Market Update Blog

May 4, 2016

Top executives from prominent lenders weighed in on many capital market hot topics at Barry Slatt Mortgage’s recent Lender’s Panel luncheon. The event featured speakers from a variety of lending institutions that included Symetra Financial, StanCorp Mortgage Investors, EverBank and…

April 27, 2016

Originations by the top 30 insurance-company lenders soared last year, shattering the previous record, according to an annual review by Commercial Mortgage Alert. The largest mortgage holders among insurers wrote $76.2 billion of commercial and multi-family mortgages, up 26% from…

April 20, 2016

Barry Slatt Mortgage was recently honored to sponsor the 2016 USC Lusk Casden Real Estate Economics Forecast, released this past Tuesday. Big names from throughout the state were in attendance to hear this year’s forecast findings, which were followed by…

April 13, 2016

No matter the situation, just about every commercial real estate transaction involves one universal question: What is the best way to take title? Of course there is no one right answer. The choice of entity structure depends on the investor’s…

April 6, 2016

Federal Reserve officials entered their March 15-16 policy meeting with a more downbeat forecast on the economy and said they likely wouldn’t raise short-term interest rates this year as much as they had previously anticipated. After lifting rates by a…

March 30, 2016

There have been a lot of developments recently in the commercial landscape that could impact borrowers and lenders alike. A big shake-up in the CMBS space and the Fed’s ever-evolving interest rate drama mean some important changes may be on…