Market Update Blog

December 17, 2020

The year 2020 has been interesting from a financial markets perspective, to say the least. The COVID-19 environment created violent market disruptions in March, April, and May of this year. This resulted in a significant drop in the stock market…

December 10, 2020

Here’s a recap of the 2020 interest rate movement: It’s hard to believe that 2020, the year that felt like a decade, is nearly over but here we are just weeks away from ringing in a socially-distanced New Year. With…

December 3, 2020

The multi-family real estate asset class has held up fairly well during this COVID-19 pandemic. Most markets have remained healthy, although we have seen vacancy rates creep up and rents soften in most “urban core” locations. The Multi-family asset class is…

November 19, 2020

Since the presidential election two weeks ago, the financial markets have stabilized and are steadily moving in a positive direction. Post election, the stock market has been on the rise over the past two weeks as Pfizer, Moderna, and BioNTech…

November 12, 2020

Slatt Capital would like to transparently provide a summary of Average Interest Rates and Loan-To-Value (LTV) ratios across the different property and lender types. This information is based on financing quotes received in the last 60 days, across all Slatt Capital offices:

November 5, 2020

Lots of digital ink is spilled nowadays on what the Federal Reserve may do with interest rates. Historically, the Fed Funds target at 0% is of course an all-time low, and the corresponding “risk-free” 10-year US Treasury Constant Maturity bottomed…