Is the commercial market growing, normalizing or crashing?

Higher interest rates and an uncertain economic environment are beginning to weigh on the commercial real estate and mortgage industries. Origination activity plummeted during second-half 2022 as costly financing reduced buyer interest, and while rent levels have yet to show much evidence of widespread declines, rent growth has slowed substantially. As we begin a new […]

International Investments: Bahrain

The tiny island country of Bahrain, nestled in the Persian Gulf, continues to be the little investment engine that could when it comes to cross-border capital into U.S. commercial real estate. Prominent and wealthy Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia and Israel have traditionally been major players when it comes to U.S. assets. But […]

Outstanding mortgage debt is not in a stress-free situation

Last year, the Federal Reserve released its newest stress-test results that include 34 of the nation’s largest financial institutions. Each year, the Fed creates a financial scenario to assess whether banks have the proper amount of capital and other safeguards to survive an economic shock. The Fed’s stress tests were established in the wake of […]