Finance: Lending
Retail real estate lending and financing information.
Six Months into 2008, the CMBS Market Has Failed to Recover
Jul 2, 2008
When the credit crunch first broke in earnest last fall and froze the U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market in its tracks, the most bullish prognosticators predicted a mere blip. ...
Centro is Thrown a Lifeline
Jun 4, 2008
Struggling shopping center operator Centro Properties Group, one of the most high-profile victims of the credit crunch, remains afloat as its creditors this week extended the Melbourne-based listed property trust a lifeline by giving the firm a six-month extension to pay down $2.5 billion in debt. It now has until December 15 to come up with the funds. ...
Victim of Circumstance
Jun 1, 2008, Elaine Misonzhnik
The downturn in the commercial real estate sector is beginning to hit retail properties in secondary markets, with the New York Times reporting on May...
RETAIL LENDERS LIST
Jun 1, 2008
It's coming close to the one year anniversary of when the credit crunch fully took hold and the problems gripping the finance sector remain in full swing....
Commercial Property Markets Remain in a Lull
May 28, 2008
As the industry makes its way through the second quarter of 2008, the outlook for the U.S. retail property market remains muddled, according to the first quarter report from Reis, Inc., a New York City-based provider of commercial real estate information. ...
New Delays Hit Mixed-Use Sector as Credit Crunch Continues
Apr 2, 2008
As the calendar turns from March to April, mixed-use developers seem to be caught in a rainstorm....
Credit Squeeze Forges Some Atypical Unions
Mar 19, 2008
Just because it's difficult to borrow money doesn't mean development plans need to come to a halt....
DERAILED: Mixed-use Financing Charts New Course
Mar 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
AtlanticYards in Brooklyn and the Grand in Los Angeles two massive proposed mixed-use projects with prominent locations, titanic budgets, legacy developers...
Taking a Breather
Mar 1, 2008
Last year, economists from the Mortgage Bankers Association described the climate for commercial real estate finance as the perfect calm. Perhaps that...
Commercial Real Estate Finance Industry Copes With A Slowdown
Feb 6, 2008
Last year, economists from the Mortgage Bankers Association described the climate for commercial real estate finance as the "perfect calm." ...
