Take a Closer Look

Reading Time: 6 minutesBrokers play a key role in connecting borrowers to a popular SBA program
A Rising Star

Reading Time: 5 minutesInvestments in adaptive reuse bring new life to older or outdated buildings
Blazing Your Own Trail

Reading Time: 6 minutesIndependent mortgage brokers can help borrowers find the best deals
A Bridge to Success

Reading Time: 4 minutesExplore a solution for borrowers with short-term financing needs
The New World of Life Sciences

Reading Time: 4 minutesAs the research industry changes, so do the laboratory spaces required
Multifamily Maintains Its Momentum

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe apartment sector is poised to thrive for the foreseeable future
International Investments: Bahrain

Reading Time: 2 minutesNeophytes to international real estate purchases might assume that, when it comes to the Middle East, tiny Bahrain’s investment volume pales in comparison to that of its larger neighbors. That, however, would be a grievous misconception. Bahrain — the first country in the Persian Gulf region to develop a high-income, post-oil economy by diversifying into […]
Jamie Woodwell, Mortgage Bankers Association

Reading Time: 3 minutesCommercial lending may break the trillion-dollar ceiling
Is an office-sector flight to quality really happening?

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhile business leaders continue to evaluate their future office- space requirements, an emerging discussion regarding a “flight to quality” has gained attention within commercial real estate circles. Anecdotally, there are instances where companies have declined to renew space in an older Class B or C property, only to move to a new and shiny “trophy” […]
Seeking answers to the affordable-housing riddle

Reading Time: 3 minutesShekar Narasimhan is a man on a mission against one of the nation’s seemingly intractable problems — affordable housing. A national expert on the issue, Narasimhan is the managing partner of Beekman Advisors in McLean, Virginia, which provides consulting services in various real estate fields, including affordable housing. Narasimhan defines the nation’s housing crisis in […]