But the retail category is struggling to differentiate, says one expert. Economic uncertainty and discount prices (of course) are driving consumer traffic to discount and dollar stores, according to ...
The volume of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loans that are classified as delinquent spiked by 49.4% to $27.91 billion during the 10 months of this year, according to data from Trepp Inc...
Each one is going to be increasingly important to the direction of the economy and the markets as we head into 2024. In today's column I am going to circle back on two key themes I have touched on se...
The delinquency rate for mortgages on one-to-four-unit residential properties increased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 3.62% of all loans outstanding at the end of the third quarter, according to ne...
They are more than six times during the Global Financial Crisis. Much of the CRE loan analysis that has come out has been based on data from such sources as CMBS, proprietary sets, or compilations of...
It is taking longer than normal to complete construction for both garden and mid-rise buildings. Multifamily construction starts were solid and firm through the first half of the year, resulting in...
Commercial real estate owners should expect a resetting of values and market turbulence for next year. The commercial real estate market has been lacking for both stability and healthy fundamentals. ...
Banks currently aren't writing off loans, but that could eventually happen. Concern over commercial real estate loans — particular, though certainly not limited to, the office sector — ha...
Unfortunately, there is no shortage of risks in the economy. Interest rates that will apparently be higher for longer. Lending that has dropped nearly 50% from last year. Plummeting valuations. Every...
The challenges in the lending sector are also the foundation for creativity. Creativity is the key to lending in a market rife with problems, and nowhere are those problems more evident than in the b...