On October 8th, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1482 (AB1482) into law as part of on-going efforts to combat housing challenges facing Californian renters and lawmakers. For decades this issue has been fiercely debated and thrust into…
Over the past year, there has been a volatile relationship between the ongoing “trade war” with China and the financial markets in the United States. It is a consistent trend that when trade war rhetoric heats up the stock market…
As a company deeply rooted in financing retail properties, we are currently finding continued scrutiny towards the financing of retail properties in the marketplace. Daniel Friedeberg, CEO at Barry Slatt Mortgage, recently discussed this topic with Michael Kaplan, President, at…
Reports of negative economic news pushed the benchmark 10-Year Treasury to re-test this year’s lows. The primary index for gauging US manufacturing plunged earlier this week. Additionally, the United States and China trade war seems to be taking its toll on…
Barry Slatt Mortgage Company has identified the following 3rd quarter 2019 market trends: Interest rates for long-term fixed-rate loans have decreased substantially since the end of 2018 when the 10 Year Treasury (US10Y) peaked at 3.25%. Interest rates for benchmark…
The following are Barry Slatt Mortgage Company‘s primary takeaways from this week’s California Mortgage Bankers Association Western States Commercial Real Estate Finance (CREF) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The general mood across the majority of participants at this year’s event…
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