2015 Top Direct Lenders

Sep 15, 2015

The rankings reflect total dollar volume financed in calendar year 2014. The numbers encompass direct loans, credit lines, CMBS loans and other forms of direct investment in the commercial real estate industry...

B-Piece CMBS Buyers Have Plenty of Options in the Current Market

May 20, 2015

The wave of CMBS maturities is setting up a smorgasbord for B-piece buyers...

Lenders Still Chasing Multifamily Loans, Says MBA

Jan 27, 2015

Lenders are still eager to make loans on apartment properties, and grew their multifamily lending business again in the third quarter of 2014...

10 Disrupters: Individuals Who are Charting the Future of Commercial Real Estate

Jul 18, 2014

Disruptive innovations in the business world help create new markets or alter existing markets. Such innovations sometimes lead to old-guard companies being supplanted by new competitors. The real estate industry is no stranger to this&mdash...

10 Challenges Facing the Commercial Real Estate Industry Today

Apr 29, 2014

Having survived through the financial crisis and the Great Recession, today’s commercial real estate professionals may feel like the worst is finally behind them, but there are plenty of new challenges springing up in our industry. Will...

A CMBS and CDO Primer

Oct 01, 2007

The commercial mortgage market faces one of its toughest credit climates in more than a decade. The most complex corners of the securitized mortgage market are getting hammered. Products that flew off shelves 12 months ago now are piling up: As of...