Archive for September, 2011

What effect will the residential double dip have on commercial real estate?

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

As the long anticipated residential real estate “double dip” has been realized and acknowledged by the real estate community at large, we take a look at the commercial real estate markets and how these residential conditions will impact property values and overall commercial market activity. As market values and activity have declined in the residential [...]

CRE Lender’s “Day of Reckoning”: Like Watching a Train Wreck in Slow Motion

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

CRE lending institutions allowed over $900 billion in CRE debt maturities to be postponed and added to the next years CRE debt “scheduled” to mature. Warnings from the Congressional Oversight Committee (“COP”), real estate industry experts and others of the damage these underwater loans would cause the markets, particularly regional and small banks nationally, forced [...]

CMBS Loan Modification Q & A and the Motivations of the Special Servicer

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Commerical Real Estate Financing, CMBS loan Modifications