremely well-attended by many of the industry’s finest thought leaders. Of the 600+ registrants, attendees were from all over the western US including Northern and Southern California,…

August 26, 2021

Prior to COVID, the value of loan servicing had been easy to overlook and was often a less-discussed yet essential part of the loan decision process. In a normal environment, loan servicing does not generate as much interest to our…

August 19, 2021

Closing a commercial real estate loan is an extensive process. It requires excellent market knowledge, skillful underwriting, a comprehensive understanding of legal entities, leases, legal documents, escrow, title, insurance, and much more. It is important to hire a team that has…

August 12, 2021

The U.S. Labor Department announced yesterday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased .5% last month after climbing .9% in June. This was the largest month-over-month drop in inflation in 15 months, easing concerns about the potential for runaway inflation….