Market Update Blog

March 5, 2020

The financial markets have been nothing short of turbulent over the past two weeks primarily due to the uncertainty of the economic impact of the novel coronavirus. According to an article in Bloomberg on March 5, 2020, written by Randell…

February 27, 2020

The benchmark 10-year Treasury hit a new low on Wednesday, 2/26 as global investors have been moving their money from equities into treasuries (seen as a safe haven investment). According to a 2/27 article on Axios.com written by Dion Rabouin,…

February 20, 2020

The multi-family real estate asset class continues to be a favorite among real estate investors. In addition to investors viewing the multi-family asset as desirable, so do all major lending platforms. The following is a summary of how those major…

February 13, 2020

The Barry Slatt Mortgage team attended the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Commercial Real Estate Finance Conference 2020 in San Diego (CREF), California earlier this week. Over the course of three days, we had more than 20 lenders meet with us back…

February 6, 2020

2019-nCoV, the coronavirus that was first diagnosed in Wuhan, China has spread throughout Asia. There have currently been a dozen patients diagnosed in the United States. According to a 5-5-2020 article in CNBC Markets, “China says a total of 28,018…