In our last installment on commercial real estate essentials, we discussed how taking title to property can have an impact on your finances and your personal liability. In this article we explore the topic of taking title to a property…
The U.S. economy expanded across most of the country in the past six weeks as the job market showed strength that’s failing to stoke broad wage pressures, a Federal Reserve survey showed. The central bank’s Beige Book economic survey, which…
A lot of chatter has surrounded the FOMC’s decision to finally raise their target Fed Fund’s rate range and its potential effect on the world of real estate investing. In our neck of the capital markets world, folks have been…
The first look at the pipeline indicates that U.S. commercial MBS issuance will get off to a relatively slow start. Some $12.2 billion of transactions are scheduled for January and February, according to a survey by Commercial Mortgage Alert. That’s…
ZIRP is the Fed’s Zero Interest Rate Policy. The Fed cut the Federal Funds rate to almost zero back in 2008 in order to stimulate the economy in the Great Recession. They have kept the rate at close to zero…
Barry Slatt Mortgage represents several prominent lenders on a correspondent basis, in addition to our wide breadth of open market lending resources. After significantly increasing their lending in 2014, most organizations seem poised for another banner year. The following is…
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