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Caroline Vega is the editor of Commercial Lending News and a New Orleans based writer covering commercial real estate finance, lenders, and the market forces shaping deal flow. She brings a background in digital strategy and finance to reporting that is clear, practical, and grounded in what actually moves capital.
Starwood Q2 Earnings Top Estimates With Record Infrastructure Lending  – Commercial Observer
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Starwood Q2 Earnings Top Estimates With Record Infrastructure Lending  – Commercial Observer

August 11, 2025 Caroline Vega

Starwood Property Trust’s second quarter earnings exceeded analyst estimates powered by growth in its infrastructure lending business. The mortgage real estate investment trust reported second quarter net income of $129.8 million, up 66 percent from […]

MF1’s Scott Waynebern and Eric Draeger on Carving a Multifamily Lending Niche – Commercial Observer
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MF1’s Scott Waynebern and Eric Draeger on Carving a Multifamily Lending Niche – Commercial Observer

August 7, 2025 Caroline Vega

Scott Waynebern’s Midtown South Manhattan office serves as an homage to his commercial real estate finance journey — up to and including the launch eight years ago of multifamily lender MF1 as a joint venture […]

Commercial Real Estate Loan Rates for 2025
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Commercial Real Estate Loan Rates for 2025

August 3, 2025 Caroline Vega

Commercial real estate is a big investment. That’s why locking in the best rate for your loan matters. Even a small difference in interest rates can have a big impact on monthly payments and your […]

Scott Cox Joins First US Bank as Senior Commercial Lending Executive
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Scott Cox Joins First US Bank as Senior Commercial Lending Executive

July 30, 2025 Caroline Vega

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — First US Bank is proud to announce that Scott Cox has joined the Bank as its Senior Commercial Lending Executive. Cox is a highly accomplished commercial banker, bringing […]

Top-performing banks used lending niches to fuel growth
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Top-performing banks used lending niches to fuel growth

July 26, 2025 Caroline Vega

While 2024 was a slow year for borrower demand — as election-related uncertainty and high interest rates put pressure on lenders’ commercial clients — the top-performing banks with between $10 billion and $50 billion of […]

Office Attendance Is Rising—What It Means for Western MA CRE
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Office Attendance Is Rising—What It Means for Western MA CRE

July 25, 2025 Caroline Vega

Across the country, office attendance is nearing 73% of pre-pandemic levels, and Western Massachusetts is seeing the impact. In Springfield, Northampton, and surrounding towns, employers are calling staff back — and demand for well-located office […]

US Lending ‘Meltdown’ Shows Big Investment Slump Is Underway: Economist
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US Lending ‘Meltdown’ Shows Big Investment Slump Is Underway: Economist

July 22, 2025 Caroline Vega

A slump in short-term credit flows to US businesses is underscoring growing risks to the world’s largest economy, according to one economist. Total commercial and industrial (C&I) lending shrank 1% year-to-date, compared with a 9.3% […]

Cardinal Capital Maps AI Lending Surge
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Cardinal Capital Maps AI Lending Surge

July 18, 2025 Caroline Vega

BATON ROUGE, La. (press release) — Cardinal Capital, a boutique commercial finance advisory firm based in Baton Rouge, says the artificial intelligence (AI) boom is no longer just a Silicon Valley story—it’s reshaping the energy […]

Trade War Rattles Retail Deal-Makers, Especially Lenders – Commercial Observer
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Trade War Rattles Retail Deal-Makers, Especially Lenders – Commercial Observer

July 14, 2025 Caroline Vega

In the world of mystery and wonder that is the current tariff landscape, the buzzwords for business have been instability and uncertainty, which also happen to be two of the least desired words in the […]

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Commercial Real Estate
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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Commercial Real Estate

July 13, 2025 Caroline Vega

Artificial intelligence has emerged as one of the most impactful tools in modern business, and commercial real estate is no exception. Despite the buzz, AI in CRE is not about replacing brokers, managers, or investors. […]

