Lending

Although, I’ve written about this in February, I thought it might be a good time for reminder, that as of April 6th the SBA Small Business Administration will open its 504 refinancing option to [...]

Outstanding commercial debt fell by $12.1 billion in fourth quarter 2010.  It was the fifth consecutive quarterly drop since the recession began, although the decline was less severe than past [...]

CMBS activity is way up with $6.5 billion in new securitization coming to the market in the last few weeks.  The activity to date in February is 2/3rds of the total CMBS deals offered for all of [...]

The United States SBA for the first time is allowing for the temporary extension of the 504 loan program to allow refinancing of existing commercial real estate debt. The SBA will start accepting [...]

There’s lots of mildly positive news here.  It’s been about three years since I’ve been able to say that. In previous posts, I think I’ve covered thoroughly the positive impact that the election [...]

This is the 800 pound gorilla in the corner, and not only a big risk to CRE valuations for years to come, but to the economy in general. Let’s hope that this is not an aberration, but a trend [...]

This is a huge topic right now and full of risk.  Strategy of Last Resort: To Default or Not To Default? – CoStar Group I have an owner right now who is exploring those options.   The [...]