The commercial real estate industry is split on the wisdom of making middle market/small balance loans (MMSB). For the purposes of this post, we define MMSB loans as any loan under $20 million. Many mortgage bankers, lenders, and brokers view…
These unprecedented times have many of Slatt Capital’s clients asking questions to help them understand where things stand in the lending market. We have compiled some of the most common questions we’ve been hearing and wanted to share the answers here:…
The negative economic news caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has held the benchmark 10-year treasury to all-time lows, closing today at 0.62%. Lenders typically price their loans with a “spread” over their benchmark index. The 10-year U.S. Treasury is the…
Slatt Capital understands the importance of open communication during uncertain times and how vital information sharing is amongst our clients and industry partners. As part of these efforts, we’ve provided a summary of Average Interest Rates and Loan-To-Value (LTV) ratios across the different…
According to a recent announcement from City National Bank, “Q1 GDP contracted sharply by 4.8%, the first decline since 2014, and the steepest drop since 2008…. For the first 2/3 of the quarter, the economy was running strong, close to…
As we continue through the business interruptions caused by COVID-19, the Slatt Capital team felt that it was important to point out the benefits of working with a relationship-based, “full-service, independent” mortgage banking company. We are no longer in a…
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