Market Update Blog

March 29, 2018

The 10-year benchmark US Treasury closed today at 2.74%. The rate is up from its 12-month low in August 2017 of 2.06%. This year’s high of 2.95% was set on February 21st. According to a 3/28/18 article from Bloomberg written…

March 22, 2018

With many investors focusing on multi-family properties as their favorite real estate asset class, it is essential to understand where multi-family properties fit in today’s dynamic capital markets. The following is a summary of how the major lender classifications look…

March 15, 2018

On March 7th and 8th over 1,000 attendees from the western US converged in Monterey, California, for the International Council of Shopping Center’s Monterey Conference (ICSC). Below are some key take-aways from this tech-focused conference. Physical footprint, available last mile inventory…

March 8, 2018

Barry Slatt Mortgage would like to profile a correspondent lender program. The following outlines one of our most competitive Life Insurance Company correspondent lenders in the market: Loan amounts range from $5-50 million Lends Nationally in major markets Typical fixed-rate…

March 1, 2018

Barry Slatt Mortgage Vice President, Behzad Boroumand, recently sat down and interviewed CEO Dan Friedeberg to discuss frequently asked questions about Life Insurance Company loans. The following are excerpts from the 2/27/18 interview: Q: Boroumand:  Are Life Insurance Companies portfolio…

February 15, 2018

The following are Barry Slatt Mortgage Company’s top takeaways from this week’s 2018 Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Commercial Real Estate Finance Conference in San Diego, CA. The market for debt and equity is very liquid. Real estate in most major…