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  • Your Personal Brand Is Today’s Business Card by Bob Knakal
  • This 120 Year Old Dallas Building Just Became the Most Exciting Spot in Downtown – Here’s Why
  • Capital One’s commercial bank zeroes in on middle market
  • CRE Lending Volumes Increased 45% Year Over Year in Q2: CBRE – Commercial Observer
  • Commercial Lending in the U.S. Surges 30 Percent in Late 2025
  • U.S. Commercial Real Estate Lending Spikes in Q3
  • Commercial Lending Software Structures – Insights & Trends | Global Banking & Finance Review
  • Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Exits B CRE Book Via Portfolio Sale – Commercial Observer
  • Commercial property owners share their go-to tips for refinancing mortgage – WSB-TV Channel 2
  • Your Personal Brand Is Today’s Business Card by Bob Knakal

    Your Personal Brand Is Today’s Business Card by Bob Knakal

    June 13, 2026
    By Bob Knakal  For most of my forty-two years in the real estate brokerage business, a business card was one of the most important tools a professional could possess. You carried them everywhere. You handed [...]
  • 0,659 For Family, Small Business Loans: St. Helens credit union to share funding

    $520,659 For Family, Small Business Loans: St. Helens credit union to share funding

    October 4, 2022
      Three Oregon credit unions, including InRoads in St. Helens, will receive a total of $520,659 in federal dollars to support small loans to families and businesses. The funding is coming from the U.S. Department [...]
  • Dayton to invest M in ‘first floor’ small businesses

    Dayton to invest $7M in ‘first floor’ small businesses

    October 4, 2022
      DAYTON, Ohio — The City of Dayton is using $7 million in pandemic recovery funds to help entrepreneurs start or expand restaurants, salons and other street-level small businesses in neighborhood commercial areas. What You [...]
  • First Bank expands commercial lending capabilities (updated)

    First Bank expands commercial lending capabilities (updated)

    October 4, 2022
      First Bank is offering new options for commercial lending, the community bank announced Sept. 28, with the addition of servicing for private equity funds. The Hamilton-based institution said it offers capital call lines of [...]
  • FoA plans to sell retail division to Guaranteed Rate, close wholesale channel: sources

    FoA plans to sell retail division to Guaranteed Rate, close wholesale channel: sources

    October 4, 2022
      Amid the most challenging mortgage market in decades, multichannel lender Finance of America (FoA) plans to sell its retail mortgage division and shut down its forward wholesale channel, multiple sources told HousingWire. According to [...]
  • Big Banks Building Loan-Loss Reserves on Credit-Card, Auto, Real-Estate Debt

    October 22, 2024
    US consumers and businesses are having trouble paying off credit, auto, and commercial-real-estate debt. Banks have increased their reserves in part to prepare for loan losses. Bank CEOs said on recent earnings calls elevated prices [...]
  • Blackstone Lands $2.8B CMBS Loan to Purchase Grocery-Anchored REIT – Commercial Observer

    February 28, 2025
    Investor appetite for retail will be put to the test late this winter in one of the largest commercial mortgage-backed securities deals for the sector. A $2.8 billion CMBS deal is slated to hit the [...]
  • Speech by Governor Bowman on the new landscape for banking competition

    October 7, 2022
      Good morning and thank you, Jim, it’s great to be back here in St. Louis for this year’s research conference.1 While the Federal Reserve learned a lot about how to operate virtually during these [...]
  • This Private Lender Predicts Commercial Real Estate Investors Will See A Slow Trickle In Performance In 2023, Not A Crash

    June 15, 2023
    This has been an opportunistic year for many private equity and lending firms. Traditional bank lending has dried up, with up to 45% of commercial real estate (CRE) projects having to find alternative funding. Many [...]
  • Commercial Real Estate Looks Set to Rise in 2025, but Risks Remain

    December 25, 2024
    Hurt by higher interest rates, commercial real estate should see a modest rebound in 2025. Lingering inflation, however, could complicate the recovery by pushing up long-term interest rates. Industrial warehouses, a star of the sector, [...]
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