Building a New Crystal Ball

COVID-19 will change how mortgage lenders predict future loan defaults
It’s Open Season for Cyber Crime

Computer hackers have stepped up their attacks during the COVID-19 crisis
Order From the HUD Menu

This agency provides many options for funding apartment deals
Tech Innovations Can Reduce Stress

Market pressures are driving commercial mortgage lenders to modernize
Ride to the Rescue

Learn how to set up emergency debt and equity funding for clients
Richard Barkham, CBRE

Property deals are likely to decline in wake of crisis
Expect a major evolution for the office sector

As of this past June, the U.S. economy had officially entered a recession, the national unemployment rate stood at 13.3% and the Federal Reserve had taken a conservative stance regarding the pace of recovery. At that time, about 30 million jobs had been lost since the outbreak of COVID-19 in early March. In contrast to […]
International Investments: Japan

Japan, for all of its economic and technological muscle, has been a bit of a dark horse of late when it comes to investing in U.S. commercial real estate. Not that there haven’t been funds flowing from the Land of the Rising Sun into U.S. properties. Groups that included Japanese investors poured more than $2.2 […]
Commercial Spotlight: Florida

The ongoing health crisis is hurting state tourism figures.
Closings: Main Street real estate remains on shaky ground
Although Wall Street was still experiencing volatility as of this past June, the U.S. financial markets were on their way to recovering their losses after the shock of the COVID-19 outbreak. The prospect of a quick recovery for Main Street businesses, however, was shakier. The fortunes of the so-called “small-cap” commercial-property and mortgage markets — […]