A darker growth outlook overseas is likely to push back the U.S. Federal Reserve’s first rate increase in eight years, the World Bank said Tuesday. “I expect it will prompt the Fed to hold off on an interest rate rise for a little longer…
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…
Commercial real estate borrowing and lending continued at a strong clip in the third quarter. Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 16 percent higher than in the same period last year, and 18 percent higher than the second quarter…
It’s not a coincidence that recent reports by Fitch Ratings and Trepp have used the word wall to characterize the CMBS maturities due to occur in 2015, 2016 and 2017. “Over the next three years, more than $300 billion in…
Cost segregation studies have the potential to save thousands for commercial real estate developers and owners. These studies are used to maximize tax deductions from the acquisition or construction of a building by shortening the depreciation life of assets. Every…
Since the first few securitizations following the CMBS market’s near-death experience began appearing in 2009, analysts have observed a gradual re-emergence of patterns that characterized so-called CMBS 1.0 loans. Among them are increasing loan-to-value ratios and a tilt toward interest-only…
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