Sustainability for Success
Reading Time: 5 minutesEveryone wins when real estate investors make a positive impact
Commercial Spotlight: Texas
Reading Time: 6 minutesWill the Lone Star State avoid a major downturn?
Finding the Right Apartment Loan
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen it comes to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, subtle differences matter
Technology’s Next Level
Reading Time: 5 minutesArtificial intelligence promises big changes if mortgage companies are properly prepared
Bonnie Y. Hochman Rothell, Morris, Manning & Martin LLP
Reading Time: 3 minutesAvoid legal problems during an economic downturn
Is the hotel-sector roller coaster coming to an end?
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom a historic perspective, national-level performance metrics for the hotel sector have been surprisingly steady. In a given year, opposing patterns of peak business, event and leisure travel have typically provided balance to occupancy rates, average daily rates (ADR) and revenue per available room (RevPAR). Summer leisure travel is replaced by robust autumn business travel, […]
Retail Resurgence
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe outlook for brick-and-mortar stores is brightening, but headwinds remain
International Investments: China
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen it comes to cross-border real estate investments in the U.S., one of the largest changes in recent years has been the disappearance of Chinese investors. As recently as 2016, data from MSCI Real Assets listed China as the leading foreign investor nation in U.S. commercial properties. Today, however, the world’s second-largest economy — and […]
Avoiding SBA Dangers
Reading Time: 6 minutesBrokers need to be aware of borrower and property details that raise red flags
Is the apartment market slowly leaking air?
Reading Time: 3 minutesAnother sign of the cooling economy came into focus a few months ago as evidence emerged that apartment rent growth had stopped its epic rise of nearly two years. According to real estate analytics provider CoStar Group, asking rents either fell or were flat from July to August of this year in 80% of the […]