High quality office properties have traditionally been a sought after asset class for commercial real estate lenders. It is important to understand the pros and cons of different lending categories before making a decision on your office finance needs. The…
In commercial real estate lending, two commonly used indices are the Treasury yield and the Swap rate. Lenders generally determine their interest rates by adding a risk-based spread over a risk-free index. For example, life insurance lenders generally use the…
Barry Slatt Mortgage is proud to announce that we have expanded our platform with significant additions to the loan production core as well as supporting staff in our San Francisco office. Senior Vice President, Andrew Mekjavich, has been a significant…
“Structured finance” provides solutions to financing properties that don’t qualify for traditional stabilized bank or insurance company loans. These are typically complicated loans. The following are examples of loan types that can be categorized as structured finance: Mezzanine Debt Equity…
As we are moving into the end of the 1st quarter of 2017, it is important to keep updated on what is happening in the ever-changing CREF (Commercial Real Estate Finance) market. The following is an update summarizing the four…
The Mortgage Banker Association of America held its 2017 Commercial Real Estate Finance Conference in San Diego this week. The following are some of our important takeaways. The overall mood of the Commercial Real Estate Finance conference was positive. Lenders…
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