CMBS traders and investors said it’s too soon to say whether spreads have stabilized. Spreads widened in recent weeks amid a spate of issuance, and there’s some sentiment that levels will reverse course. But the answer will not come for…
In the first installment of our multi-part series, we discuss the important elements essential to understanding foreign national loans. With the real estate market in the U.S making a strong recovery and volatility in global markets—China’s stock market roller coaster,…
The Mortgage Bankers Association has just released its Quarterly Index of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations for the second quarter of 2015. As shown in the report, commercial real estate lending experienced growth in every major property type during the second…
We’ve seen a number of significant developments throughout this economic cycle. As the loan market has become increasingly liquid, interest only loans have become more prevalent. We’ve received a major uptick in the amount of inquiries about these kinds of…
Insurance companies have seen a pickup in loan demand over the past couple of months. The activity is being driven partly by borrowers looking to lock in long-term mortgages before an anticipated increase in interest rates. “It feels like folks…
It is still unclear when the Federal Reserve will begin to raise short term interest rates. Even less apparent is what impact a rise in rates will do to the markets. Looking back to the first week of January 2015,…
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